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On 26 September, FRA took part in a panel discussion on memory, stereotypes and preventing antisemitism following an invitation from the Office of the Antismitism Coordinator of North Rhine Westphalia.
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FRA contributed to the EUROCITIES Expert Working Group in Braga from 24 to 26 September on developing an effective integrated city plans for Roma inclusion.
FRA attended a conference of the EU-funded ‘Call it Hate: Raising Awareness of Anti-LGBT Hate Crime’ project.
FRA will take part in a national stakeholder conference convened by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on 3 October in Dublin.
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Leading human rights communicators will gather at FRA from 3 to 4 October to discuss and seek solutions for the challenges and opportunities arising from the pace of change in the world around us.
If you are old, chances are you have been discriminated against. It is so common in fact that, across the EU, over 40% of Europeans feel that discrimination towards older people is widespread in their country. Marking International Day for Older People, FRA calls on EU institutions and Member States to fully respect the rights of older people.
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FRA will join the European Commission, National Roma Contact Points and other stakeholders to discuss future Roma policies.
FRA took part in the high-level conference in Paris from 26 to 27 September to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).
FRA took part in the second meeting of the European Guardianship Network in Glasgow on 23 and 24 September.
Poor information and inadequate access to legal assistance often prevent defendants in criminal proceedings from full access to justice, as FRA latest report reveals. It points to where Member States should improve information flows and legal representation to uphold defendants’ rights.
The FRA Executive Board will meet at the Agency on 27 September.
Practitioners are often unsure whether or not the Charter of Fundamental Rights applies to a given situation, and how it adds value.
On 26 September, FRA will attend a conference in Budapest on LGBTI people and violence in Europe: studying attitudes, changing minds.
FRA took part in the fourth and last meeting of the Council of Europe’s expert meeting on the human rights dimensions of automated data processing and artificial intelligence in Strasbourg on 23 and 24 September.
On 19 and 20 September, FRA attended the 3rd EDEN Conference on Data Protection in Law Enforcement.
FRA presented the 10 keys to effectively communicating rights and its implementation during a roundtable discussion in Brussels on 18 September.
On 20 September, FRA took part in a National Contact Points meeting of the European Migration Network (EMN).
FRA gave a keynote presentation during the OSCE’s Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM), which took place in Vienna on 23 and 24 September.
FRA will welcome representatives of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organizations in Vienna and the Financial Mechanism Office on 24 September.
FRA will speak at a symposium, entitled ‘Somewhere beyond the rainbow’, organised by Vienna University and Ludwig Boltzman Institute.