25 Amendments of Martina ANDERSON related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. Whereas women and girls with disabilities are exposed to several dimensions of discrimination in their everyday lives; it can take a variety of forms—physical, emotional, sexual, economic—and includes intimate partner violence, violence at the hands of caregivers, sexual violence and institutional violence.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the fact that roughly 80 million European citizens are believed to possess a disability and that these citizens should have unequivocal access to all services and rights offered by the European Union;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with disabilities still face today; calls on the Commission to maximise synergies between the EU disability strategy 2010 - 2020 and the provision of the CEDAW and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in order to ensure that recognised rights re substantially enjoyed and effectively exercised, including by harmonising and implementing the legislative framework and through cultural and political action;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that three Member States of the European Union, Finland, The Netherlands and Ireland, have still not ratified the Convention. Calls on those Member States to ratify as soon as possible;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Shares the concerns of the UNCRPD in relation to the European Union's lack of clear strategy for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU Member States and institutions to ensure that opportunities to participate in consultation processes are clearly and widely publicised using accessible communications, that input can be provided in other formats such as Braille or 'Easy-To-Read', and that public hearing and meetings discussing proposed laws and policies arshould be made fully accessible to persons with disabilities;.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to review the EU Disability Strategy by developing a real, ambitious plan to implement fully the UN CRPD and fulfil the recommendations the EU has received;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the European institutions, the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, should move to ensure existing and future legislation is human rights proofed and adheres fully to the Convention;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to closely engage people with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in decision- making processes in their respective fields of competence, in line with Article 4(3) of the CRPD;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the Commission to develop a structured dialogue with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, to consult and cooperate with them in the review and implementation process, including formulating an answer to the list of issues to the CRPD Committee and in the development, implementation and monitoring of all EU policies;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges all European Institutions to make sure that all external and internal communication of EU institutions, including documents, videos and websites have an appropriate level of accessibility and is provided in alternative formats and means of communication, such as Braille, 'Easy-To-Read' and sign language;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the EU institutions to take effective measures to strengthen the lives of women with disabilities in accordance with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the review of the European Union's implementation of CRPD;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for the establishment of an inter- institutional coordination mechanism for implementation and monitoring of the Convention, ensuring the participation of persons with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in the adoption process;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers full and complete access to the political system for persons with disabilities to be a priority; recognises that this access must be more than mere physical access to cast a vote, and that it should include a wide range of initiatives to open the democratic process to all citizens; c, this should include; signed, braille and 'Easy-To-Read' election material, complete provision of necessary assistance to people with disabilities during voting procedures, promotion of postal and proxy voting when possible and the removal of barriers to those disabled citizens wishing to stand for election. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the provisions of Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and of Directives 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings and 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings, and in particular Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty, are properly and fully implemented, especially in the case of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to harmonise data collection on disability through EU social surveys in line with Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of PRPD, in order to accurately inform and identify developments in the sector; emphasises that such data collections should use methodologies that are inclusive of all persons with Ddisabilities (CRPD), in order to accurately inform about and identify developments in the sector, including those with more severe impairments and those living in institutions; all data collected should be subjected to the rigors of human rights and data protection initiatives including, but not limited to provisions set out in the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Data Protection Directive;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU global socio-economic agenda, in particular the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester; recommends the adoption of a Disability Pact to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities be mainstreamed across EU initiatives;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Believes that the European institutions should consider opening future and existing funding streams to organisations actively representing persons with disabilities;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes the European Council should adopt the Equal Treatment Directive and extend its remit beyond the field of employment;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Suggests all people employed by the EU in the management of its external borders and asylum reception centres should undergo specific training relevant to the needs of disabled persons to ensure their needs are met;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Deplores the fact that persons with disabilities still encounter obstacles to their access to goods and services; considers that these obstacles are of a nature to limit their participation in society and constitute a breach of their rights as citizens. Welcomes the support given by the European Parliament to the Accessibility Act in November 2015 but acknowledges, however, that an Accessibility Act is not a panacea; Calls for its adoption and full implementation as soon as possible;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Acknowledges the awareness raising capabilities of the European Institutions and calls on the same to raise awareness of the protection and provision of the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Underlines the rights to sexual and reproductive health and rights; stresses that sex education must be designed and implemented also for people with disabilities, based on a holistic approach and provided in a safe, taboo-free atmosphere;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses concern at the stated aim of the British Government to repeal the 1998 Human Rights Act, the parliamentary act which gives effect to the European Convention on Human Rights, given the volume of cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights with specific focus on the violation of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for enhanced political cooperation within the Framework, including the financial and human resources to ensure it can fulfil its obligations and implement the recommendations of the UN CRPD.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Parliament, the European Council and European Commission to fully implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to ensure the Convention is honoured in all future legislation.