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In Bucharest on 29 May, the FRA Director will give a keynote address on the empowering role of women in society.
The Spanish Diplomatic School and Casa Àrabe is organising a course on Islam and Muslims today: foundations, diversity and dynamics of change.
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From 27 to 28 May in Luxembourg, the agency will take part in the annual meeting of the Eurostat working group on crime and criminal justice statistics.
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The agency together with the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is co-organising a side-event on victims of hate crime.
Across Europe, recent elections and referendums have made one thing very clear: voting matters. How we vote – and whether we vote at all – can change our societies for generations.
On 17 May, FRA took part in a SERISS expert meeting on survey fieldwork costs organised at NIDI in The Hague.
The EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), in cooperation with the Escola da Policia, is conducting training in Loures, Portugal, against child trafficking.
On 21 May, a group of students from the Department of International Law at the University of Erfurt in Germany will visit FRA.
The European Commission is running on 21 May in Bratislava a capacity building seminar on moving towards independent living and community based care.
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The FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty will address the Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on its opening day in Vienna on 21 May.
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In the framework of its cooperation with civil society in the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP), the agency is hosting a peer exchange workshop on strategic litigation in human rights, with selected experienced organisations.
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The Police and Human Rights Programme of the Dutch section of Amnesty International will hold an expert meeting on predictive policing from 20 to 21 May in Amsterdam.
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During the Romanian Presidency’s e-justice conference, the agency will speak on the panel on the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies in the field of justice.
On 7 May in Brussels, FRA presented its work in the area of the European arrest warrant and mutual trust.
On 8 May, FRA’s Director participated via videoconference in a hearing of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament.
On 14 May, FRA was the keynote speaker at an event in Vienna on the challenges and chances in the European Asylum System.
32 Embassies, Delegations and Permanent Missions support IDAHOBIT and EuroPride 2019, which will take place in Vienna.
On 14 May in Brussels, the Heads of FRA, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) met to explore ways to better work together on promoting and protecting human rights and equality across Europe.
Migrants’ fundamental rights continue to be challenged by a tightening up of national policies and laws towards migration, finds FRA’s latest report. It highlights emerging concerns as support for healthcare and housing is cut as well as perennial problems resulting from overcrowding and asylum processing.
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The agency’s Executive Board and Management Board will meet on 16 and 17 May.