
WHO/OHCHR Guidance and practice on mental health, human rights, and legislation
On 9th October, EUD followed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) launch event on “Mental Health,

Advancing towards the inclusion of deaf people in Emergency Service Responses
On behalf of the European Union of the Deaf (EUD), Mr Mark Wheatley and Mr

Celebrating the Web Accessibility Directive Third Anniversary
On 21st September, EUD followed the virtual event “Celebrating the Web Accessibility Directive’s Third Anniversary”

Public Hearing of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On September 19th, EUD joined the Public Hearing of the Committee on Employment and Social

EU Multilingualism Day 2023
The EUD Calls the EU to Recognise the 30 EU National Sign Languages as EU

A Welcome First Step, But More Needs to be Done!
The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) Welcomes the Historic Inclusion of Real-Time International Sign

European Disability Forum (EDF)’s Press Conference on the new European Disability Card.
EUD had the honour of attending the press event organised by the European Disability Forum

EUD Welcomes the European Commission’s Proposal for a EU-wide Disability Card!
The European Commission just released its package for the forthcoming European Disability Card. This proposal

Focus Group for the Preparation of the Guide of good electoral practice addressing participation of citizens with disabilities in the electoral process
On 7th September, the EUD Policy Manager, Alexandre Bloxs, attended a focus group meeting for

EUD supports its member organisations – the National Associations of the Deaf in Germany and Austria – in providing the deaf perspective at the 29th Session of the UN CRPD Committee
UN CRPD Committee This month, on 14th August 2023 in Geneva, the Committee of the

European Accessibility Resource Centre – “AccessibleEU” Launch Event
On 4th July 2023, EUD attended the launch of the European Accessible Resource Centre –

Findings and results of the survey on the available data related to deaf people at national level
Data collection represents a crucial tool to ensure the meaningful and progressive implementation of the