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This year’s conference of European Data Protection Authorities will be held in Tbilisi from 9 to 10 May.
On 8 May, the FRA Director will exchange views with the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament.
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The agency will facilitate a workshop together with the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for law enforcement officers and officials responsible for (hate) crime registration in Spain on 7 and 8 May.
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From 6 to 7 May in Trier, the agency will take part in a training seminar on disability and non-discrimination in the EU.
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The agency will take part in a seminar on electronic evidence organised by the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary in Madrid from 6 to 8 May.
The agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 6 May at FRA.
Michael O’Flaherty
Speech during a UN panel debate in Geneva on Media for democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2019.
In London on 25 April, the agency took part in a meeting of the SERISS board of strategic advice.
From 24 to 26 April, the agency took part in a training course offered by the European Asylum Support Office on reception delivered to Spanish reception staff, Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security as well as to the Asylum Office.
Karoline Edtstadler, State Secretary at the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, and Ariel Muzicant, Vice-President of the European Jewish Congress, will speak at an event in Vienna on 30 April which addresses antisemitism in Austria.
The agency will host a roundtable discussion on fighting antisemitism in Austria at FRA on 30 April.
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Michael O'Flaherty
Speech by the FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty on fundamental rights and the EU during the panel debate at the 134th Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions, 11 April 2019.
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On 25 and 26 April, the agency attended a European conference on LGBTIQ+ seniors, organised by the Rainbow Cities Network, the cities of Amsterdam, Munich and Ghent, together with Pink50+ and Ihlia LGBTI Heritage.
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.