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European citizens were once again asked to cast a vote for European Parliament elections. While for many people, this represented a simple task efficiently completed in a matter of minutes, for many ...
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has launched a report with indicators about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The document is organized in ...
There are an estimated 1 billion persons with disabilities around the world or 15% of the global population. Most of them are of working age. New labour market indicators are now available on ...
The European Commission has published the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. This document outlines proposals and areas of work aiming at improving the living conditions ...
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has presented a report-opinion titled “Equality in the EU 20 years on from the initial implementation of the equality directives”. It ...
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The European Disability Forum (EDF) published the Human Rights 2020 Report on the impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities. Before Covid-19, over 28% of the more than 100 million ...
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and economic, social and cultural rights, 17 April 2020. Department of ...
In Chamber judgment in the case of G.L v. Italy. (on 10 September 2020), the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of ...
The journal Minority Reports. Cultural Disability Studies devotes the monographic issue 13 / II 2021 to the topic of school and educational inclusion of the students with disability in different ...
The Covid-19 Disability Rights Monitor, a coalition of seven organizations engaged in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, launched, on the 2nd of June 2020, the Covid-19 DRM ...
Appealed European and UN human rights experts Early in this month, the Commissioner for Human Right of the Council of Europe expressed her concern on the specific difficulties that persons with ...
The European project “Bridging the Gap – Inclusive Public Policies and Services for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities” is celebrating its 2019 Annual Event on November 14th ...
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published “Guidelines on Promoting the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities” with the purpose to ...
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published the concluding observations on Italy's initial report regarding the situation of persons with disabilities and related rights ...