6 Amendments of Jean LAMBERT related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, as full citizens, persons with disabilities have equal rights to support from publically funded systems, and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU Member States to take all appropriate steps in order to ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided for persons with disabilities in order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination and in order for them to exercise, on an equal basis with others, all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the CRPD has proved to be a positive and key instrument for promoting law reform and requiring Member States to re-examine how persons with disabilities are perceived; Regrets, however, the difficult challenges still faced by persons with disabilities in strategic areas such as criminal justice and political participation. Considers full and complete access to the political system for persons with disabilities to be a priority; recognises that this access must be more than mere physical access to cast a vote, and that it should include a wide range of initiatives to open the democratic process to all citizens ; Calls on the EU Member States to provide more accessible information, better support and reasonable accommodation in order to improve the political participation of persons with disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the provisions of Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and of Directives 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings and 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings, and in particular Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty, are properly and fully implemented, especially in the case of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly deplores the fact that many states continue to deny or restrict the legal capacity of persons with intellectual difficulties through court action; Calls on EU Member States to engage with the legal capacity question positively by leaning towards supportive inclusion rather than automatic exclusion;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the strengthening of the existing equality bodies to assist in mainstreaming, promoting and monitoring of the UNCRPD; reminds the EU and Member States of the requirement to engage meaningfully with civil society and , in particular, with organisations of people with disabilities;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination based on disability, with special regard to women and children with disabilities and to those whose disabilities change over time to ensure they are neither penalised nor suffer victimisation;