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On 13 September, the FRA Director will welcome Members of the Political and Security Committee of the EU Council to the Agency.
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On 13-14 September, FRA will take part in a conference organised by the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council focusing on cooperation with third countries in the fields of security and migration.
The 3rd Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency had its first meeting on 10-11 September in Vienna.
The Agency will join a round table discussion on combating antisemitism on 12 September in The Hague.
A delegation of the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal region of Germany, will visit the Agency on 12 September.
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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.
Long-term residents could find their sensitive personal data stored indefinitely, under new proposals for the EU’s Visa Information System (VIS). This poses privacy and data protection risks, according to latest Opinion from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
The FRA Director will be a keynote speaker at the opening session of the OSCE’s 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) which starts in Warsaw on 10 September.
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On 10 and 11 September a group of renowned fundamental rights experts will meet at the Agency for the first time.
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FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty outlined academics’ vital role in promoting and defending the human rights system during his opening panel speech at the Association of Human Rights Institutes’ (AHRI) annual conference on 7 September in Edinburgh.
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The FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty provides comments at the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) conference in Edinburgh, 7 September 2018.
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The Agency will speak at a child-friendly justice conference in Berlin on 7 September organised by the German Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk.
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On 6 September, the Agency will take part in a panel debate on how to effectively protect child victims of crime.
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At the European Law Institute’s Annual Conference on 6-7 September in Riga, FRA will co-chair a panel on business and human rights, focusing on access to remedy.
Workplace inspections are often lacking or ineffective, enabling unscrupulous employers to exploit their workers, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report. Tightening up inspections to combat abuse and empower workers to report abuse are some ways FRA suggests to help end severe labour exploitation.
On 5 September, the Agency will take part in the 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, a high-level economic event organised by the Polish Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies and the Economic Forum Program Council.
A delegation from the Swedish Parliament’s EU Committee secretariat visits the Agency on 3 September.
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The Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 will officially open its doors in Vienna on 25 September.
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As part of its work on civil society space, the Agency is conducting an online consultation with civil society organisations about their experiences on civil society space.
On 17 August in Gothenburg, the Agency presented the work of the EU on LGBTI matters during EuroPride.