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We are calling on the EU to ensure that disability rights are fully reflected in the next EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy.

We presented our recommendations during the European External Action Service’s civil society consultation on 2 July. The discussion comes at an important moment, as there is no separate disability action plan for external action under ...


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A group of disability and human rights organisations launched a call to the Council of Europe to definitively abandon a draft Additional Protocol on mental health care that would solidify the use of coercion and forced treatment.

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Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2026. The Council is one of the 3 main EU institutions, and its


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The agreement reached by the EU Institutions on the enforcement of EU passenger rights leaves those with disabilities unprotected.

The EU Institutions reached a provisional agreement on 25 June on a raft of changes to passenger rights, focused on enforcement, multimodal transport and targeted changes to air passenger rights (on top of those


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The European disability movement is deeply disappointed with the Finnish government’s plans to cut structural funding for organisations of persons with disabilities, completely eliminating much-needed advocacy and legal support for over 580.000 Finnish people with disabilities. It is not only undermining disability rights but also an alarming advance in Finland’s path of demo...


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