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Monthly data collection on the current migration situation in the EU Thematic focus: Disability August 2016 Persons with disabilities make up around 15% of the global population, and comprise a significant minority of refugees and migrants. In addition to pre-existing physical, sensory, intellectual or psychosocial impairments, people may acquire or develop impairments during the migration process. When identified, these impairments place an obligation on Member States to provide specific support throughout the arrival, registration and asylum process. This thematic focus explores practices in four areas crucial to persons with disabilities and victims of torture in the current migrant situation en Fundamental Rights Report 2016 Chapter 8: developments in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities May 2016 Five years on from the EU’s accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), for the first time in 2015 a United Nations (UN) treaty body, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee), reviewed the EU’s fulfilment of its human rights obligations. In its concluding observations, the CRPD Committee created a blueprint for the additional steps required for the EU to meet its obligations under the convention. At national level, the CRPD is driving wide-ranging change processes as Member States seek to harmonise their legal frameworks with the convention’s standards. en (summary en – fr) Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU December 2015 The report outlines relevant international and European standards and reviews national legislation and policies addressing violence against children with disabilities. The report also explores the extent and different causes, settings and forms of such violence, and presents measures and initiatives to prevent it. en Summary report: Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in This summary report presents the main research findings identified in the FRA report on Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU. The report gives a short summary of the key findings and outlines 10 key bg - cs - da - de - en - fr - hr - it - lt - nl - pl - pt - sl - sv
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