The Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU has invited Member States to give their views on different ways to strengthen the cross-border protection of vulnerable adults in the EU. In an internal document dated 13 October and seen by EUROPE, the Czech Presidency details several possible ways forward.
The only existing tool to date is the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults. It aims to protect persons with motor or mental disabilities by enabling them to...