EDF Bulletin on "Disability Rights in the Accession Countries"

The latest European Disability Forum newsletter on "Disability Rights in the Accession Countries" is available for download as a PDF file. This issue features the following contents:

DISABILITY IN THE EU

• Convention on the Future of Europe: What about disabled people?
• New European guidelines for employment: how will they affect disabled people?
• The European Parliament calls for a disability specific Directive
• Council Resolution on Employment and Social integration
• European Parliament Resolution on a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People
• The European Parliament of Disabled People

DISABILITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE
A panel of experts to draft the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People

SPECIAL DOSSIER: DISABILITY RIGHTS IN THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

• Historical context for disability rights in the Accession Countries
• Capacity building of disabled people's organisations in 10 Accession Countries
• Ingemar Färm, consultant to the project share his views
• What is the state of play in the countries involved in the Capacity building project?
• More rights for people with intellectual disabilityand their families in Central and Eastern Europe
• Improving access to rights-based treatment
• Political experience in enforcing the interest of disabled people

For more information, contact:
Helena González-Sancho Bodero
Communication Officer
European Disability Forum
Tel: + 32 2 282 46 04
Fax: + 32 2 282 46 09
Web: http://www.edf-feph.org

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