30 Amendments of Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ related to 2019/2975(RSP)
Amendment 21 #
Citation 5
— having regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, including those on the European Union institutions’ compliance with the Convention as public administrations,
Amendment 63 #
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 65 #
Citation 28 b (new)
- having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff (OI/4/2016/EA) and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and 1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 71 #
Recital A
A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilities have equal rights in all fields of life (including access to open labour market and education) and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society, respecting and valuating their input to social and economic progress of Europe;
Amendment 110 #
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 144 #
Paragraph 1
1. Aacknowledges the advancement in the implementation of the UNCRPD brought about by the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020; and calls on the Commission to continue the work by building upon and integrating what has been achieved and by upscaling the presentits commitment to the rights of persons with disabilities through the Strategy;
Amendment 162 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- with clearly designated priority areas covering all the provisions of the UNCRPD in all areas of EU policy and addressing the Concluding Observations of the UNCRPD Committee adopted in 2015,
Amendment 174 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities and their needs,
Amendment 187 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- mainstreaming the rights of the childrenpersons with disabilities into all policies and areas,
Amendment 194 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- giving special attention to wellbeing and equal opportunities for children with disabilities inter alia via ensuring unreserved access to childcare and education and supporting families with children with disabilities,
Amendment 210 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8
- allocating an adequate budget for the implementation of the post-2020 Strategy; and ensuring continuity of financing in the New Multiannual Financial Framework,
Amendment 213 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)
- recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face,
Amendment 217 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)
- accelerating work on mutual recognition of disability status between EU Member States in all areas,
Amendment 218 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)
- implementing the EU Disability Card to all EU Member States to ensure recognition of disability while moving across the EU and secure freedom of movement, access to culture, education and work for people with disabilities,
Amendment 219 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 d (new)
Amendment 220 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 e (new)
- acknowledging the evolution of new technologies and its potential for persons with disabilities including ICT applications,
Amendment 221 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 f (new)
- supporting independent living programmes especially for people with intellectual disabilities by promoting supported employment and supported housing;
Amendment 222 #
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 g (new)
- targeting adult people with disabilities with a special attention to the intellectually disabled and their future after the death of the attendant;
Amendment 238 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure the inclusion of a gender-based and intersectional approach to combat the multiple forms of discrimination faced by women and girls with disabilities, and urges the European Union and those Member States which have not done so already to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 245 #
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls for the post 2020 Strategy to set out an interinstitutional structure to oversee its implementation; urges that Disability Focal Points be present in all Commission Directorates General and agencies and in all EU institutions, with the central Focal Point located within the Commission’s General Secretariat; stresses that an interinstitutional mechanism exist to ensure collaboration between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, with their respective Presidents meeting at the start of each mandate;
Amendment 252 #
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities and of their representative organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-building;
Amendment 291 #
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes; urges the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in the Gender Equality Strategy, the Youth Guarantee, the Green New Deal, the Child Guarantee and the forthcoming Green paper on Ageing, and stresses the need for a Disability Rights Guarantee to assist persons with disabilities into employment, traineeships, job placements and further education;
Amendment 309 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the fact that people with disabilites are more exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion than those without;
Amendment 316 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settings nor invest in structures that are inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Furthermore, funds should actively be invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
Amendment 337 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 362 #
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format with engagement of media to raise awareness of the UN CRPD, rights and needs of persons with disabilities as well as barriers they face among the persons with disabilities and the society in general;
Amendment 393 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the Strategy includes the end of violence against persons with disabilities as one of its main objectives, paying particular attention to gender-based violence, including forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation, forced treatment and violence;
Amendment 402 #
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make the EU a leader in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, including marginalised groups with disabilities, such as women and girls with disabilities, through its external action;
Amendment 437 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to include a section on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, focal points, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as permanent mechanisms to consult actively and effectively with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the Strategy and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 447 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on all Member States to develop their own national disability strategies for promoting disability equality mainstreaming and address the implementation of the UN CRPD;