7 Amendments of Arlene McCARTHY related to 2008/2123(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 13 December 2006,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COM(2008)0530),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a move from substitute decision-making by legal guardians to supported decision-making of elderly people and people with disabilities, with high dependency needs and with mental, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities is necessary in order to ensure their full rights and dignity in compliance with international provisions,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities need to be borne in mind,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a single Community form could be created at European Union level in the case of incapacitysupported decision-making mandates, in order to ensure their effectiveness in all the Member States and adequate safeguards and protection of individuals benefiting from those measures,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the Commission to submit to Parliament, on the basis of Article 65 of the EC Treaty, a legislative proposal on strengthening cooperation between Member States and improving the recognition and enforcement of decisions on the protection of adults and incapacity mandatmeasures to ensure the full exercise of legal capacity, including where needed through the use of supported decision-making in line with provisions within the United Nations Conventions on the rights of Persons with Disabilities, following the detailed recommendations below;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to develop national and cross-border legal measures to promote the development of supported decision- making in favour of vulnerable adults in the place of legal incapacity and/or the surrendering of decision-making rights to a guardian; calls for the development of training measures for service providers, lawyers, judges, social assistants and families; calls for the establishment of safeguards and regular review mechanisms;