‘Responsible Reform. A Report on the proposed changes to Disability Living Allowance’ This report is a comprehensive presentation of the most relevant evidence available on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the proposals to replace it with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payments (PIP). It gathers together existing information and analyses over 500 group responses to the…
The desk research reports will be made available online on the FRA website (http://fra.europa.eu/) in February 2012. The remaining reports will be published in the course of the year, with the Synthesis report being launched at a dedicated conference, which FRA is organising jointly with the Danish Institute of Human Rights, Danish Ministry of Social…
This research aims to find out how disabled young people (aged 16 – 25) see themselves, their identities, and their social networks. These networks may contain a variety of people, organisations and services that are an important part of their lives. There are a few ways in which you may be able to help: 1….
A Southern European Region of ENIL has been in existence since the beginning of 2012.The Region is coordinated by the Centre for Independent Living in Sofiaand personally overseen by Peter Kichashki. Although CIL Sofia is well-known in the Region for promoting independent living, Peter is a relatively new face – a young, energetic and remarkably…
Extract from the report: “The conference background The Regional ENIL start up conference on promotion of Independent Living (IL) in Serbia, was organized by Center for Independent Living Serbia (CIL Serbia) organized as a part of the ENIL annual work plan for the East region. The Conference took place in Belgradeon 21st – 23rd December…
I was born in Vidin, Bulgaria in 1989. I graduated from the Natural Sciences and Maths high-school in the town and am now studying Law at New Bulgarian University Sofia. I’m an active fighter for the rights of persons with disabilities in Bulgaria. I’ve represented many cases before the Bulgarian Protection Against Discrimination Commission. These…
Pursuant to the Day of the General Discussion on Article 9 of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, held on October 7th, 2010, and the decision taken by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Working Group for drafting a General Comment on Article 9 of the Convention, at the…
With the participation of ENIL, this conference is included in Zero Project (more info) Download the Press Release All photos: F. Garzarolli, Source: Essl Foundation Reprint free of charge, voucher copy kindly requested
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is now preparing the 2011 annual report on hate crimes. The report provides an overview of data collected on hate crimes as well as of responses to combat hate crimes. It will be launched on International Tolerance Day on 16 November 2012. As in previous years,…
On the occasion of 2011 Freedom Drive, ENIL launched a Proposal for a Resolution of the European Parliament on the effect of cuts in public spending on persons with disabilities in the European Union. This Resolution outlines measures that should be taken by the Member States, the European Council and the European Commission to ensure…
200 international politicians, NGO representatives, people with disability and academics gather at the Zero Conference in Vienna (Zero = no barriers). On January 22 and 23, 2012 the International Conference on Good Policies for Persons with Disabilities takes place for the first time in Vienna, Austria. It is part of the Zero Project – zero…
The Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission are holding a series of free online seminars about how the UN Disability Convention relates to what disabled people have told the Commission’s are the main barriers remaining to allow disabled people in Scotland to enjoy the full range of rights to which…
Disabled people are often seen as sick, abnormal and broken and are therefore excluded from having basic human rights to inclusive education, work opportunities on the open labour market, move away from home, have a family, participate in politics, travel overseas and enjoy culture and leisure. This leads to disabled people being unseen and excluded…
Extract from the article ‘How the media is demonising Disabled People in Europe’ by Debbie Jolly ‘Disabled people in Europe are losing their battle in the fight for disability rights. While some countries have problems making their governments understand that assistance is needed for the extra costs of disability for independent living, P.A.s, and self…
Save the Date! 9 February 2012, European Parliament On 9 February 2012 ENIL is holding a hearing at the European Parliament entitled ‘Defend the Right of Independent Living – How the EU’s Austerity Policy Is Undermining the Lives of People with Disabilities’. The hearing is hosted by the European United Left / Nordic Green…
NNDR is a multidisciplinary network of disability researchers. The purpose of NNDR is to advance research and development in the field of disability. The main meeting place for the network is the biennial NNDR conference. In order to increase the activity between our conferences, the NNDR launched a new webpage and a blog in October…
ENIL is active in the FRA (The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) and supports the research the FRA is conducting. The FRA launched a report on ‘The legal protection of persons with mental health problems under non-discrimination law’ in October. The publication analysed how national and international non-discrimination legislation and case law defines…
Through its project the European Coalition for Community Living, ENIL is a member of the Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (EEG). The Group, established in 2009 at the initiative of the then Commissioner Spidla, has already produced the Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional…
ENIL is an Associated Partner in the EU funded project DREAM – Disability Rights Expanding Accessibly Markets, led by the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. During the 3-year project, ENIL will host two early stage researchers (ESRs) – Ciara Brennan and Orla Kelly – based at the…
John Evans, a member of the Advisory Board of ENIL, is representing ENIL and its project ECCL (the European Coalition for Community Living) in the project ‘Fundamental Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Persons with Mental Health Problems’, launched by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency in 2009 and finishing in 2012. The project…
