Workshop on the protection of rights of persons with disabilities

Stqarrija

27-10-2020 - 11:25

Aqsam din il-paġna ma' ħaddieħor:

On Wednesday, the Committee on Petitions will host a workshop on the New Disability Rights Strategy for 2021 - 2030 with Commissioner Dalli and EU Ombudsman O'Reilly.

The Workshop on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, organised by the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs for the Committee on Petitions (PETI), will include interventions by Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli and European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly.

Members will debate concrete proposals for the new 2021-2030 Disability rights strategy and hear a presentation on the Post-2020 European Disability Strategy study by Professor Lisa Waddington and Dr Andrea Broderick (Maastricht University). Speakers also include Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum, Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, scientific adviser at the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), and Dr Rolf Schmachtenberg, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (German Presidency of the Council of the EU).

When: Wednesday 28 October 2020, 16.45 – 18.45

Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Altiero Spinelli building (room 5G3) and remote participation

You can follow the workshop live. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, journalists are strongly advised to follow online.

Background

The European Commission is evaluating the current EU Disability Strategy 2010-20 and consulting stakeholders to set up a new comprehensive strategy that ensures the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities by better implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It will build on the former approach, both through targeted action and by ensuring disability rights are taken into account across all EU policies, programmes and instruments.

The Committee on Petitions (PETI) plays an important protection role in the EU framework for the implementation of the CPRD, as it handles and examines citizens’ petitions, and works to find solutions through dialogue with EU institutions and member states.