6 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2020/2209(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas through this role it has a special duty to protect the rights of persons with disabilities in the European Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas within the EU framework for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Committee on Petitions has a specific role to play in protecting the rights conferred by the CRPD in the Member States, insofar as they are implementing EU law, and more generally in ensuring that the EU institutions uphold these rights, in accordance with Article 33(2) of the CRPD;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documents, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to the labour market, access to personal assistance and community inclusion;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas progress has been made by means of the strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities, but whereas these persons still face obstacles and discrimination; whereas persons with disabilities are therefore more at risk of poverty and social exclusion and whereas the 2021-2030 strategy will have to address this state of affairs;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the Committee on Petitions plays a specific protection role in ensuring that the EU complies with the United Nations Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in policy-making and legislative actions at EU level; in the context of that responsibility, the Committee handles petitions on disability issues, organises debates, thematic workshops and public hearings on the subject, drafts resolutions and reports and carries out field missions;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CallsPoints out that petitioners’ most common concerns regarding the equality of persons with disabilities centre around accessibility and social protection, along with employment rights and the right to live independently in the community; calls, therefore, on the Member States to implement without delay Directive (EU) 2019/882 (the European Accessibility Act) in order to effectively remove barriers for workers with disabilities, and to ensure the availability of accessible services and the suitability of the conditions under which these services are provided;