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Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

European Commission’s antisemitism working group holds second meeting

During the second meeting of the European Commission’s antisemitism working group, Member States exchanged best practices and shared experiences of their efforts to prevent, address and respond to antisemitism through education.
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Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

European Commission’s antisemitism working group holds second meeting

During the second meeting of the European Commission’s antisemitism working group, Member States exchanged best practices and shared experiences of their efforts to prevent, address and respond to antisemitism through education.
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Religion and belief
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

From words to action against antisemitism

FRA joined the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism, the European Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith International for a mobilising event on 10 December in Brussels.
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Business and human rights

FRA invites civil society to share its experiences

As part of its work on civic space challenges, FRA consults annually over 700 civil society organisations, through its Fundamental Rights Platform, about their experiences.
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Asylum, migration and borders

FRA gives its opinion to Parliament on the recast Return Directive

The International Organisation for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and FRA presented their views on the proposed recast Return Directive to the new Rapporteur and Shadow Rapporteurs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Facial recognition technology discussed at the DAPIX working group

FRA presented its paper on facial recognition technology to the Council Working Party on information exchange and data protection (DAPIX) on 5 December in Brussels.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Supporting regions, cities and rural areas in migrant integration

FRA presented findings from its report on the integration of young refugees during a conference in Brussels on 2 and 3 December.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism

German Federal Police hold autumn conference

The German Federal Police held their autumn conference in Wiesbaden from 27 to 28 November.
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Religion and belief
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

FRA antisemitism report summary translations now out

Summaries of the findings from the biggest survey of discrimination and hate crime against Jews ever conducted worldwide are now available in Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Latvian, Maltese, Slovak, Slovenian and Portuguese.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Additional language versions of preventing unlawful profiling guide out now

The guide of preventing unlawful profiling today and in the future explains what profiling is, the legal frameworks that regulate it, and why conducting profiling lawfully is both necessary to comply with fundamental rights and crucial for effective policing and border management.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
Racial and ethnic origin
Michael O’Flaherty

COSAC plenary speech

The FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, gave a plenary speech at the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the EU (COSAC) in Helsinki on 2 December, marking 10 years of the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter.
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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Defendants’ rights

Criminal detention: Are rights respected?

Overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions and limited time outside cells in prisons violate detainees’ rights and jeopardise rehabilitation, finds a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report. The findings and supporting database will help judges and lawyers assess shortcomings in prison conditions when deciding on cross-border cases.
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Business and human rights

Vienna's mayor visits FRA

For the first time, a mayor of FRA's host city, Vienna, visited FRA.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Civil society
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Inter-governmental human rights systems

Make every day human rights day

Today marks human rights day, a day that celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and what it means to all of us. But it should be a cause for celebration every day.
Watch video on 10 years of the EU Charter
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Judicial cooperation and rule of law

Towards a common hashtag for Human Rights Day

At the Human Rights Communicators Workshop, held on 2 and 3 October at FRA, participants suggested to use a common hashtag for international human rights day on 10 December 2019.
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Judicial cooperation and rule of law
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EU’s Special Human Rights Representative visits FRA

On 11 December, the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore will visit FRA.
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Business and human rights

Steering a future direction for human rights cities

On 10 December, FRA Director Michael O‘Flaherty will speak at an event organised by the City of Vienna and its Human Rights Office.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

EU’s gateway to human rights information

There is a vast array of human rights information. The trouble is, you often have to search through so many different places online. Much of it is relevant for the EU and its Member States. Now, help is at hand with FRA’s European Union Fundamental Rights Information System, EFRIS. It draws together information from these various sources, providing a much-needed single entry point.
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Children, youth and older people

Marking 25 years of protecting women against violence

FRA will present its work on women as victims of partner violence at a conference in Budapest on 9 December.
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Business and human rights

Putting the Fundamental Rights Charter into practice: the local and regional perspective

FRA and the Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs (CIVEX) will hold their annual dialogue on 9 December in Brussels.