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EUD Impact Report 2014 (2)
"EUD therefore advocates the right to sign language as an essential prerequisite to ensure full and equal citizenship for all deaf people."
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EUD Impact Report 2014
"Inherent to EUD’s work is the belief that the right to sign language is a basic Human Right."
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Recommendation 1598 (2003) on the protection of Sign languages in the member states of the Council of Europe
"The Assembly recognises sign languages as the expression of Europe’s cultural wealth. They are a feature of Europe’s linguistic and cultural heritage."
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (9)
"The European Parliament, (..)
9. Stresses that deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing citizens must have access to the same information and communication as their peers in the form of sign language interpretation, subtitling, speech-to-text and/or alternative forms of communication, including oral interpreters;"
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (22)
"The European Parliament, (..)
22. Emphasises that sign language should be included in educational curricula in order to raise awareness and increase the use of sign language;"
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (24)
"The European Parliament, (..)
24. Calls on the Member States to encourage the learning of sign language in the same way as foreign languages;"
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (33)
"The European Parliament, (..)
33. Urges Eurostat to ensure that statistics on deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing sign language users are supplied to the EU institutions so they can better define, implement and analyse their disability and language policies;"
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UN CRPD, 2006 (2)
ARTICLE 30: PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL LIFE, RECREATION, LEISURE AND SPORTS
"Persons with disabilities shall be entitled, on an equal basis with others, to recognition and support of their specific cultural and linguistic identity, including sign languages and deaf culture."
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European Parliament Resolution on Sign Languages, 1988 (3)
"The European Parliament (..)
3. Calls upon the Member States to abolish any remaining obstacles to the use of sign language; "
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Verena Kausneker, 2008
"In summary, it is necessary to take measures to protect, promote and support the fields of research, use, teaching and learning of the national sign language/s of every country."
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European Parliament Resolution on Sign Languages, 1988 (10)
"The European Parliament (..)
10. Calls upon Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, to support pilot projects aimed at teaching sign language to hearing children and adults, using deaf people trained for the purpose and to back research in this area; "
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (1)
"The European Parliament, (..) 1. Stresses the need for qualified and professional sign language interpreters, which can only be met on the basis of the following approach:
(a) official recognition of national and regional sign language(s) in Member States and within EU institutions, "
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (18)
"The European Parliament, (..)
18. Notes that reasonable accommodation measures, which include the provision of professional sign language interpreters, must be taken to ensure equal access to employment, education and training;"
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European Parliament resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters (2016/2952(RSP)) (23)
"The European Parliament, (..)
23. Underlines that measures must be taken to recognise and promote the linguistic identity of deaf communities;"
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UN CRPD, 2006 (21)
ARTICLE 21: Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information
"States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise the right to freedom of expression and opinion, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas on an equal basis with others and through all forms of communication of their choice, as defined in article 2 of the present Convention, including by: (..)
e) Recognizing and promoting the use of sign languages."
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UN CRPD, 2006
Article 2
""Language" includes spoken and signed languages and other forms of non-spoken languages;"