Activities of Nathalie GRIESBECK related to 2015/2258(INI)
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 (15)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to revise its Disability Strategy 2010-2020 with a view to the full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the light of the concluding observations by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2 October 2015, accompanied by a timetable and precise indicators;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the study of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights of December 2015 on ‘Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU’,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Strongly deplores, likewise, the delay to the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, and calls on the Commission and Member States to bring about its swift ratification;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the violence, intimidation and sexual abuse at school, at home or in institutions to which disabled children are more vulnerable; urges the European Union and its Member States to act with greater effectiveness and to combat violence against disabled children by means of specific measures and accessible support services;
Amendment 28 #
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; 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 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores the lack of accessibility of the European emergency number 112, and calls on the Commission to improve the accessibility of this number for people with disabilities by using the new generation of 112 technologies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores wholeheartedly the disastrous conditions in which it has been found that people with disabilities are being detained in certain European Union Member States, and calls on States to do everything possible to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 3 thereof banning inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination based on disability, with special regard to women and children with disabilities and to those whose disabilities change over time; recommends that all disability strategies include special provisions to address and mainstream the rights of children with disabilities; invites Member States and the Commission to address violence against children with disabilities through an integrated approach, setting out specialised measures and accessible support services within child protection systems;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses on the need to increase support and specific provisions for persons with disabilities in humanitarian settings, in particular children, and calls on the European Commission to map down investments and funding in support of persons with disabilities in emergencies, including gender and age disaggregated data;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines the importance of achieving all disability related Sustainable Development Goals, in particular regarding Goal 4 on ensuring inclusive, equitable quality education and the need to increase the number of schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities and to invest in teacher competencies for inclusive education and participation of children in school and the community;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to include in the next Agenda on the Rights of the Child a comprehensive rights-based strategy for boys and girls with disabilities and safeguards to protect their rights;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the European Commission 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 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned that the European Structural and Investment Funds are being misused to foster institutionalisation, and calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen their monitoring in line with the CRPD and in consultation with disability organisations; calls on the European Commission and Member States to take necessary measures, including through the use of ESI Funds and other relevant European Union funds, to develop support services in local communities for boys and girls with disabilities and their families, foster deinstitutionalisation and prevent new institutionalisation, and promote social inclusion and access to inclusive quality education for boys and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to prevent or alleviate poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion among persons with disabilities and their families, with special regard to children with disabilities, in the context of a European Pillar of Social Rights;