UN Social Forum 2016
EUD participated in the 2016 UN Social Forum in Geneva, which focused for the first
Civil Society Hearing on progress made in the EU on the rights of persons with disabilities
On 16th of September 2016, EUD participated in a civil society hearing co-hosted by the
16th CRPD session update
On 24th and 25th of August, EUD has been present at the 16th UN CRPD
16th CRPD session
From 24th to 26th of August, EUD will be in Geneva to participate in the
European Parliament’s CULT committee vote on opinion threatens future accessibility of TV & e-books
Currently, the European Accessibility Act (EAA), is being discussed in the European Parliament and the
Proposed Audio-visual media services directive not to contain article on accessibility
End of May 2016, the European Commission proposed a directive aimed at revising the audio-visual
Clear majority of Members of the European Parliament adopts resolution on the implementation of the UNCRPD by the EU
On 7 July 2016, the European Parliament adopted a very important resolution based on a
Adoption of the final version of the report on the implementation of the UNCRPD, with special regard to the Concluding Observations for the EU
EUD has worked extensively on the UNCRPD and the review session of the EU. The
Conference on “The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015”
On 16.06.2016, EUD took part in a conference on “The situation of fundamental rights in
Development of a European pillar of social rights and on inclusive growth
On 08.06.2016, EUD took part in a very interesting meeting with the European Commission on
High Level Group disability meeting
On 09.06.2016, EUD participated in the High Level Group disability meeting 2016 The task of
Consolidating the ground for implementation: 10 years after the UNCRPD
On the 10th of June, EUD was present at the European Commission work forum on