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Before the revision of the Treaty in Amsterdam, the Community had no power to tackle discrimination based on disability. However, the European Parliament has repeatedly indicated in its resolutions since the beginning of the 1990s that "the status of disabled people in the Treaties is that of "nvisible citizens" and that "human rights violations against disabled people take place in every area of daily life throughout the European Union in the form of discrimination on the grounds of disability". * * * * * * * |
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EUROPEAN UNIONResolution of the Council and the Ministers for Education meeting
within the Council of 31 May 1990 concerning integration of children
and young people with disabilities into ordinary systems of education Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments
of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 December 1996
on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities Council Resolution of 17 June 1999 on equal employment opportunities
for people with disabilities
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Resolution on threats to the right to life of disabled persons Resolution on the human rights of disabled people Resolution on the rights of disabled people Resolution
on the Commission's communication on equality of opportunity for people
with disabilities * * * * * * * |
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UNITED NATIONS
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded
Persons Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness
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Protection of the human rights and dignity
of the terminally ill and the dying * * * * * * * |
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EDF response paper on the Commission proposal for a Community
Action programme to combat discrimination 2001-6 EDF campaign : Disability Specific non-discrimination directive
needed Discrimination and Violence against disabled people The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Titles I and V ACLU on Disability Rights * * * * * * * |
Author : Whittle, Richard Author : Lewis, Robin * * * * * * * |