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FRA presented its work on tackling anti-Muslim hatred during a joint Equinet – European Commission meeting in Brussels from 22 to 23 May in Brussels.

On 15 May, FRA presented its research on the challenges faced by Data Protection Authorities in implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation, six years after its entry into force, at the Spring conference of European Data Protection Authorities in Riga.

On 16 May, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio held a roundtable discussion with 36 civil society organisations in Brussels.

FRA took part in the annual spring expert meeting of the European Network on Victims’ Rights. It presented its project on protecting the fundamental rights of people with disabilities living in institutions.

Wir, das Außenministerium der Republik Österreich und die diplomatischen Vertretungen der folgenden Staaten, sowie die folgenden Organisationen begrüßen alle den 17. Mai, den Internationalen Tag gegen Homophobie, Biphobie und Transphobie (IDAHOBIT), als ein Fest der Vielfalt und Inklusion auf der ganzen Welt: Albanien, Andorra, Australien, Belgien, Brasilien, Chile, Dänemark, Deutschland, Estland, Frankreich, Finnland, Griechenland, Island, Irland, Italien, Kanada, Kolumbien, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Montenegro, Mexiko, Niederlande, Neuseeland, Norwegen, San Marino, Slowenien, Schweden, Schweiz, Spanien, Tschechische Republik, Uruguay, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vereinigte Staaten, und Zypern, sowie die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA), die Delegation der Europäischen Union bei den Internationalen Organisationen, UN-GLOBE, und die Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies.

Members of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights met with the Frontex Management Board chairperson and the Frontex senior management.

FRA delivered a lecture on 23 April in The Hague on AI and fundamental rights as part of the 2024 Spring Academy on AI and International Law, convened by the TMC Asser Institute.

FRA trained staff of the Hungarian National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing and representatives of the National Police Headquarters dealing with return/readmission in Budapest on 15 April.

FRA contributed to the training of Schengen evaluators on 22-26 April in Budapest on returns and the management of external borders

FRA addressed the OSCE’s Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on 23-23 April in Vienna. FRA focused on how to support and protect human rights defenders, and on the specific support needs that human rights defenders in exile have.