Research Handbook on EU Disability Law

Edited by Delia Ferri, Professor of Law, Department of Law, Maynooth University, Ireland and Andrea Broderick, Assistant Professor of International and European Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Contents:

Preface xi

1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on EU Disability Law 1
Delia Ferri and Andrea Broderick

PART I THE HISTORY OF EU DISABILITY LAW, ITS SCOPE AND
INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS
2 The EU disability strategy and the future of EU disability policy 12
Charles O’Mahony and Shivaun Quinlivan
3 Disability in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 29
Delia Ferri
4 Negotiation, ratification and implementation of the CRPD and its status
in the EU legal order 52
Merijn Chamon
5 The EU framework for monitoring the CRPD 71
Alexander Hoefmans
6 Political participation of people with disabilities in the EU 89
Lisa Waddington and Andrea Broderick
7 EU citizenship and disability 105
Charles Edward O’Sullivan

PART II DISABILITY RIGHTS IN EU LAW
8 Disability in EU non-discrimination law 121
Andrea Broderick and Philippa Watson
9 Disability in EU labour law beyond non-discrimination 146
Miet Vanhegen and Frank Hendrickx
10 Freedom of movement for persons with disabilities and coordination of
social security within the EU 164
Anne Pieter van der Mei
11 Disability in EU transport legislation 182
Eliza Varney and Abigail Pearson
12 Disability in EU copyright law 201
Caterina Sganga
13 Accessibility of goods and services 221
Stelios Charitakis
14 Disability and standardization 243
David Hosking
15 Disability and EU public procurement 263
Christopher Bovis
16 Public services and disability 284
Juan Jorge Piernas López
17 State aid law and disability 301
Delia Ferri and Juan Jorge Piernas López
18 EU structural and investment funds and disability 321
Emma McEvoy
19 The rights of people with disabilities in EU consumer law 343
Federica Casarosa
20 Disability in EU asylum law 359
Carmine Conte

PART III EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS
21 Disability in EU development cooperation 379
Tina Van den Sanden
22 Disability in EU trade and investment agreements 396
Sondra Faccio
23 The European Convention on Human Rights and Disability 414
Silvia Favalli
24 The European Social Charter and disability 431
Giuseppe Palmisano
25 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on EU Disability Law 448
Andrea Broderick and Delia Ferri

Index 460