Ahead of the EU elections, this report explores the political participation of people with disabilities. Although some Member States removed restrictions on the right to vote and to stand for elections, barriers still exist. This report is an update of new developments following FRA’s last report published in 2014. It sets out ways forward to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunities, in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Ahead of the EU elections, this report explores the political participation of people with disabilities. Although some Member States removed restrictions on the right to vote and to stand for elections, barriers still exist. This report is an update of new developments following FRA’s last report published in 2014. It sets out ways forward to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunities, in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The right to vote is at the heart of what it means
to live in a democratic society. However, legislation
sets out a number of restrictions on this right. With a view to the European Parliament elections in
2019, this paper presents developments in the situation
of the right to vote for people deprived of legal
capacity in the EU.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly, to people with disabilities themselves.

Die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
(FRA) will zu einer wirksameren Deinstitutionalisierung
beitragen, indem sie konkrete Belege dafür
sammelt, was vor Ort funktioniert und was nicht.
Zu diesem Zweck führte die Agentur in fünf EU-Mitgliedstaaten
(Bulgarien, Finnland, Irland, Italien und
der Slowakei) eine umfangreiche Feldforschung in
verschiedenen Phasen der Deinstitutionalisierung
durch.
In diesem Bericht sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse
dieser Feldforschung und die Stellungnahmen der
FRA diesbezüglich zusammengefasst.

BRK ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, Menschen
mit Behinderungen eine unabhängige Lebensführung
zu ermöglichen. Dies setzt einen sinnvollen und nachhaltigen
Übergang von institutionellen zu gemeindenahen
Wohnformen voraus. In der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung
werden die Ergebnisse aus drei Berichten
der FRA zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Deinstitutionalisierung
zusammengefasst.

Das europäische Antidiskriminierungsrecht verbietet insbesondere nach Maßgabe der Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinien der EU, des Artikels 14 der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention sowie des Protokolls Nr. 12 zu dieser Konvention die Diskriminierung in einer ganzen Reihe von Bereichen und aus einer Vielzahl von Gründen. Dieses Handbuch untersucht den europäischen Rechtsrahmen zur Nichtdiskriminierung, der sich auf diese beiden Quellen als einander ergänzende Systeme gründet, auf die unterschiedslos Bezug genommen wird, soweit sie sich überschneiden; zugleich wird gegebenenfalls auf bestehende Unterschiede aufmerksam gemacht.

This report looks at what the EU and the 28 countries have agreed to do to move people with disabilities from living in institutions to living in their local community with support.

This report looks at the money that is needed to help people move from living in institutions to living in their local community with support.

This report looks at the lives of people with disabilities who are living independently in their local community.

The transition from institution- to community-based support for persons with disabilities is a complex process that requires multifaceted efforts. These include putting in place commitments and structures for achieving deinstitutionalisation and measuring outcomes for persons with disabilities. This report shows that effectively funding the deinstitutionalisation process is a vital element.