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Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (debate) EL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee PDF (1 MB) DOC (391 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the 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 (82)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas one out of 10 individuals with disabilities, approximately 80 million people, face obstacles every day regarding their right to access education, employment, and goods and services in the EU; whereas of these 80 million, women and girls count for 46 million, some 16% of the total female population of the EU;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the demographic and social changes in EU grow the demand for social services, whereas these changes combined with high rates of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, lack of available quality services for persons with disabilities, set obstacles to the right of persons with disabilities to live independently, inclusively and on an equal basis;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities it is recognised that girls and women with disabilities are at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stresses the need to incorporate a gender perspective in all efforts and to promote the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Α
Recital Α
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas equal treatment and positive measures and policies for women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities is a fundamental human right and an ethical obligation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas nearly 80% of women with disabilities are victims of psychological and physical violence and whereas the risk of sexual violence is greater for them than for other women; whereas women and girls with disabilities are exposed to multiple discrimination arising from gender inequalities, age, religion, ethnicity, cultural and social behaviour and disability stereotypes that need to be tackled;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas women and girls with disabilities are more likely to become victims of violence, especially of domestic violence and sexual exploitation, and estimates show that women with disabilities are 1,5 to 10 times more likely to be abused than non-disabled women;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CRPD is the first international human rights treaty ratified by the EU, which has also been signed by all 28 EU Member States and ratified by 25 Member States excluding Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas there are diverse groups of persons with disabilities and some groups, such as women with disabilities, face additional difficulties and multiple discrimination; whereas discriminations can lead to social isolation and insulation, psychological trauma and unhappiness;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas, due to demographic and societal changes, there is increased demand for domestic workers and carers, and in particular on family domestic workers and carers; whereas care for disabled and dependent people is usually carried by women of the family, often leading to exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas women with disabilities, especially migrants, are at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion due to multiple discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, nationality and disability;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas the employment rate for women without disabilities is 65%, compared with 44% for women with disabilities; whereas women with disabilities are often discriminated against by comparison with men with disabilities when it comes to access to employment and education; whereas the high rate of unemployment among people with disabilities remains unacceptable; whereas women and girls with disabilities encounter greater difficulties in entering the labour market, making it harder for them to lead ordered and independent lives; whereas barriers to mobility as well as higher dependence on family members and carers need to be overcome in order to encourage their active participation in education, the labour market and the social and economic life of the community;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas paid employment is crucial to enabling persons with disabilities having an independent life and supporting their family and household; whereas women and girls with disabilities often face underpayment; whereas this vulnerable group of people are more likely to suffer poverty and are at a greater risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas the economic crisis, the austerity measures and the cuts imposed in social services and health care in most EU Member States led to detrimental consequences for the vulnerable groups of the EU population, especially for the persons with disabilities and their families that are disproportionately affected by austerity measures, and in particular for women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas children with disabilities have the rights to live in (their) families or family environment in line with their best interest;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A n (new)
Recital A n (new)
An. whereas children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas children with disabilities are 17 times more likely to live in an institution than their peers without disabilities, where their risk of violence, neglect and abuse is much higher than when living at home;1a __________________ 1aFRA Report: Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU, http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_ uploads/fra-2015-violence-against- children-with-disabilities_en.pdf
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A o (new)
Recital A o (new)
Ao. whereas children with disabilities are often excluded from society, sometimes living in institutions or other facilities far from their families;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A p (new)
Recital A p (new)
Ap. whereas children with disabilities are denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital A q (new)
Recital A q (new)
Aq. whereas children with disabilities are less likely to attend school, thus experiencing limited opportunities for human capital formation and facing reduced employment opportunities and decreased productivity in adulthood;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas disability is a cause and consequence of poverty and approximately 30% of the homeless population have a disability and are at risk to be overlooked;1a __________________ 1aVan Straaten et al (2015). Self-reported care needs of Dutch homeless people with and without a suspected intellectual disability: a 1.5-year follow-up study, In: Health Soc Care Community 2015 Oct 1. Epub 2015 Oct 1.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A r (new)
Recital A r (new)
Ar. whereas children with disabilities are denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas an estimated 80% of persons with disabilities live in developing countries;1a __________________ 1a World Report on Disability, 2011.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital A s (new)
Recital A s (new)
As. whereas people with disabilities are more likely to be unemployed and generally earn less even when employed; whereas both employment and income outcomes appear to worsen with the severity of the disability;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas the EU supports the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities at the international level, and is the world’s biggest donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA);
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A t (new)
Recital A t (new)
At. whereas it is harder for people with disabilities to benefit from development and escape from poverty due to discrimination in employment, limited access to transport, and lack of access to resources to promote self-employment and livelihood activities;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A u (new)
Recital A u (new)
Au. whereas people with disabilities may have extra costs resulting from disability – such as costs associated with medical care or assistive devices, or the need for personal support and assistance – and thus often require more resources to achieve the same outcomes as non- disabled people;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital A v (new)
Recital A v (new)
Av. whereas households with a disabled member are more likely to experience material hardship – including food insecurity, poor housing, lack of access to safe water and sanitation, and inadequate access to health care;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Η
Recital Η
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas disability can be caused by a gradual and sometimes invisible degradation of the state of health of an individual, as is the case for people with neurodegenerative or rare diseases; 2Or. en
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Η a (new)
Recital Η a (new)
Ha.taking into account the collapse of welfare and social protection systems in the countries ravaged by the financial crisis and forced to pursue austerity programmes which have a particularly serious impact on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and stresses the need for the EU institutions and Member States to work closely in order to agree on a common European packet of rights and minimum basic allowances and social benefits that would be guaranteed for the persons with disabilities and their families, across all EU Member- States; Furthermore calls on the Member States to incorporate the perspective of women and girls with disabilities into their policies, programmes and strategies on gender equality, and for gender mainstreaming in their strategies on disability;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that achieving full inclusion and equal participation for persons with disabilities requests human-rights-based approach policies and measures at all levels of EU policymaking, implementation and monitoring, including intra-institutionally, and whereas the Commission must have due regard to this in future proposals;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the EU, as a party to the CRPD, has the duty to ensure the close involvement and active participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of legislation and policies to implement the Convention and in all decision making processes concerning issues that relate to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 does not include an integrated gender perspective or a separate chapter on gender-specific disability policies, despite the fact that women with disabilities often find they are at a greater disadvantage than men with disabilities and are more often at risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to apply gender mainstream approach in policies and measures for women and men, girls and boys with disabilities and in their implementation in all areas, especially regarding integration in the workplace, education and anti-discrimination;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Η b (new)
Recital Η b (new)
Hb. taking into account the humanitarian crisis created by the ineffective European response to the refugee flows that have also brought to Europe many people with disabilities who face exceptional mobility problems that make them the easiest prey of traffickers;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Shares the view that women and girls with disabilities can only enjoy equal rights if gender justice is realised; Underlines that independent living, social inclusion and participation of women and girls with disabilities can only be achieved if the remaining obstacles are removed; Reminds Member States that discrimination on the grounds of disability is forbidden, and calls on the governments to step up the necessary actions in order to remove the remaining obstacles and to ensure accessible administration and services to persons with disabilities, especially to women and girls, as to people without disabilities; Furthermore, calls on the Commission and the Member States, given the current lack of precise provisions, to incorporate provisions for women with disabilities in the social protection system;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Urges the Commission and the Member States to develop adequate policies and apply measures to a full range of policy areas, fostering their independent living and full inclusion; Calls on the Commission, therefore, to collect and disseminate updated statistical data on disability, disaggregated by age and gender, in order to monitor the situation of persons with disabilities in the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all persons with disabilities can enjoy the right to free movement held by all EU citizens by including in current and future legislation the guarantee to equal opportunities, fundamental rights, equal access to services and the employment market, and the same rights and obligations in accessing social security as nationals of the Member State in which they are covered, in line with the principle of equal treatment and non- discrimination; furthermore, in terms of equality in employment, calls on the Member States to fully comply with the provisions of EU Gender Equality Recast Directive (2006/54/EC);
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Reiterates the importance that access to decent living conditions, in terms of housing, mobility, access to public and social services, or participation in public life for people with disabilities is ensured;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Reconfirms its belief that women with disabilities must be guaranteed joint or individual access to social housing schemes and be provided with grants for the removal of obstacles to their mobility within the home, a facility which should also be extended to those living in rented accommodation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch extensive information campaigns to promote a better understanding of the problems of persons with disabilities so that decisions concerning their rights are taken in an environment that understands their real needs;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Stresses the importance of integrating women with disabilities into standard education and professional systems in all cases where the disability allows for such integration;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Highlights the need to support disabled migrant women and girls in order to develop skills that would give them opportunities to obtain suitable employment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 k (new)
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1k. Considers that persons with disabilities, especially women and girls, must be allowed to enjoy their sexuality as freely as people without impairments, and considers that women with disabilities must be able to live and fulfil their wish either to have or not to have children, as women without disabilities do;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 l (new)
Paragraph 1 l (new)
1l. Stresses that girls and women with disabilities should have access to enjoy full sexual and reproductive rights and to education on sexuality, given by professionals who are experts in the field; Considers it therefore crucial for women and girls with disabilities to have complete access to medical care that meets their particular needs, including gynaecological consultation, medical examinations, family planning, and adapted support during pregnancy; Calls the Member States to ensure that their national public healthcare provision includes proper access to these services;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and funding programmes, including future programming periods, with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework for the CRPD (hereinafter the ‘EU Framework’);
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 m (new)
Paragraph 1 m (new)
1m. Reconfirms its view that the need to provide specialised support, including childcare assistance, to women and men with disabilities, together with their families, must be addressed in order to enable them to enjoy motherhood and fatherhood to the full;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 n (new)
Paragraph 1 n (new)
1n. Highlights that in order to achieve autonomous and independent living for persons with disabilities, especially for women, assistance (personal or public) is a means that would therefore facilitate and support them and their families, enabling them in accessing workplace, educational or vocational training institutions, and in the event of pregnancy and maternity;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and the taking of legislative initiatives or the updating of existing European legislation and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework for the CRPD (hereinafter the ‘EU Framework’);
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 o (new)
Paragraph 1 o (new)
1o. Proposes that if children with disabilities cannot be taken care by their families, the respected authorities should seek to ensure alternatives, such as providing them with community care in a family environment; observes that it is necessary to promote the fostering and adoption of children with disabilities by speeding up bureaucratic formalities and providing suitable information and assistance for the adoptive or foster families;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need for the Member States to introduce legislation protecting the rights of women and girls with disabilities in cases of sexual abuse and psychological and physical violence in public and within their home environments and to support the recovery of disabled women and girls who have been subjected to such violence;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to proposevide a list of legislation with a view to proposing an update of the declaration of competence in light of the Concluding Observations, to be repeated periodically with the formal involvement of disability organisations and the European Parliament;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with disabilityconsolidate and make a proposal for a structured dialogue between the EU and disability organisations including appropriate funding to ensure full and equal participation by persons with disabilities and their representative organisations;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that general information for services for citizens (such as information for education, employment, social and health care etc.) has to be provided in different forms and formats, in a simple and secure way accessible to people with disabilities; points out that telephone helplines or tele-assistance systems must also be accessible to women and girls who are deaf or blind;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the need for the Council to accelerate on the proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites, aiming to increase the accessibility of documents, videos and websites and providing alternative means of communication accessible to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Persists in its view that inclusion of persons with disabilities, especially women and girls, presupposes that stereotypes are countered and this can be conveyed by projecting positive images through awareness- raising campaigns that would step by step change the societal behaviour and stance towards persons with disabilities;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to use the review of the European Disability Strategy and to develop a comprehensive EU CRPD strategy with a clear implementation timeframe, benchmarks and indicators;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European institutions and Member States to ensure that boys and girls with disabilities and their representative organisations be consulted in all matters affecting them – with appropriate assistance provided, according to their disability and age;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that democratic participation a fundamental and civil right that women with disabilities theoretically have, but do not enjoy, therefore this right must be facilitated and guaranteed; Calls on the Member States and their relevant public authorities to provide adequately adapted services and facilities that would empower women's active involvement and participation; Calls, furthermore, on the Member States to facilitate women with disabilities' representation in the decision- making process, in order to ensure that their interests and rights are expressed, supported and protected;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Strongly believes that seclusion, neglect and segregation of women and girls with disabilities, can be prevented by putting in place well-designed campaigns for families, providing them with details of community facilities for their support and confuting sexist and discriminatory stereotypes;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work with Parliament to deliver a strongclear and effective directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites, with a broad scope and a robust enforcement mechanism in line with the proposed European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the lack of accessibility of the EU-wide 112 emergency number, which is at national level and when roaming, causing unnecessary deaths and injuries; highlights the need for implementing measures at national level ensuring inter alia compatibility across Member States, including accessible national emergency points;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that employment- related rights and services, including reasonable accommodation in the context of the Employment Equality Directive, which shall also provide for penalties for those employers who do not take 'appropriate measures ... to enable a person with a disability to have access to, participate in, or advance in employment' and, in addition, for Member States to introduce incentives for employers, e.g. tax concessions, are portable and in line with the freedom of movement for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned that the Employment Eq2uality Directive does not explicitly make the denial of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities a form of discrimination; asks the Commission to provide a state of play on the kinds of complaints received;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and Member States as soon as possible to establish a 'European Disability Card' for the mutual recognition of the rights of persons with disabilities in all Member States;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the ex-ante conditionalities on social inclusion and its investment priority on the ‘transition from institutional to community based services’ in Regulation 1303/2013 on the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF); calls on the Member States to use the funds for deinstitutionalisation and as a tool to implement the CRPD;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Commission to allow Member States which are following fiscal adjustment programmes to exempt persons with disabilities from the austerity measures, in particular as regards the health sector;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Asks the Commission and the Council, in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention, when making proposals for resolving the refugee issue, for funding or for other support measures, to provide for special care for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Proposes that Member States, in taking all the necessary measures for the protection of personal data, create records so that they have available quantitative and qualitative data e.g. regarding age, gender, and level of education;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the development of human rights-based indicators and calls on the Member States to provide comparable disaggregated disability data;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commissionbudget authorities to allocate adequate resources to enable the EU Framework to perform its functions independently;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to check whether the mechanisms required to monitor the implementation of the Convention have been fully established and are operating in the Member States;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights that the CRPD network needs to be strengthened to appropriately coordinate CRPD implementation internally but also interinstitutionally, while actively involving and closely consulting with persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in its activities and meetings;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the institutions to review allensure existing staff regulations, internal rules and implementing provisions for CRPD compatibility are fully implemented in line with the CRPD and internal rules and implementing provisions are developed fully applying CRPD provisions, as part of an open and disability-inclusive process, in order to address the Concluding Observations;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the provision of adequate needs-based and CRPD-compatible reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities – or with dependent family members with disabilities – who are in the service of the European institutions, paying particular attention to the needs of disabled parents;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the EU institutions to make their internet-based content and apps, including their intranets and all documents and audiovisual content, accessible while equally ensuring physical accessibility of their buildings;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the EU to revise the rules of the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme, the pension system and disability-related social security and social protection measures in order to ensure non- discrimination and equality of opportunities for persons with disabilities, inter alia by recognising disability-related health needs as being distinct from an illness;