Activities of Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ related to 2017/2127(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the European Disability Strategy (continuation of debate) ES
Amendments (36)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 25 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) reinforces the right of persons with disabilities to attain the highest standard of healthcare, without discrimination;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the EU leads the way in the ratification of human rights treaties, and that Articles 21 and 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights reaffirm the principle of non-discrimination; calls on all Member States to ratify the UNCRPD and sign the Protocol;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, the EU leads the way in the ratification of human rights, Articles 21 and 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights reaffirm the principle of non-discrimination and Article 35 the right to health care, all Member States should ratify the Convention and sign the Protocol;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas health promotion and prevention activities seldom target people with disabilities (for example, women with disabilities receive less screening for breast cancer than women without disabilities or adolescents with disabilities are more likely to be excluded from sex education programmes);
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recognises the UNRCPD's role as an instrument to guarantee human rights with a social dimension, seeking to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy all human and fundamental rights which are so often violated and which need greater protection;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to deficiencies in health care services, engaging in health risk behaviours and higher rates of premature death;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Following the recommendations of the first UN assessment of the UNCRPD, calls on the European Commission to establish an independent instrument for the monitoring and review of the Convention, as well as an inter- institutional coordination mechanism, and promote the creation of local information points and agencies in each Member State, which should be permanent;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas people with disabilities encounter a range of barriers when they attempt to access healthcare including non-affordable costs, limited availability of services, physical barriers and inadequate skills and knowledge of health workers;
Amendment 15 #
1a. Highlights the necessary social support that should be provided to ensure persons with disabilities can exercise their rights and enjoy full autonomy, in particular persons with psychosocial disabilities. Ask to avoid the institutionalisation of such people and to take steps to ensure that they are not subjected to treatment without their consent;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that with regard to Article 4 of the UNCRPD, efforts should be made to modify European and Member States' disability legislation to ensure full harmonisation in all areas; emphasizes that important measures include the setting up of a single EU classification and scale;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to ensure non- discriminatory access to health and care systems for persons with disabilities, with all due attention paid to the difficulties that might arise when treating such patients. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure non- discriminatory access to sexual and reproductive health care, and under no circumstances should sterilisation or abortion be imposed against a person's will; Points out that health care systems should moreover ensure the detection, reporting and prevention of sexual violence and/or abuse;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure high-quality inclusive education in European schools from an early age, with a preventive approach and vision of disability, in line with UNCRPD requirements on multidisciplinary assessment of individual needs, the non- exclusion of children with disabilities, as well as the provision of adequate reasonable accommodation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that in accordance with the UN recommendations, disability organisations should be involved at every stage of the decision-making process; recalls that a structured dialogue should be established with persons with disabilities;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Ask for the informed consent of persons with disabilities to be sought for all medical interventions requiring it, and ask for all necessary measures to be in place to ensure that these persons can access and understand the relevant information. Emphasises that this consent must be given personally, in advance and in full knowledge of the facts, with all necessary mechanisms to ensure that these principles are complied with, and that similar, appropriate measures must also be taken in regard to persons with psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission to draft a report on the impact for persons with disabilities of the main EU policies and investment funds, and to ensure the involvement of disability organisations in their design, especially where the Structural Funds are concerned;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the Commission to promote and enhance the use of Structural Funds by Member States, with a view to developing high-quality social services for people with disabilities and ensuring the transition from institutional care to community-based care; measures should be taken to promote access to structural funds for disability support services, especially those serving children and families and those aimed at preventing institutionalisation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Persons with disabilities must be provided with information concerning their rights and full participation in all policies and measures that might affect them, including a complaints mechanism, and priority should be given to the participation of children with disabilities and, where these exist, organisations for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out the need of health insurance schemes not to be discriminatory against persons with disabilities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that children with disabilities encounter specific problems, and stresses that efforts should be made to eliminate all kinds of obstacles and barriers enabling them to achieve full autonomy and enjoy equal opportunities; considers it crucial, therefore, that they be involved in shaping the policies that affect them; to this end, encourages the adoption of instruments to enable children with disabilities to make their views known and to ensure their involvement;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that the rights established in the Treaties and EU law, such as access to justice, goods and services, including banking and employment, health care and the right to vote, must be ensured for persons with disabilities deprived of their legal capacity; notes that efforts should be made to promote the collection of data, the exchange of good practices and consultation with the representatives of disability organisations, in accordance with article 12 of the UNCRPD; emphasises that restrictive interpretations in Member State legislation of safeguards in respect of the right to vote should be revised where these prevent persons with psychosocial disabilities from exercising this right in accordance with article 29 of the UNCRPD;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks for the assessment of the impact of the cross-border health directive on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the freedom of movement for European citizens must be guaranteed for persons with disabilities, to which end Member States must ensure mutual recognition of their situation and social rights pursuant to article 18 of the UNCRPD; stresses that people with disabilities should be able to travel beyond the borders of their own countries and enjoy the benefits of having access to culture, transport and sport; notes that other benefits should be examined and their mutual recognition promoted;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that persons with disabilities should be afforded access to free justice, and that their economic situation should therefore not present any barrier to such access;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. The Digital Single Market Strategy should be implemented in such a way as to ensure full access to all aspects of it for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Calls on the European institutions to ensure that all of their web pages and documents are accessible to persons with sensory disabilities;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Stresses that legal capacity is crucial to maintaining personal autonomy, so that any restriction of this and representation by legal guardians must be established on the basis of clear criteria harmonised at EU level, with periodic review of the need for such longer-term legal representation and of the suitability of the legal guardian concerned;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Emphasises that the necessary social support should be provided to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise their rights and enjoy full autonomy, in particular persons with psychosocial disabilities; notes in this regard, that the institutionalisation of such people should be avoided and steps should be taken to ensure that they are not subjected to treatment without their consent;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks for the European Commission and Member States to increase awareness of disability issues, and to promote the inclusion of disability as a component in national health policies and programmes;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Notes that persons with disabilities must be ensured non-discriminatory access to health and care systems, with all due attention paid to the difficulties that might arise when treating such patients; stresses in particular that non- discriminatory access must be ensured to sexual and reproductive health care, and that under no circumstances should sterilisation or abortion be imposed against a person's will; notes that health care systems should moreover ensure the detection, reporting and prevention of sexual violence and/or abuse;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Notes that the informed consent of persons with disabilities must be sought for all medical interventions requiring it, and that all necessary measures must therefore be in place to ensure that these persons can access and understand the relevant information; stresses that this consent must be given personally, in advance and in full knowledge of the facts, with all necessary mechanisms to ensure that these principles are complied with; notes that similar, appropriate measures must also be taken in regard to persons with psychosocial disabilities;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to promote strategies to ensure that people with disabilities are knowledgeable about their own health conditions, to provide health-care personnel support and to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Notes that health insurance schemes must not discriminate against persons with disabilities;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Notes that the impact of the cross border health directive on persons with disabilities should be assessed;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Underlines that inequality is especially evident in employment, as some 48% of persons with disabilities in the EU are employed and only 27.8% have completed a higher education course, meaning that persons with disabilities are more at risk of living in poverty; calls on the Commission to undertake a horizontal assessment of the impact of all its policies for the employment of persons with disabilities, and especially European employment policy;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Notes that the air and maritime transport regulations should be revised to ensure that no form of discrimination, physical or economic, can be practised against passengers with disabilities, and that all obstacles are removed in this regard;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Stresses that the UN recommendation on the need to ensure a gender perspective in all disability policies should be taken up, and in particular policies seeking to combat gender violence; calls for targeted action to promote the empowerment of women with disabilities as well as for the development of a specific gender strategy for women with disability;