{"id":10648,"date":"2021-11-19T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/?p=10648"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:29:17","slug":"annual-conference-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/nl\/annual-conference-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaarlijkse conferentie over de rechten van personen met een handicap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 17\u201319 November, EUD Policy Assistant Toju Popo attended an online conference hosted by the ERA in cooperation with the Disability Thematic Network of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) and the EDF. It provided a forum for discussion of the updates and challenges involved in the exercise of the right to independent living as enshrined in the UNCRPD and relevant EU legislation, including the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jaarlijkse conferentie over de rechten van personen met een handicap\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/675827259?h=0a6753586b&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first day of the conference, Immaculada Placencia Porrero, Senior Expert at the Disability and Inclusion Unit within the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, led a session on European Disability Strategy (EDS) 2021\u20132030. 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She presented an overview of the adoption of the Recast as well as describing the challenges of the previous Regulation, which included passengers having to pre-notify staff of their need for assistance 48 hours in advance and failed to place an obligation on rail services to provide information in accessible formats and facilitate disability awareness training for their staff. Furthermore, Ms Denninghaus listed the improvements within the updated Regulation, which reduces the pre-notification time to 24 hours, strengthens the onus on rail providers to offer accessible information, and makes it obligatory to train staff on how to assist PWDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second day of the conference focused on the realisation of the Right to Independent Living under Article 19 of the UNCRPD. This part was presented by Professor Jonas Ru\u0161kus, Vice-Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 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She presented the results of the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor (DRM) survey launched in 2020 by organisations such as Validity Foundation, ENIL, International Disability Alliance, Disability Rights International, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, International Disability Alliance and Development Consortium and the Disability Rights Fund. The results outlined how the emergency measures that were taken had exacerbated existing human rights abuses such as denial of access to healthcare, isolating residents when there was an outbreak and failing to provide them with adequate communication and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the third day of the conference, Krzysztof Pater from the EESC spoke about the best practices in ensuring that PWDs can exercise their right to vote. 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