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The Concluding Conference Statement on the role of National Human Rights Institutions in implementing the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter is now available. The conference took place in Brussels from 21-22 March.
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The European Judicial Training Network will hold a seminar at FRA from 18 to 19 April on applying the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The European Consumer Summit will take place in Brussels on 18 April. It will bring together stakeholders from all EU Member States.
On 16 April, FRA will welcome the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament in cooperation with the European Funds for the Balkans.
To better support unaccompanied children seeking protection, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) have released their latest Practical Tool for Guardians. The tool will support guardians in assisting unaccompanied children with their asylum applications when there are different countries involved, such as in family reunification or relocation procedures.
FRA presented findings from its ‘Being Black in the EU’ report at an expert discussion on ‘Economic justice for people of African descent: opportunities and challenges in the labour market’.
FRA joined an AI workshop of the EU’s Innovation Hub for Internal Security. The meeting allowed participants to exchange information on the use of AI among participating agencies.
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FRA contributed to a roundtable discussion on migrant women in Brussels on 10 April. The COST ‘Women on the Move’ Programme organised the event. It focused on women's migration across Europe.
Mid-level officers of the Bulgarian border police took part in three consecutive workshops on fundamental rights. FRA, together with Frontex Fundamental Rights Office (FRO) and the Bulgarian Office of the UN’s Refugee Agency ran the workshops.
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On 11 April, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio welcomed the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Teresa Ribeiro to FRA. During their discussion, they exchanged views on the challenges that human rights defenders and journalists face today.
Von rassistischen Kommentaren über häufigere Kontrollen bis hin zu Gewalt — so erleben Menschen unterschiedlicher ethnischer Herkunft die Polizeiarbeit in Europa. Da keine länderspezifischen Daten vorliegen, lässt sich das Ausmaß des Problems jedoch kaum vollständig abbilden. Das erschwert die Entwicklung wirksamer Gegenmaßnahmen, wie aus dem ersten EU-weiten Bericht der EU-Agentur für Grundrechte (FRA) über Rassismus in der Polizeiarbeit hervorgeht. Die Agentur ruft die EU-Länder auf, Daten über polizeiliches Fehlverhalten systematisch zu erheben, die Anzeigeerstattung sicherer zu machen, Vorfälle mit Polizeibeteiligung wirksam zu erfassen und die Polizei diverser zu gestalten.
On 26 March, FRA will give a keynote speech at the closing conference of Child Front. This is an EU-funded project on ‘Transformative Judicial Training for Child-Inclusive Justice Systems’.
Mit dem Europäischen Haftbefehl können Straftäter, die sich in einen anderen Mitgliedsstaat absetzen wollen, vor Gericht gestellt werden. Wie im jüngsten Bericht der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) dargelegt, gibt es jedoch praktische Herausforderungen bei der Gewährleistung der uneingeschränkten Achtung der Rechte der Betroffenen. In diesem Bericht werden Wege aufgezeigt, wie das Recht auf faire Behandlung, auf Dolmetschleistungen und Übersetzungen, auf Belehrung und Unterrichtung sowie auf Rechtsberatung gewährleistet werden kann.
On 20 March, FRA presented its report on online content moderation to the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. It was part of a debate on progress in implementing the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
FRA presented its work on artificial intelligence and fundamental rights, including findings from its report on Bias in algorithms, at an online CEPOL workshop on AI.
FRA released its practical guidance for Human Rights Cities in 14 additional EU languages. The guidance provides hands-on support and advice to cities and other forms of local authorities wishing to improve their efforts to respect, protect and promote human rights.
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On 14 March, FRA introduced its research on the experience of Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) when enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at the European Data Protection Board’s plenary meeting.
FRA joined the 10th plenary meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI).
FRA’s Executive Board will meet on 21 March via videoconference.
On 20 March, FRA will hold an inception meeting with partners from its Franet research network for a new project on violence against people with disabilities in institutions.