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This handbook provides an overview of key aspects of access to justice in Europe.
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From 23 to 24 September, FRA will take part in a fact-finding workshop in Riga on children with disabilities.
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The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU and European Commission are organising a high-level conference in Brussels on advancing LGBTI equality in the EU.
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In Ghent from 19 to 21 September the annual conference of the European Society of Criminology will take place.
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Facial recognition technology has developed considerably over the past years resulting in a lot of discussion.
On 12 September, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty presented the Fundamental Rights Report 2019 to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in Brussels.
On 6 September in Brussels, FRA presented its work in the area of the European arrest warrant, mutual trust and criminal detention to the Council of the EU’s working party on criminal cooperation (COPEN).
Upon request by the Spanish authorities, FRA has carried out its fourth capacity building workshop from 10 to 11 September for staff working in El Centro de Estancia Temporal de Inmigrantes (CETI) Ceuta.
FRA was part of the European Commission’s Inter-Service Group on the Rights of the Child meeting that took place in Brussels on 12 September.
Last year, almost 20,000 unaccompanied children sought asylum in the EU; some inevitably have to leave. FRA’s latest focus paper guides national authorities when deciding whether to return children, not accompanied by parents, to their home countries to ensure compliance with EU and international law.
FRA will moderate the discussion following a screening of the film ‘The Queen of Ireland’ during a side event of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.
On 18 September in Helsinki, the FRA Director will speak at a high-level conference on ‘the Economy of Wellbeing’.
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FRA will take part in a meeting on the protection of human rights defenders.
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FRA will join discussions in Berlin from 17 to 18 September on setting the conditions for a possible EU framework for governing Artificial Intelligence.
On 13 September, the current European Commission’s Child Rights Coordinator will visit FRA for the first time after she was appointed.
Migrant women face multiple challenges fully integrating into European society. This is often due to inequalities resulting from the combined effect of their gender, migrant status and ethnic background, as FRA’s latest report testifies. It underlines the need for targeted, gender-sensitive measures to compensate for such inequalities.
FRA will speak about the situation of civil society organisations in the EU to the European civil society organisations and networks Liaison Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels on 12 September.
FRA has been invited to a hearing of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.
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In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty shares his view on the current human rights situation in Europe.
The FRA Director will present its Fundamental Rights Report 2019 to the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee on 12 September in Brussels.