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Black people in the EU face unacceptable difficulties in getting a decent job because of their skin colour. Racist harassment also remains all too common.
Menschen mit dunkler Hautfarbe erleben in der EU schon bei der Wohnungssuche oder der Suche nach einem angemessenen Arbeitsplatz nicht hinnehmbare Schwierigkeiten. Dies ist das Ergebnis einer umfangreichen wiederholten Erhebung, die die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) durchgeführt hat. Auch rassistische Belästigungen sind weiterhin an der Tagesordnung.
Michael O'Flaherty talks about empowering people with disabilities to be full and independent members of the community.
Press Release
Es gibt kein Patentrezept für lokale Integration, aber nach dem jüngsten Bericht der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte können vier zentrale Faktoren die Erfolgschancen erhöhen.
Speech
Michael O'Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, FRA Director, speaks to European Affairs Ministers about trust in public institutions during the General Affairs Council's annual rule of law dialogue in Brussels on 12 November 2018.
Michael O’Flaherty
Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agreement between the EU and Council of Europe on cooperation of the Council of Europe and our Agency. 10 years on from the Agreement, our collaboration has become a fixture in Europe’s human rights landscape. I am grateful to the Council of Europe for its support, and look forward to continuing our work together to ensure that the rights of everyone in the EU and in Europe are defended and respected. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
This video blog by FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty is released periodically and will address burning fundamental rights themes.
Fast 25 Millionen Kinder in der EU leben in einkommensschwachen Haushalten unter unzumutbaren Lebensbedingungen und mit dem Hunger als ständigem Begleiter. Bildungsdefizite und eine unzureichende gesundheitliche Versorgung bedrohen ihre Grundrechte und verwehren ihnen die Chance, dem Kreislauf der Armut zu entrinnen. Dies stellt die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte in ihrem jüngsten Bericht fest.
Michael O’Flaherty
In our politics, there has been a normalisation of the unacceptable in terms of word and deed. That includes racist and xenophobic words and deeds, which are now as pervasive as they are corrosive to democratic life in the European Union and around the world. Our Agency’s data show worsening conditions across all major areas of our work. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
The FRA Director delivered a speech to justice ministers from across the EU during the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 11 October in Luxembourg. His speech focused on some of the key challenges for the human rights system in the EU and pointed to possible ways of safeguarding fundamental rights for everybody in the EU. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
Speech
Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos
We can be sad and we can be angry. But we also need to persevere. We need to keep reminding our governments to acknowledge the impact of anti-Gypsyism that undermines their own considerable investment in Roma inclusion. Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos provides welcome remarks at the 12th Platform meeting on 9 October 2018.
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Some views from participants at the Fundamental Rights Forum about how they commit to delivering on fundamental rights in tomorrow’s Europe.
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, Chair of the Forum and FRA Director sums up his impressions of FRA's Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 and presents the Chair’s Statement 2018 on 27 September 2018 in Vienna. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***
Press Release
Den zunehmenden Menschenrechtsbedrohungen in Europa müsse man entgegenwirken – dieser Ruf wurde auf dem Grundrechte-Forum 2018 in Wien laut. Die Forderungen ergaben sich aus den kreativen Ansätzen, Ideen und Fachkenntnissen, die mehr als 700 führende Expertinnen und Experten aus aller Welt auf der Veranstaltung der Agentur der Europäischen für Union für Grundrechte austauschten.
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, Chair of the Forum and FRA Director gives the opening remarks on the first day of the Agency's Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 in Vienna, 25 September 2018. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***
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The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights will hold its next Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna from 25 to 27 September 2018.
This video blog by FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty is released periodically and will address burning fundamental rights themes.
Michael O'Flaherty
Today’s threats to human rights know no frontiers. Safeguarding these rights means renewing our commitment to multilateralism and working together to ensure all people can live in dignity and security. FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty gives a keynote speech at the conference in Warsaw, 7 September 2018.
Speech
Michael O'Flaherty
The FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty provides comments at the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) conference in Edinburgh, 7 September 2018.
Mangelnde oder wirkungslose Arbeitsplatzkontrollen ermöglichen es skrupellosen Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeigebern, Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer auszubeuten. Dies geht aus dem neusten Bericht der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) hervor. Um schwerer Ausbeutung ein Ende zu setzen, empfiehlt die FRA u. a. verschärfte Kontrollen, um Missbrauch zu bekämpfen und Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer so zu stärken, dass sie Missbrauchsfälle melden.