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European Commission Must Ensure EU Investments Do Not Segregate People with Disabilities
October 13, 2015 News
BUDAPEST—A new report by the Open Society Foundations details the role of the European Commission in ensuring that member states do not spend EU structural funds to confine people with disabilities to long-stay institutions.

“Laws and procedures around structural funds may be complicated, but the reality is simple,” said Judith Klein, director of the Mental Health Initiative of the Open Society Foundations. “These investments must protect the right of every EU citizen to live in the community.”

The report, Community Not Confinement: The Role of the European Union in Promoting and Protecting the Right of People with Disabilities to Live in the Community, warns that although member states have agreed to move away from institutional care, some continue to invest in scaled-down facilities rather than supportive community living. This violates the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)…