The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has urged member states to âimmediately start to transition to the abolition of coercive practices in mental health settingsâ.
Inclusion Europe agrees with the Council of Europe
that we need to protect the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities.
But we don't agree with the new changes to the Oviedo Convention.
The âEurope in Actionâ conference happened from 5-7 June.
For the conference, we went to Vilnius.
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania.
We talked about independent living for people with intellectual disabilities. And about inclusion.
Ahead of the 13th June meeting of the EPSCO Council, we have joined COFACE-Families Europe and 11 other European civil society networks to co-sign a joint letter calling on the national governments to move towards swift transposition of the EU Work-Life Balance Directive.