A União reconhece e respeita o direito das pessoas com deficiência a beneficiarem de medidas destinadas a assegurar a sua autonomia, a sua integração social e profissional e a sua participação na vida da comunidade.
From institutions to community living for persons with disabilities: perspectives from the ground
Report
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States
to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes
achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to
make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to
deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly,
to people with disabilities themselves.
From institutions to community living for persons with disabilities – perspectives from the ground - Summary
Summary
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
(FRA) wanted to contribute to making steps to implement
deinstitutionalisation more effective, by capturing
concrete evidence of what is and what is
not working on the ground. To do this, the agency
conducted extensive fieldwork research in five EU
Member States at different stages of the deinstitutionalisation
process.
This summary report presents the key findings of
that fieldwork and the FRA opinions stemming from
them.
From institutions to community living - Part I: commitments and structures
Report
Discussions are under way at the European Union (EU) and national levels about how best to realise the transition from institutional to community-based support. This report contributes to these by bringing together some of the key issues that have emerged from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ (FRA) human rights indicators on Member States’ political and practical commitment to deinstitutionalisation.
From institutions to community living - Part II: funding and budgeting
Report
The transition from institution- to community-based support for persons with disabilities is a complex process that requires multifaceted efforts. These include putting in place commitments and structures for achieving deinstitutionalisation and measuring outcomes for persons with disabilities. This report shows that effectively funding the deinstitutionalisation process is a vital element.
From institutions to community living - Part III: outcomes for persons with disabilities
Report
This report assesses to what extent Member States have implemented the right to independent living, focusing on the effect commitments and funds are having on persons with disabilities’ daily lives. Taken together, the reports provide important insights that can support ongoing processes of change.
Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU
Report
Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. FRA scrutinised the important but underreported issue of violence against children with disabilities, carrying out desk research and conducting interviews with knowledgeable stakeholders. This report presents the results of that research.
Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU - Summary
Summary
Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. This summary report outlines relevant international and European standards and reviews national legislation and policies addressing violence against children with disabilities. The summary also explores the extent and different causes, settings and forms of such violence, and presents measures and initiatives to prevent it.
Violence against children with disabilities
Easy read publication
This book will tell you about violence and children with disabilities. It looks at violence, where it happens, and why people are violent.
Implementing the UN CRPD: An overview of legal reforms in EU Member States
Paper
A new Focus paper by the EU Agency of Fundamental Rights (FRA) outlines how Member States across the EU have reformed their laws and policies to meet their obligations under the CRPD. By bringing together examples of such reforms, it also highlights how the adoption of international commitments can drive wide-ranging processes of change at the national level.
The right to political participation for persons with disabilities: human rights indicators
Report
The opportunity to be involved in political life, whether by standing for elected office, joining a political party, or following political news stories in the media, is at the heart of what it means to live in a democratic society. The report analyses data on the situation of political participation of persons with disabilities collected from across the 28 European Union (EU) Member States by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission-funded Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED).
The right to political participation of persons with disabilities - Summary
Summary
The report analyses data on the situation of political participation of persons with disabilities collected from across the 28 European Union (EU) Member States by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission-funded Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED).
Legal capacity of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems - Factsheet
Factsheet
This factsheet explains what is legal capacity and summarises the analysis of international and national standards on legal capacity of persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities.
Laws about being able to make important decisions for yourself
Easy read publication
This book will tell you about at laws in the European Union. These laws are about being allowed to make important decisions for yourself. This is called legal capacity. Legal capacity means that you are allowed to make important decisions for yourself.
Legal capacity of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems
Report
This report analyses the current international and European legal standards and compares EU Member States’ laws in the area of legal capacity. Evidence from fieldwork research supports the legal analysis, providing eloquent testimony to the obstacles many persons with disabilities face in securing equal enjoyment of their fundamental rights.
Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems
Factsheet
Mental health problems are experienced by about one in 10 European Union (EU) citizens. Many seek help voluntarily, but some may be placed in institutions or treated without
their consent. This might affect their fundamental rights.
Choice and control: the right to independent living - Summary report
Summary
This summary report outlines the findings of interview-based research carried out in 2010 and 2011 in nine EU Member States with persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities. The research examined how they experience the principles of autonomy, inclusion and participation in their day-to-day lives.
Choice and control: the right to independent living
Report
This report examines how persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems in nine EU Member States experience autonomy, inclusion and participation in their lives.
Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems
Report
This report, based on fieldwork in nine EU Member States, summarises the experiences of involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems.
Choice and control: the right to live independently - Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities
Easy read publication
This summary in easy read format provides information about FRA’s work on the right to live independently.
The FRA disability project poster
Other
This poster introduces the work of the FRA disability project.
The FRA disability project postcard
Other
Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), people with disabilities are no longer being considered as being unable to play an active role in society. Instead of people with disabilities being viewed as the problems, the barriers they face are clearly recognised as being the source of the problem.
Key rights of persons with disabilities: an introduction
Factsheet
This factsheet looks at some of the rights guaranteed by the United Nations (UN) human rights convention, namely the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
The rights of people with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities to take part in politics
Easy read publication
Information about the FRA and their report about some of the laws in Europe.
The fundamental rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems
Factsheet
This factsheet examines the policy context and key issues of the first FRA disability project.
The rights of people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental health problems
Easy read publication
Information about the FRA and the project on fundamental rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems.
The right to political participation of persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities
Report
This report provides the first results from a legal study carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the context of its project on the "Fundamental rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems".
A rights-based approach to HIV in the European Union
Factsheet
The factsheet "A rights-based approach to HIV in the European Union" is the contribution of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to the International AIDS Conference 2010, Vienna 18-23 July.

























