Activities of Sylwia SPUREK related to 2022/2026(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
Amendments (52)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and Articles 2, 10, 19, 48, 67(4), 153, 165, 168 and 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principles 1, 3, 10 and 17 thereof, thereof on education, training and life-long learning, 3 thereof on equal opportunities, 10 thereof on a healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment and data protection, and 17 thereof on the inclusion of people with disabilities,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to UN Sustainable Development Goal target 11.72030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, the explicit disability references included in SDG 1 and 2 on ending poverty and hunger, SDG 4 on education, SDG 8 on growth and employment, SDG 10 on inequality, SDG 11 on accessibility of human settlements and SDG 17 on data collection,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the reports from UN Women on women and girls with disabilities, in particular, its report of 1 July 2021 entitled ‘Covid-19, gender, and disability checklist: preventing and addressing gender-based violence against women, girls, and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities during the covid- 19 pandemic’1a, _________________ 1a https://reliefweb.int/report/world/covid- 19-gender-and-disability-checklist- preventing-and-addressing-gender-based
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
— having regard to the Fundamental Rights Report 2021 and 2022 of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 December 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 7 October 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework on equality, inclusion and participation’,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 24 June 2021 on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health1b, _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0314_EN.html
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on combating gender- based violence: cyberviolence,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 5 October 2017 on prison systems and conditions1c, _________________ 1c https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2017-0385_EN.html?redirect
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 a (new)
Citation 41 a (new)
— having regard to the Special Report 10/2021 from the European Court of Auditors of 26 May 2021 entitled ‘Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action’1d, _________________ 1d https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=58678
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 b (new)
Citation 41 b (new)
— having regard to the Joint Briefing of civil society organizations entitled ‘Equality and intersectional discrimination faced by persons with disabilities in the European Union’1e, _________________ 1e https://equineteurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2022/02/02-14-Joint- Briefing-CRPD-Equality-and- intersectional-issues-faced-by-persons- with-disabilities-in-the-European- Union.pdf
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Optional Protocol of the CRPD has not been ratified by the EU and several Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas persons with disabilities in all their diversity are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis; whereas full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life and society is crucial for the enjoyment of their fundamental rights;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the right to information and communication of persons with disabilities in all their diversity must be guaranteed;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU institutions are lacking a structured process for consulting persons with disabilities in all their diversity and their representative organisations;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas persons with disabilities are at least three times more likely to experience physical, sexual and emotional violence than persons without disabilities; whereas women with disabilities in particular are up to ten times more likely to experience sexual violence2c, _________________ 2c https://reliefweb.int/report/world/covid- 19-gender-and-disability-checklist- preventing-and-addressing-gender-based
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the discrimination towards persons with disabilities, coupled with attitudes towards women in patriarchal societies, put women and girls with disabilities at an increased risk for gender-based violence;
Amendment 65 #
Dd. whereas the combination of gender and disability-based discrimination and exclusion result in an extremely high risk of gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities; whereas the absence of attention to this issue has contributed to the invisibility and victimization of women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas recognizing the intersection between violence, gender and disability that women and girls with disabilities face is essential for the adoption of inclusive response strategies;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas women and girls with disabilities are even more excluded when digital tools are not available and/or accessible to them;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. whereas many persons with disabilities may also lack access to sexuality education, which might otherwise help them to identify and prevent abuse, and face increased barriers to access justice and report violence; whereas women with disabilities are more likely to experience poverty and isolation than are men with disabilities or non- disabled persons2d; _________________ 2d https://reliefweb.int/report/world/covid- 19-gender-and-disability-checklist- preventing-and-addressing-gender-based
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls, as laid down in Article 19 of the CRPD, that persons with disabilities have the right to live independently and receive appropriate community-based services; calls on the Member States to adopt deinstitutionalisation strategies and to ensure that their laws, policies and programmes on deinstitutionalisation are in line with the concept of independent living set out in the CRPD; calls on the Commission to use benchmarks in order to measure progress in this regard; further calls on the Commission to stand up by its commitment in the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 to provide guidance to Member States by 2023 regarding improvements in independent living and inclusion in the community;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that community-based support services and supportive living arrangements provide a better quality of life for persons with disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a person-centred approach and appropriate support needed in order to provide full inclusion of persons of disabilities;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that stereotypes, ableism and misconceptions that prevent persons with disabilities from living independently must be eradicated and a positive image of them and their contributions to society must be promoted; urges the Commission and the Member States to accelerate their efforts towards deinstitutionalisation, including through the appropriate use and monitoring of EU funds to ensure that people with disabilities can live independently and be included in the community;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Insists that EU funds should aim to promote inclusive, accessible environments, services, practices and devices, following a universal design approach and favouring deinstitutionalisation, including strong support for personal assistance and independent living; calls on the Commission to step up efforts in this direction and to conduct proper follow- up;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to improve its monitoring on the use of EU funds, including considering the suspension, withdrawal and recovery of payments if the obligation to respect fundamental rights is breached; stresses that segregational settings and small group homes should not be financed with EU funds; further urges the Commission to ensure proper follow up of the conclusions and recommendations provided by the ECA in its special report on gender budgeting 3a; _________________ 3a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=58678
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that, according to the CRPD, the EU should mainstream a disability perspective in all its policies, programmes and strategies; endorses the CRPD recommendations and urges the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts in ensuring they are properly followed;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the diversity and heterogeneity of persons with disabilities and to mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU laws, decisions, policies and measures;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that persons with disabilities, in particular women with disabilities, continue to face multiple and intersectional discrimination based on their disability and their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background; notes the Commission commitment in the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, to pay particular attention to women with disabilities, who are two to five times more likely to face violence than other women; calls on the Commission to mainstream and take the situation of women with disabilities in all EU policy and measures;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is concerned that perpetrators of violence against persons with disabilities are often caregivers, either at home or in institutional settings; is further concerned that women with disabilities are often subject to gender-based violence by partners or family members; stresses that the financial and social dependence that persons with disabilities, particularly women, have on their caregivers, puts them in a more vulnerable situation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that mechanisms for reporting violence against persons with disabilities as well as support services for victims, are put in place and are accessible;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Recalls that the root causes of the higher rates of violence against those living at the intersection of gender and disability are numerous, ranging from stigma, discrimination, and harmful stereotypes based on gender and disability, to the dependence that persons with disabilities have on others in navigating inaccessible information and environments and the lack of respite for caregivers; requests that the unique intersection of gender and disability must be explored in greater depth in order to ensure that the complexities of gender- based violence against women and girls with disabilities are properly understood and addressed; urges the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts in this direction;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Urges the Member States to allocate sufficient human and financial resources to the bodies they designate as Article 33(2) CRPD in order to ensure that these bodies fulfil their tasks effectively and efficiently; urges the Commission to provide the necessary support in this regard;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Denounces the fact that some groups of persons with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victim of any kind of violence, such as women and girls, children, elderly people, homeless people, detainees, migrants and refugees, racialized persons and persons from ethnic background such as Roma people ands well as LGBTIQ+ people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific challenges, rights and needs of these people through specialised measures to ensure access to victim support services and protection and to remove barriers to reporting violence;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights that women and girls with disabilities are particularly subject to gender-based violence because of social exclusion, limited mobility, a lack of support structures, communication barriers, and negative social perceptions; stresses that the range of gender-based violence experienced by women and girls with disabilities can include physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to prevent the isolation of women with disabilities in all their diversity through cross-cutting and structural measures such as through education and awareness raising activities among women with disabilities as well as their families and caregivers; further urges the Commission and the Member States to organize specific trainings and awareness raising activities targeted to gender-based violence response systems, which should ensure the participation of women with disabilities and should provide them with information about their rights;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is deeply concerned that women and girls with disabilities are far too often denied access to facilities in the area of sexual and reproductive health, in particular to gynaecological care services, they are also denied informed consent regarding the use of contraceptives and they even face the risk of forced sterilisation; calls on the Member States to implement legislative measures that safeguard physical integrity, freedom of choice and self-determination with regard to the sexual and reproductive life of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Is concerned about the situation of detainees with disabilities, whether these disabilities are physical, sensory, intellectual or psychosocial in Member States; deplores the fact that the vulnerable situation of detainees with disabilities is not fully taken into account in some Member States; calls on the Member States to ensure that detainees with disabilities are provided with the necessary infrastructure, including adequate provision for their specific needs as well as accessibility and reasonable accommodation; further calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to take the necessary measures to ensure respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of prisoners, particularly those who are in vulnerable situations such as mentally ill persons and persons with disabilities, including the adoption of common European standards and rules of detention in all Member States;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take adequate measures to eliminate the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing justice, by addressing the lack of awareness about disabilities and the CRPD among criminal justice services, including allocating adequate funding for training to justice personnel and providing support to victims with disabilities; further calls on the Commission and the Member States to include awareness of disability and of multiple and intersectional discrimination in recruitment criteria for personnel, in particular judicial and prison personnel, dealing with persons with disabilities;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that facilities and services must be accessible to ensure equal access to justice and appropriate assistance to those people who experience difficulty in exercising their legal capacity should be provided; recalls that communication difficulties may have serious consequences in terms of access by detainees with disabilities to information in accessible formats and activities suited to their disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures to guarantee affordable, safe and effective access to justice for persons with disabilities and to ensure that assistance and accessible communication and information in provided at all stages of the process;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that the repeated transfers and lack of continuity of care, as well as the lack of judicial and prison staff, including medical staff, with adequate training in assisting detainees with disabilities, exacerbate their vulnerability and isolation;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission, particularly with a view to the next European elections in 2024, to work with the Member States to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities to vote and stand as a candidate; recalls that legal and practical barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from exercising the same political rights as other EU citizens can lead to the under representation in politics of persons with disabilities; calls on the Member States to provide reasonable accommodation to guarantee the right to vote of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that persons with disabilities often have their views disregarded in favour of other people speaking or making decisions on their behalf; urges the Commission and the Member States to involve persons with disabilities in all their diversity and of all backgrounds in EU decision-making;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the participation of persons with disabilities in all their diversity and their representative organisations in the decision-making process for the design, management, resourcing and implementation of policies and programmes on disaster risk reduction;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly believes that the EU Disability Card should be based on binding EU legislation and should cover a range of different areas beyond culture, leisure and sport; stresses that the Disability Card should also, by default, cover national, regional and local public transport, have a dedicated EU website and online database available in all EU languages, which should be accessible and include information in Easy-to-Read format, and be supported by an EU funding instrument that ensures continuity and a lasting legacy beyond the initial launch;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that persons with disabilities have the right to participate in all educational levels and forms including early childhood education and on an equal basis with others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote high-quality education and lifelong learning;