From 1 to 5 December 2025, the European Parliament will host its Third Disability Rights Week. This high-level week brings disability issues into focus. Parliamentarians join other policymakers and civil society to review progress and ensure disability rights remain a focus in the EU’s policy and administrative areas.
This week is timed around the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) and coincides with the European Day of Persons with Disabilities (EDPD) Conference taking place in Brussels on 4 and 5 December.
Events and the key themes
Many events, some streamed online with accessibility features, have already been confirmed.
Amongst the discussed topics:
- The 2025 review of the EU by the UN Disability Rights Committee
- Inclusive housing and independent living
- Employment and workplace accessibility
- Healthcare and gender-sensitive care
- Digital accessibility and AI ethics
- Legal capacity and rights gaps
- Global partnerships for inclusion
You can explore the full week on the official page.
You can follow open events at the European Parliament’s multimedia centre.
In focus: our participation
Our representatives will be speaking at many of the events throughout the week, to ensure the “Nothing without us” motto is fulfilled.
You will find us on:
- 1 December: Joint Public Hearing: “Inclusive Housing for All: Accessibility, Disability Rights, Vulnerable Groups and social inclusion in EU Housing Policy”
- 2 December: Conference “Why Independent Living is so important?” and workshop “The 2025 review of the EU” by the UN Disability Rights Committee, from the perspective of petitions received
- 3 December: Exchange of Views “Accessibility – state-of-play and way forward in light of UN recommendations” and public hearing “Quality support for persons with disabilities and carers of persons with disabilities at the workplace and in the community”
- 4 December: Public Hearing on “Legal capacity and supported decision-making mechanisms of adults” – Discussion around the 2023 proposal for a regulation on the protection of vulnerable adults, and exchange of views “The rights, freedoms and remaining gaps in the protection of persons with disabilities in the EU”