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The Ethical Journalism Network and FRA provided face-to-face media training at the Thomson Foundation in London on 21 October.
Everyone wants a fair trial when it comes to judicial proceedings. But in practice shortcomings sometimes fail to deliver on the rights of victims and defendants. European Day of Justice is a time to reflect on challenges to ensure Europe offers fair justice for all.
The FRA Director will take part in the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting in Luxembourg on 24 October.
On 24 October, FRA will present the key findings of the Fundamental Rights Report 2019 in the field of non-discrimination racism, xenophobia and related intolerances in a workshop which will take place in Rome.
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The research and innovation excellence through gender equality: New pathways and challenges conference will take place in Helsinki from 23 to 24 October.
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FRA will raise awareness on the upcoming results of the EU LGBTI survey during the 23rd annual conference of ILGA Europe.
On 23 October in Berlin, the FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, will participate in the closing ceremony of the Data Ethics Commission.
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On 24 October in Stockholm, Heads of EU Agencies will come together to discuss issues of common interest.
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FRA will join the last in a row of four child guarantee workshops organised by the European Commission.
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FRA will participate in the 41st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners.
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The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) regularly invites regional offices responsible for promoting and protecting human rights to consultations on how to coordinate their work better.
Talk by Sarah Wishart of Rights Info at the Human Rights Communicators' Workshop held at FRA on 3-4 October 2019.
Talk by Szczepan Orlowski of Animorph at the Human Rights Communicators' Workshop held at FRA on 3-4 October 2019.
In this edition Michael O'Flaherty reports back from his visit to the asylum seeker facility in Lesbos and calls for the support of all EU Member States to improve in particular the situation of unaccompanied children.
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FRA's Director Michael O'Flaherty's keynote speech on the interaction between democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights for the opening session of conference on 10 September in Helsinki organised by the Finnish Presidency of the EU.
On 18 October, a delegation led by the Deputy Ombudsman, Maija Sakslin of the office of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland and the Human Rights Centre, Sirpa Rautio, will visit FRA.
The Austrian Chamber of Labour organised a workshop to discuss the results of a recent study on discrimination with experts from European institutions, trade unions, Equality bodies and civil society.
Michael O’Flaherty
FRA Director, Michael O'Flaherty delivers keynote speech in Paris on 17 October on fundamental rights-based policing during the opening of the 5th IPCAN seminar, ‘Relations of the police and population: challenges and practices’.
One in four children under 18 are at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union – one of the world’s richest regions. But the promotion and protection of the rights of the child are one of the EU’s core objectives. On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, FRA calls once again on the EU and its Member States, all parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to prioritise investment areas to reduce child poverty to the levels aspired to by the sustainable development goal (SDG 1) on poverty.
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FRA will host the annual meeting of the European Coordination Committee of Human Rights Documentation.