A little more than a year ago ENIL published a Myth Buster on Independent Living dealing with some of the most common misconceptions about disabled people, independent living and personal assistance…
On 18th March, the European Disability Forum (EDF) launched its Alternative Report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). As a member of EDF, ENIL has contributed to its preparation and hopes its recommendations will be adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with…
The Zero Project’s fourth report looks at the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities around the world and focuses on independent living and political participation. The Zero Project researches the status of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) around the…
This report considers the action taken by the European Union to implement the rights of people with disabilities under Article 19 (living independently and being included in the community) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It seeks to provide the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with information…
This briefing highlights key problems with Structural Funds investments for people with disabilities in six European Union Member States: Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and the Slovak Republic in the current programming period 2007 – 2013. It makes recommendations to the Member States and the European Commission on actions that need to be taken to…
In May 2013, the 66th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution calling for better health care for disabled people. Resulting from this, the World Health Organisation (WHO) initiated a process for developing an action plan in consultation with the United Nations organisations and Member States, based on the recommendations of the World Report on Disability…
A new resource created by the University of Minnesota Human Right Center and One Billion Strong ( OBS) is now available. It is entitled, Human Rights. Yes! Action and Advocacy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2nd Edition. Human Rights Education Series: Topic Book 6. Human Rights. Yes! is a new human rights education…
In June 2012, an article entitled ‘There’s no place like Home: The Right to Live in the Community for People with Disabilities, Under International Law and the Domestic Laws of the United States and Israel’ by Arlene S. Kanter was published. The article explores the developing ‘Right to live in the Community’ for people with…
The European Foundation Centre launched a study entitled “Assessing the impact of European Governments’ austerity plans on the rights of people with disabilities”. The study reveals how reduced spending on welfare and social services by some Member States is resulting in a disproportionately affecting people with disabilities. The study analyses the specific impact-in terms of…
The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community – based care have launched a set of key guidelines on how to make a sustained transition from institutional care to family-based and community-based alternatives for children, persons with disabilities, persons with mental health problems and older persons. Download the document They have also…
Volume 9 of the Equal Rights Trust Review focuses on the Equality of Persons with Disabilities. It includes articles on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the EU Structural Funds and an interview with the ENIL Board member Kapka Panayotova. Download the publication
Professor Gerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland (Galway) and researcher at the centre Suzanne Doyle have written a paper examining the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the EU Structural Funds as a tool to achieve Community Living. The paper…
“ The right of people with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community” Issue Paper commissioned and published by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. Download it here in PDF Format
The “JAG-model” – A description of how you can organize personal assistance with self-determination when you have multiple, severe disabilities and limited autonomy. Download the document Pa-manual_ENG
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are hosting a series of four free online seminars. The aim of these seminars is to relate the Disability Convention to what people with disabilities in Scotland have said are the key issues that they face. To date three seminars have taken…
ENIL has a focus on multiple-discrimination and has worked on a selection of questions to be presented in a survey in the next months. We would now like also to start the collection of examples from the network. If you have experienced multiple -discrimination please send an account of the discrimination to jamie.bolling@enil.eu. Please watch…
‘Handicapping Rules: The Overly Restrictive Application of Admissibility Criteria by the European Court of Human Rights to Complaints Concerning Disabled People’ By Constantin Cojocariu Abstract This article analyses the way in which admissibility rules related to standing and victim status can in certain circumstances exclude persons with disabilities held in mental health institutionsfrom the protection…
‘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…
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…
When we were at the beginning of our struggle for our right to personal assistance and we started looking for role models we began by reading up on the history of the independent living movement. We were very surprised to find out how similar the struggle these pioneers faced was to our humble beginnings. The…
