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On 10 December, Human Rights Day, FRA and the Bulgarian Fund for Women will host a national outreach meeting in Sofia. The ‘Between Statistics and Reality: Domestic Violence in Bulgaria Beyond the Numbers’ event will discuss the latest EU data on violence against women.
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This December marks 25 years since the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission solemnly proclaimed the EU’s bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights. To honour this important occasion, a special edition of the 3rd Annual Online CharterXchange, will take place online from 8 to 9 December.
The Center for the Study of Democracy and FRA will host a National Round Table spotlighting Roma equality and inclusion. The event will present the Roma survey 2024 results, revealing both progress and persistent gaps in poverty, education, housing, and discrimination.
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The ‘Annual EU CharterXchange’ is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission to enhance the application of the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights (EU Charter), in line with the objectives of the European Commission’s 'Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU’ (2020), and the subsequent Council conclusions on strengthening the application of the EU Charter in the EU (2021). The CharterXchange aims at increasing the exchange of knowledge and experience and fostering collaboration among experts, policymakers, and stakeholders through a regular forum, which started in 2023, dedicated to the EU Charter. The agenda and take-aways of the first and second EU CharterXchanges are available online. This special edition of the 3rd CharterXchange supports the 25th anniversary conference organised by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission together with the FRA. The results of the Charter Exchange will feed into a high-level 25th anniversary conference convening 200 government officials, legal practitioners and experts in Brussel on 10 and 11 December.
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FRA will present findings from its report ‘Digitalising justice: A fundamental rights-based approach'.
FRA will join a panel discussion on moving towards a civil society-driven enlargement agenda.
FRA will speak at a panel on strengthening civil society during an event by Civil Society Europe on ‘The Role of Civil Society in Protecting Democratic Values’ in Brussels on 3 December. The event will close with the EU Civil Dialogue Award ceremony, which will be awarded for the first time this year.
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FRA will host an expert meeting on the importance of fundamental rights to the rule of law on 25 and 26 November. The meeting will bring together some 20 experts from the judiciary, national human rights structures, civil society and academia to discuss the links between fundamental rights and the rule of law.
The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU invited FRA to present key findings of its projects on high-risk AI and on the digitalisation of justice.
FRA and the European Economic and Social Committee will sign an Exchange of Letters on 20 November.