Activities of Julie GIRLING 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 (4)
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 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 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;