This report shows that progress has been achieved in the European Union in many areas connected to political participation of people with disabilities since the agency first reported on this issue in 2010. All Member States and the EU have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

This report shows that progress has been achieved in the European Union in many areas connected to political participation of people with disabilities since the agency first reported on this issue in 2010. All Member States and the EU have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Equal recognition of persons before the law is a long-established human rights principle. Nevertheless, legal frameworks in many EU Member States allow for the legal capacity of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems to be restricted or removed under...

Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in institutions or other facilities far from their families. Children with disabilities are denied access to basic services, such as health care and...

Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and...

Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and...

Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in institutions or other facilities far from their families. Children with disabilities are denied access to basic services, such as health care and...

Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities establishes the right to live independently and be included in the community. Drawing on the findings of interview-based research with persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual...

In some countries in Europe, people with mental health problems are not allowed to vote. This is discrimination. Discrimination is when one person or a group of people are not treated in a fair way and do not have the same rights as everybody else.