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The Agency will present its findings and suggestions from its report on the Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU in Dublin at a civil society meeting on 11 October.
Event
On 11 October in Amsterdam, the Agency will take part in the International Network Against Cyber Hate’s annual conference.
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.
Event
On 9 October in Brussels, the Agency will take part in the 12th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion, organised by the European Commission.
On 9 October in Brussels, the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions will host its annual public hearing on the rights of people with disabilities.
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On 8 October in Vienna, the Agency will take part in the workshop ‘SDG Implementation in European Countries’ organised by SDG Watch Europe.
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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.
The FRA Executive Board will hold its 49th meeting at the Agency on 5 October.
On 27 September, Microsoft hosted a Data Science and Law Forum in their Brussels office.
The Agency provided expert advice during an online seminar organised by the EU’s Law Enforcement Training Agency.
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From 2 to 4 October in Riga, the Agency will take part in meetings organised by the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and Equinet, the European network of Equality Bodies, on the rights of people with disabilities.
News Item
Often underused and unappreciated, the EU’s bills of rights, the Fundamental Rights Charter, has untapped potential waiting to be harnessed, finds the latest Opinion from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
On 1 October, the Agency will attend the Vienna meeting of the European Sustainable Development Network, under the Austrian EU Presidency.
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The FRA Director will visit Spain from 1 to 2 October to meet with government ministers, organisations working on migration-related issues, and other issues, to offer the Agency’s advice and expertise on fundamental rights.
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The Agency will present its latest Opinion to the European Parliament on how Member States could harness the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights’ potential better.
The newly-published ETIAS Regulation establishes a European Travel Information and Authorisation System.
On 20 September, the Agency joined the second expert workshop on the European Investigation Order and digital forensics.
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On 28 September, the Agency will take part in a policy conference in Vienna on implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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 ***