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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.
FRA gave a presentation at a technical conference exploring the links between statelessness and residence permits granted to these individuals in the EU.
On 8 May, FRA gave a workshop on the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter for European Parliament staff.
In the framework of the Romanian EU Presidency, the agency will present its guide on children deprived of parental care found in another EU Member State other than their own at a meeting of central authorities in the European Judicial Network.
On 8 May, the FRA Director, FRA staff, Equinet and ENNHRI met to coordinate respective work plans and activities to optimise their impact when communicating about fundamental rights.
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FRA’s Director Michael O’Flaherty visited the Irish Traveller and Roma Centre Pavee Point in Dublin on 10 May.
On 14 May, the FRA Director will exchange views with the Heads and Chairs of European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) on key strategic priorities to help each organisation’s planning.
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The agency will host, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, the second expert meeting on cybercrime and fundamental rights from 14 to 15 May.
In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty focuses on press freedom and the importance of an independent media for the society.
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The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Council of Europe will meet in Vienna from 13 to 14 May.
On 14 May in Brussels, the agency will take part in the annual ENNHRI Working Group meeting of monitoring mechanisms on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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Upon request by the Spanish authorities, the agency, together with the European Asylum Support Office and the UN’s Refugee Agency Spain, is carrying a workshop in Seville on 13 and 14 May for staff working in the first reception centre for migrants.
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Speech by the FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, at the 2019 Sheehy Skeffington School on Social Justice and Human Rights, Dublin, 10 May 2019.
On 3 May, the FRA Director gave the keynote speech at the event ‘Media for democracy, journalism and elections in times of disinformation’ in Geneva.
The agency joined the European Business Summit, on 6–7 May in Brussels.