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On 24 April, the European Migration Network (EMN) National Contact Points (NCPs) held their 100th Meeting in Brussels.
The agency trained NGO lawyers in Hungary and from neighbouring EU Member States with an external EU border, following an invitation from the UN Refugee Agency.
Member States must do more to protect victims of violent crime, finds the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Its latest reports question current safeguards defending the rights of those seeking justice. FRA calls for positive action from police, support services, public prosecutors and courts.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of people with disabilities requested input to a study on the rights of older people with disabilities.
The agency took part in the ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference organised by the OSCE and Biometric Institute.
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On 16 April, the agency together with the Federation of Jewish communities in Czechia will hold a panel discussion on forms and prevalence of contemporary antisemitism in the EU.
On 16 April in Bucharest, the Romanian EU Presidency is hosting an international conference on The Agenda 2030: Partnerships for Sustainable Development.
A delegation of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe’s Department of the European Social Charter visited the agency to meet with FRA experts on 11 April in Vienna.
The agency will present its latest and upcoming work on civic space to the Council of Europe’s Conference of INGOs, which will meet in Strasbourg on 12 April.
The agency spoke during a panel discussion at a conference in Strasbourg on 4 April on alternatives to immigration detention.
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The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the agency will hold a joint seminar on applicability and effect of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights in national proceedings.
On 11 April in Brussels, the FRA Director will speak during a high-level panel to members of the European Committee of the Regions from the 28 Member States.
On 11 April in Brussels, the agency will present an overview of case law concerning data retention to the Council if the European Union’s Working Party on International Exchange and Data Protection Friends of Presidency (Data retention).
On 11 April, the agency will take part in a capacity building seminar on moving towards independent living and community-based care for adults and children with intellectual disabilities in Romania.
The European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence published their Ethics Guidelines on Trustworthy AI on 8 April.
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The agency presented findings from its Being Black in the EU report at two events organised by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund on 3 April.
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The agency participated in a Peer Learning Activity in Zagreb from 4 to 5 April on promoting common values and inclusive education through cooperation between education institutions and civil society.
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On 3 and 4 April, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty visited Zagreb to discuss cooperation with the upcoming Croatian EU Presidency.
The agency presented its Opinion on the challenges and opportunities for implementing the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter to the Council Working Group dealing with fundamental rights (FREMP).
In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty talks about discrimination on the basis of age in the EU and calls for more respect for Human- and Fundamental Rights of older people.