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FRA held an online information session on 5 December for public authorities on the findings of the report Places of care = places of safety? Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions.
On 5 December, FRA shared insights from its work on digital accessibility and inclusion at the first Digital Accessibility Day in the European Parliament, held during Disability Rights Week.
Heads of EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies met in Vienna from 4 to 5 December to reflect on their joint achievements and align future cooperation.
FRA’s Director took part in the EU – Colombia Human Rights Dialogue on 1 December organised by the EU’s External Action Service in Brussels.
The civil society umbrella network Civil Society Europe awarded its Civil Dialogue Award for the first time. The award recognises good practices and initiatives of meaningful involvement of civil society organisations in EU policy making, by EU Institutions and bodies.
FRA took part in the working group on digital dimensions of migrant smuggling, coordinated by the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network. Participants from Europol, Frontex, the European Commission, EUAA, CEPOL, eu-LISA and FRA discussed ongoing counter-measures at the legislative, policy and operational levels.
FRA spoke at the launch event of the EU Charter for the defenders of civic spaces. The Charter is an outcome of research and discussions in the REVES network (European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy) and its B.Right Spaces project.
On 4 December, FRA spoke at the High-level Event: 60th Anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, organised by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The event commemorated six decades since the adoption of ICERD, reflecting on progress made and ongoing challenges in eliminating racial discrimination globally.
FRA took part in the regular meeting of EURoma network. FRA presented the situation of Roma in Italy as well as the overall results of the recent Roma Survey 2024.
FRA presented its work on countering antisemitism, including on the recording and monitoring hate crimes at the meeting of the Radicalisation Prevention Knowledge Hub meeting.