A 2023 Commission proposal for an EU regulation on cross-border protection of adults may breach a UN convention, according to the chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In a letter sent to the EU Executive on 23 May 2024, Gertrude Oforiwa cited concerns within the disability movement and stressed that article 21 of the proposal seems to be in violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which has been adopted by all EU member states. “Current article 21 of the proposed Regulation, which allows for a protection measure of ‘plac…