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