FRA in close cooperation with the European Commission and the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED), funded by the Commission, developed 28 human rights indicators to assess the political participation of persons with disabilities in the EU in 2014.
Populating these indicators with concrete data, allows FRA to identify relevant developments across all areas covered by the indicators. The data collections were carried out in 2023 and 2024 and focused on the following areas:.
- - lifting legal and administrative barriers;
- - increasing rights awareness;
- - making political participation more accessible;
- - expanding opportunities for participation.
FRA’s multidisciplinary research network conducted research from December 2023 to February 2024 and from October to December 2013. The data collection covered all EU Member States (the EU28 in 2013 and, after Brexit, the EU27 in 2024).
Each of the indicators may be considered independently, but should be read in the context of the wider set of indicators which together give an overview of the situation concerning the political participation of persons with disabilities. For more information see the full 2014 report 'The right to political participation for persons with disabilities: human rights indicators' and the report summary, as well as the 2024 report 'Political participation of people with disabilities – new developments'.
Theme |
Structure |
Process |
Outcome |
Lifting legal and administrative barriers
|
- - Article 29 of the CRPD
- - Article 12 of the CRPD
- - National disability strategies
- - Restrictions on right to vote of people without legal capacity
- - Requirement to register to vote
- - Alternative ways of voting
- - Voting from long-term institutions
- - Duty to provide assistance
- - Legally able to access complaints mechanisms
|
- - Accessible information about complaints mechanisms
- - Cases considered by courts
- - Cases considered by non-judicial complaints bodies
- Cases considered by international complaints bodies
|
- - National MPs with a disability
- - Members of municipal authorities with a disability
|
Increasing rights awareness |
- Article 29 of the CRPD
- Article 9 of the CRPD
- National disability strategies
- Training for election officials
|
- - DPO involvement
- Commitment to accessible manifestos
- Guidelines on accessible polling stations
|
- Accessible information websites
- Accessible information television broadcasts
- Accessible election manifestos
|
Making political participation more accessible
|
- Article 9 of the CRPD
- Voting from long-term institutions
- Accessibility standards for the internet
- Accessibility standards for audio-visual media
- Accessibility standards for public buildings
- Accessibility standards for polling stations
- Duty to provide assistance
|
- DPO involvement
- Commitment to accessible manifestos
- Guidelines on accessible polling stations
- Accessible information about complaints mechanisms
|
- - Accessible polling stations
- - Accessible public buildings
- - Accessible information websites
- - Accessible information television broadcasts
- - Accessible election manifestos
|
Expanding opportunities for political participation
|
- - Article 29 of the CRPD
- - Article 9 of the CRPD
- - Alternative ways of voting
- - Accessibility standards for the internet
- - Accessibility standards for audio-visual media
- - Accessibility standards for public buildings
|
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- - National MPs with a disability
- - Members of municipal authorities with a disability
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FRA in close cooperation with the European Commission and the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED), funded by the Commission, developed 28 human rights indicators to assess the political participation of persons with disabilities in the EU in 2014.
Geographical coverage
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Montenegro
United Kingdom