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Overview
Context and EU Relevance
Social Protection
and Other Forms of Support and Assistance
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Using the Convention
Context and EU Relevance
2001 December – Ad-Hoc Committee
2004 May – 3rd session ~ drafting begins
2006 December 13 – adopted by General Assembly
2008 May 3 – entry into force
History of the Convention
Context and EU Relevance
Ad-Hoc Committee 1st session August 2002
Ad-Hoc Committee subsequent sessions
International Disability Caucus
Articles 4 and 33
Process and Involvement
Context and EU Relevance
Article 1
Visibility
Specificity
Information
New Rights ?
Purpose
Context and EU Relevance
EU role in negotiations
EU Signature – 30 March 2007
EU conclusion / ratification
Implications
EU Relevance
Context and EU RelevanceEU Relevance
Estonia – Convention Signature
Finland – Convention & Optional Protocol Signature
Latvia – Convention & Optional Protocol Signature and Ratification
Lithuania – Convention & Optional Protocol Signature and Ratification
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Bi-directional link
Statistics
Marginalisation
Poverty
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Food, clothing, housing
Clean water – Article 28(2)
Without discrimination
Safeguard and Promote
Adequate Standard of Living - Article 28(1)
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Access to social protection and poverty reduction programmes
Social Protection - Article 28(2)
Access to public housing programmes
Access to retirement benefits and programmes
Services, devices and assistance for disability-related needs
Assistance with disability-related expenses if living in poverty
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Aids, devices, technologies and live assistance
Independent Personal Mobility – Article 20
Mobility training
Market shaping
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Aims and underlying principles
Habilitation & Rehabilitation - Article 26
Early provision
Voluntary and as local as possible
Training of professionals
Availability and use of assistive devices and technologies
Social Protectionand Other Forms of Support & Assistance
Equal basis
Health - Article 25
Disability-specific
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Statistics
Link with Poverty
The Current Position
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Open, inclusive and accessible labour market
Freedom of choice and acceptance
Equal basis
Promotion of opportunities
Work and Employment : Article 27
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Prohibition of discrimination
– includes reasonable accommodation
Conditions and remuneration
Vocational guidance and training
Labour and trade union rights
Work and Employment : Article 27
Equal BasisEqual Basis
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Finding employment and career advancement
Self-employment and co-operatives
Work experience
Private sector – promote employment
Public sector – employment
Work and Employment : Article 27
Promotion of OpportunitiesPromotion of Opportunities
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Inclusive general education system
Non-discrimination
- including reasonable accommodation
Life skills, including mobility skills
Sensory impairments
Education : Article 24
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Accessibility – Article 9
Participation in Community Life
Community Living – Article 19
Employment and Necessary Pre-Conditions
Cross-cutting
Non-Discrimination – Article 5
Less favourable treatment
Includes Reasonable Accommodation – Article 2
Using the Convention
Shadow reports – Article 35
Involvement & consultation – Article 4(3)
Monitoring mechanism – Article 33(2)
Capacity building – Article 29
Ratification of the Convention
Using the Convention
Individual and group complaints – Article 1 OP
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Facts at the time OP came into force
Ratification of Optional Protocol
Using the Convention
Domestic lobbying
EU funding, Law and good practice
Signature but no Ratification
