The following documents are among those that will be referred to in the conference “The International Protection of Adults: Towards an EU-wide Uniform Regime”, 17-18 September 2025.
A. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Text of the Convention and of the Optional Protocol
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – General Comment No. 1 – Article 12: Equal recognition before the law (2014)
B. The Hague Convention
- The Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults | English; French
- Explanatory Report of the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults by Paul Lagarde, New and Revised Edition (2017) | English; French
- HCCH Permanent Bureau, Practical Handbook on the Operation of the 2000 Protection of Adults Convention (2024) | English; French
C. The proposed EU Regulation and Decision
- European Commission – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
- European Commission – Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Member States to become or remain parties, in the interest of the European Union, to the Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
- Council of the European Union – Partial general approach – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
- Council of the European Union – Partial general approach – Statement by Spain – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
- Council of the European Union – Partial general approach – Statement by Estonia – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults; corrigendum
- Council of the European Union – Partial general approach – Statement by Malta – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
- European Parliament – Committee on Legal Affairs – Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults
D. Some views expressed on the proposals by academics and stakeholders
- Joint submission by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities (Gerard Quinn) and the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons (Claudia Mahler) on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation and Council Decision governing the Hague Convention on the Protection of Adults (2023)
- Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, ‘Position paper on the European Commission
- proposed Regulation on the protection of vulnerable adults’ (2024)
- Pietro Franzina, Cristina González Beilfuss, Jan von Hein, Katja Karjalainen, Thalia Kruger, ‘Cross-border Protection of Adults: What Could the EU Do Better?’ 21 Journal of Private International Law (2025), p. 1-29
- Notaries of Europe, ‘Position paper on the European Commission’s Legislative Package on the Protection of Adults’ (2025)
- European Disability Forum, European Network on Independent Living, Inclusion Europe, Mental Health Europe, AGE Platform Europe, ‘Joint proposed amendments on the Regulation on Protection of Adults in Cross-Border Situations’ (2025)
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of the European Union – CRPD/C/EU/CO/2-3 (2025)