Five rights you should know

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EU report on the implementation of the United Nations Conventionties

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  The European Union (in short, EU) signed
  the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
  Persons with Disabilities (in short, the UN CRPD) in 2010. The UN CRPD is an important document
  that tries to make sure the rights of people
  with disabilities are respected. The members of the European Parliament
  are trying to find ways to make sure that
  the UN CRPD is respected in the European Union.
  To do this, they want to write a report about
  what should be done to improve the lives of persons
  with disabilities in Europe. The European Parliament has met with
  disability organisations and persons with disabilities
  to hear what they should include in their report. They took into account their ideas
  and published a draft of their report. They want to hear what persons disabilities
  think of their report so far.
  They also published an Easy-to-Read
  version of this draft report. This way, they can receive comments and ideas
  from persons with intellectual disabilities
  and improve their report.
  You can find the Easy-to-Read version of the draft report here Please read it and tell us what you think.

The European Parliament, on its own initiative, has drafted a report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) in the European Union, with special regards to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee. MEP Helga Stevens, from the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, is the rapporteur and more than 30 MEPs from several European Parliament Committees are contributing to the report creating a comprehensive overview of the European Parliament’s approach to the implementation of the UN CRPD.

Inclusion Europe is particularly delighted that the European Parliament has decided to produce an Easy-to-Read version of the draft report in order to collect the contributions of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families. This initiative demonstrates an effort to actively involve the disability movement, and consult them in a meaningful way.

We highly encourage you to read, comment, and share this accessible version of the draft report.

Please give us your opinion on this draft report and send us any comment or questions you might have before Tuesday 22 March to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Despite the short time frame, we should not miss this opportunity to give concrete recommendations to MEPs on how the EU can contribute and better promote the rights of persons with disabilities.

Download the Easy-to-Read version of the draft report

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