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One important step in the advancement of the rights of disabled people occurred in 2010 when the EU ratified the UNCRPD19,  thus aligning the bloc with the international guarantee to protect the fundamental rights of disabled people. [...] At an EU policy level, the rights of disabled people have been enshrined in the EU Treaties since 199721 and the inclusion of people with disabilities makes up principle 17 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, adopted in 2017. [...] The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was created to: • Strengthen efforts to recognise, promote, implement, and monitor the rights of persons with disabilities from a human rights-based approach, in line with the UNCRPD and the broader human rights framework • Recall the universality, indivisibility, interdependence, and interrelatedness of all human rights and the need for persons with disabilit. [...] Recommending the importance of: consistently harmonising European Union laws and policies with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the field of independent living and deinstitutionalisation. [...] The initiative within the EU Disability Strategy (2021- 2030) relating to the Commission’s intention to develop a guide to good electoral practice, that addresses the participation of people with disabilities in the framework of the European cooperation network on elections in particular, is therefore welcome.