Reasonable Accommodation for persons with disabilities: Exploring challenges concerning its practical implementation

The Discussion Paper ‘Reasonable Accommodation for persons with disabilities: Exploring challenges concerning its practical implementation’ offers a comparative view of the main identified problematic issues in the field of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities, including its legal framework (UNCRPD, CoE, EU law and the national application).

This includes:

• The applicable legal framework and the lack of awareness among duty bearers and the general public
• Difference between reasonable accommodation and accessibility
• Scope of the duty of reasonable accommodation
• Procedural aspects regarding who has responsibility for designing a reasonable accommodation measure.

This discussion paper is complemented by this Annex that compiles relevant case law regarding the topic of the publication, on the basis of which the analysis was done.