Statements

The UN Convention
and the rights of blind and partially sighted people

Project Summary

You have accessed the EBU online legislative database. Its purpose is threefold:

To help ensure an effective implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities;

To provide up-to-date information on specific legislation relevant to blind and partially sighted people in Europe;

To enable EBU member organisations to record the extent to which their country's legislation provides the rights contained in the Convention.

The database builds upon a set of statements (see below) developed by the EBU Rights Commission. The statements define the needs and characteristics of blind and partially sighted people in relation to the relevant UN Convention articles.

15 draft statements have been prepared and fed into the database. Each of these has the same structure:

Section 1 - Reproduction of the relevant Convention article. This text contains references (R1, R2, etc) that relate to the content of Section 3 of the statement.

Section 2 - Declaration of the needs and characteristics of blind and partially sighted people relevant to the Convention article.

Section 3 - Important aspects of the Convention article that relate to the needs and characteristics identified in Section 1.

EBU members will be invited to update the database as the process of implementation progresses in their country. As the database develops, it will provide a reference source for monitoring and for comparison. This will be of value to EBU and other agencies who wish to monitor the implementation of the Convention.

 

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Article   none Article 7 Article 9 Article 11 Article 12 Article 13 Article 16 Article 20 Article 21 Article 24 Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30

Keywords:

Statements

Article   7 – Children with disabilities
Article   9 – Accessibility
Article 11 – Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies
Article 12 – Equal recognition before the law
Article 13 – Access to justice
Article 16 – Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
Article 20 – Personal mobility
Article 21 – Freedom of expression and access to information
Article 24 – Education
Article 25 – Health
Article 26 – Habilitation and rehabilitation
Article 27 – Work and employment
Article 28 – Adequate standard of living and social protection
Article 29 – Participation in political and public life
Article 30 – Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport


This database is supported under the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS (2007-2013).

This programme is managed by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission. It was established to financially support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment and social affairs area, as set out in the Social Agenda, and thereby contribute to the achievement of the Lisbon Strategy goals in these fields.

The seven-year Programme targets all stakeholders who can help shape the development of appropriate and effective employment and social legislation and policies, across the EU-27, EFTA-EEA and EU candidate and pre-candidate countries.

PROGRESS mission is to strengthen the EU contribution in support of Member States' commitment. PROGRESS will be instrumental in:

- providing analysis and policy advice on PROGRESS policy areas;
- monitoring and reporting on the implementation of EU legislation and policies in PROGRESS policy areas;
- promoting policy transfer, learning and support among Member States on EU objectives and priorities; and
- relaying the views of the stakeholders and society at large.

For more information see:
http://ec.europa.eu/progress

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