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EDF input to five-year European migration and asylum strategy

The European Disability Forum (EDF) calls for the inclusion of migrants and asylum seekers with disabilities and protection...

Education at the Heart of the AU-EU Partnership

As leaders of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) prepare for their next Summit, we—a...

The EU weakens the rules that safeguard people and the environment

470 civil society, trade unions and public interest groups tell President von der Leyen, European Commissioners and EU...

Situation of persons with disabilities affected by the war in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The European Disability Forum submitted this contribution in response to the Committee’s call for written inputs regarding the...

Joint Statement on Electronic Product Information (ePI)

Doctors, nurses, community and hospital pharmacists, hospitals and healthcare services, consumers, older people, health insurance funds and not-for-profit...

Unprecedented Attacks on NGOs in the EU

We call on all democratic forces to act for a strong and independent civil society European civil society...

Forced sterilisation against persons with disabilities must be fully criminalised: EDF calls for human rights to prevail in Portugal

The European Disability Forum (EDF) strongly advocates for the criminalisation and complete abolition of forced sterilisation of persons...

Joint proposed amendments on the Regulation on Protection of Adults in Cross-Border Situations

This document was prepared jointly by the European Disability Forum, the European Network on Independent Living, Inclusion Europe,...

The Omnibus proposal cannot be a step back in social sustainability

We express our deep concern regarding the Commission’s proposals to amend the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and...

The next EU budget must keep supporting marginalised groups

We call on the EU not to remove support for marginalised or at-risk groups when deciding on the...

Equality betrayed: Commission unilaterally gives up on anti-discrimination law

European Civil Society condemns the European Commission’s announcement to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination as a betrayal...

Call for EU Leadership: Step Up to Sustain Global Development Aid

Appeal to the Heads of State and Government and the institutions of the European Union to take action...

Civil society Statement on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act guidelines

The following statement has been written collectively by the AI Act civil society coalition and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition following...

Joint position on approval of the draft Recommendation on respect for autonomy in mental healthcare - CDBIO meeting of 26th of November 2024

The European Disability Forum (EDF), Mental Health Europe (MHE), the European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry...

More than 50 Civil Society Organisations react on the new European Commission

Read the original statement Read the reply by the European Commission European and national equality civil society networks...

Recommendations for the implementation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive: Turning children’s rights commitment to good practices

On the 27th of May 2024, the Council adopted the Directive 2024/1712, amending Directive 2011/36/EU, on preventing and...

The Warsaw declaration: disability-inclusive recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine

Download the Warsaw declaration: disability-inclusive recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine (Word) Download the Warsaw declaration: disability-inclusive recovery and...

EDF’s resolution on Disability Rights, Peace and Conflict, 2024

Considering that the EU and all its Member States have ratified and are bound by the United Nations...

EU leaders must deliver a European Disability Employment and Skills Guarantee

Today, on International Workers' Day and ahead of the European Elections in June, the European Disability Forum calls...

Joint statement: “Building an inclusive European Union of Equality”

We, the undersigned equality and anti-discrimination organisations, call on the European Union’s leaders and European Institutions to ensure...

‘I decide’. Joint statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on 25 November, EDF together with CERMI...

Nagorno-Karabakh: Protection and safety of persons with disabilities

Nagorno-Karabakh: Protection and safety of persons with disabilities Open letter to the international community - including the United...

Revised Victims’ Rights Directive - Joint Statement

EDF join Victim Support Europe (VSE) and fellow signatories together with national member organisations' call for strengthened EU rights,...

Civil society joint position on the draft recommendation for the promotion of voluntary measures - CD-BIO meeting of 7th of June 2023

The European Disability Forum (EDF), Mental Health Europe (MHE), Inclusion Europe, the European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors...

European Disability Forum and International Association of Accessibility Professionals joint statement on accessibility overlays

Download this statement in PDF Note: We use some technical terms in this statement. These are explained in...

European Parliament: Make sure the AI act protects peoples’ rights!

Statement in PDF (edri.org) Statement in Word (edri.org) Ahead of the AI Act vote in the European Parliament,...

Joint Public Letter to EU lawmakers on patients' rights in the European Health Data Space

Official Statement (PDF hosted at edri.org) Brussels, 13 April 2023 To European lawmakers: We, the undersigned organisations representing...

Joint statement on the forcible transfer, deportation, and adoption of children from Ukraine by Russia

We are deeply concerned by reports that many children displaced by the war in Ukraine have been forcibly...

Joint Statement for European Day for Victims of Crime

On this European Day for Victims of Crime, Victim Support Europe and signatories of this statement stand in...

Prioritising persons with disabilities in the action against inflation and energy costs

Resolution adopted by the EDF Board on 20 November 2022 Context Considering that there are 100 million persons...

Riga Declaration on a Peaceful and Disability-Inclusive Ukraine

The Riga Declaration, drafted in cooperation with SUSTENTO - the Umbrella Body of Disability Organisations, condemns the invasion...

Emergency Resolution calling for Peace

The Executive Committee of the European Disability Forum met on 24 June 2022 in advance of the annual...

Joint statement welcoming the suspension of the adoption of the draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention

Read the joint statement signed by Autism Europe, European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD),...

Overview of issues created by the Draft Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe’s Oviedo Convention in light of the CRPD

The EU and all its Member States have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

EDF statement on the Commission Roadmap for the revision of the Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings (2010/13)

Disabled Persons’ Organisations have demanded from the very start that any action under the “Green Deal” needs to be inclusive of persons with disabilities and that accessibility is a key aspect of sustainability.

EDF Resolution on the European Disability Strategy 2020-2030

adopted by the 4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities - Brussels, 6 December 2017 This year, the...