Activities of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2015/2258(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds the Commission that under Article 5 of TEU the use of EU competences is governed by the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and that competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the member states;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the strong correlation between disability, which toucheaffects about 13 % of the EU’s population, and ill- health, with difficulties and barriers in access leading to the inadequate or unmet provision of healthcare services to people with disabilities;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the mid-term evaluation of the external financing instruments to assess how effectively these have contributed to the inclusion of persons with disabilities; demands an end to any expenditure in EU programmes that support institutionalization or perpetuates the segregation of persons with disabilities; calls for the strengthening of monitoring of expenditure in line with the CRPD and in consultation with disability organizations;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to consider and address intersectional and multiple discrimination issues, in light of the especially high incidence of reported serious health problems among women with disabilities, the overall higher percentages of mental difficultiehealth problems among the female population, particularly migrants, and other instances of preventable discrimination arising from gender, sexual orientation and identity;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the recommendations that the EU achieve a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk and emergency; strongly urges the mainstreaming of disabled peoples’ human rights in EU migration and refugee policies which should inter alia provide for accessible procedures and information and take into account the requirement for needs-based reasonable accommodation measures;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that children with disabilities have the right to live with (their) families or in a family environment in line with their best interests;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises informed consent as a nd accessible procedures as a pre-condition to the right of people with disabilities to freely exercise decisions concerning their medical treatment to the fullest possible extent;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the absence of formal consultation by the EU with disabled people’s organisations in its preparations for the review process by the UN CRPD Committee in 2015 and in drafting its progress report; calls for disabled people’s organisations to be fully involved in future, including participation in official EU delegations for future reviews and to actively contribute to CRPD meetings as an independent party in their own right and capacity, holding the EU fully accountable.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to integratemainstream disability-oriented approaches in its health instruments and policies so as to contribute to improved health outcomes for people with disabilities in the Member States, through better physical and sensory accessibility, quality and affordability;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and the Member States toto include a disability-specific component in its evaluateion of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and urges the Member States to further its implementation from the perspective of the needs of people with disabilities and their right to know, and effectively avail of, the provisions and instruments contained therein, awareness of which is low even among the general population;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission to develop EU- wide guidance for National Contact Points on how to provide accessible information about care in other Member States;