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The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issues an annual overview of national forced return monitoring systems across the EU. The overview for 2023 is now available.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform will take place online on 12-13 November 2024.
FRA took part in the EU Energy Poverty Advisory Hub international conference on the theme of 'Turning the tide: paving the way for energy poverty alleviation' on 15-16 October 2024.
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FRA presented its Fundamental Rights Platform at the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) consultation meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Lisbon on 22 October.
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FRA took part in the European conference on ‘EU Legislation after the Pact on Migration & Asylum’ on 17-18 October.
Jede zweite Person muslimischen Glaubens in der EU ist in ihrem Alltag mit Rassismus und Diskriminierung konfrontiert – diese Zahl ist seit 2016 stark gestiegen. Muslimische Frauen, Männer und Kinder werden dabei nicht nur wegen ihrer Religion zur Zielscheibe, sondern auch wegen ihrer Hautfarbe und ihres ethnischen Hintergrunds oder weil sie Migrant*innen sind. Besonders betroffen sind junge Muslime, die in der EU geboren sind, und Frauen, die religiöse Kleidung tragen. Dies sind einige der Ergebnisse des jüngsten Berichts der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA).
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On 1 October, FRA took part in a meeting of European Platform for Roma Inclusion. It spoke about monitoring national Roma frameworks, the use of indicators and setting of targets as well as about the progress in carrying out its Roma survey 2024.
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The workshop co-organised by the European Commission and FRA brought together civil society organisations to discuss the findings of the FRA report 'Being Muslim in the EU' and the challenges they face in combating this form of racism.
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On 10 October, FRA contributed to a discussion on the EU’s migration and asylum pact organised by the Council of Europe Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. The meeting was part of the Council of Europe’s Coordination Group on Migration.
FRA presented its updated guidance on monitoring fundamental rights during a Contact Committee meeting on the Asylum Procedure Regulation organised by the European Commission.
On 10 October, FRA held an expert meeting at its premises in Vienna on impact assessment of high-risk AI systems. The event gathered representatives from the European Commission, international organisations, civil society and academia.
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FRA Director Sirpa Rautio addresses EU Affairs ministers from Member States during the EU General Affairs Council meeting organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The meeting took place on 15 October in Luxembourg. She fed into discussions on the fight against antisemitism, the EU declaration on fostering Jewish life and combatting antisemitism, and how FRA can help with its evidence-based advice.
FRA took part in three meetings on setting up the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, ETIAS. The meetings took place from 1 to 3 October in Warsaw.
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FRA will join the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub conference organised by the European Commission.
On 15 October in Brussels, Equinet, the European Network of Equality Bodies hosts a conference on standards for Equality Bodies.
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FRA will speak about institutional and structural racism during the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) annual seminar with Equality Bodies.
FRA's Director will take part in the EU – UN Human Rights Office strategic dialogue on 21 October in Geneva. The UN Human Rights Office and the EU’s External Action Service organised the meeting.
Climate experts and child rights experts across Europe, NGOs, practitioners, academics, and children gathered for a meeting of European the Network of Child-friendly Justice. They discussed the diverse situations and challenges children encounter due to the impact of climate change while seeking access to justice and legal remedies.
FRA presented to Polish stakeholders key aspects of the nine building blocks of its new guidance on independent monitoring mechanisms under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. The FRA guidance is based on and gives effect to the EU Screening Regulation which obliges Member States to set up such independent national mechanisms by mid-2026.
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection held a hearing on the draft directive for harmonised transparency of interest rules carried out on behalf of non-EU countries. Professor Emilia Korkea-Aho, the author of a study contracted by the Parliaments Policy Department presented her main findings.