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FRA’s Director Sirpa Rautio's introductory remarks at the international conference on ‘Denial, distortion and disinformation: the truth about the Holocaust 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz’. The Polish Ministry of Justice organised the event. It takes place on 29 January at the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
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FRA will present its work on 8 April on assessing fundamental rights risks of artificial intelligence at ERA’s 2025 Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence Systems and Fundamental Rights.
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On 30 January, FRA will host an expert meeting on mainstreaming human rights into programme and project lifecycles, from initiation and planning to executing and closing as well as monitoring and control.
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During the week of 27 January, FRA’s Director will have various speaking engagements and participate in several events during her visit to Poland.
FRA’s Director will give introductory remarks at the international conference on ‘Denial, distortion and disinformation: the truth about the Holocaust 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz’.
FRA’s Director, Sirpa Rautio, will attend the 80th commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
On 31 January, there will be a study visit to FRA from the Council of Europe’s new Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström.
FRA has launched its annual Stakeholder Feedback Survey for 2024, and we want to hear from you!
A FRA online information tool aims at raising awareness of the fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing. It informs non-EU nationals, their lawyers and civil society organisations about how the systems function and how affected individuals can claim their rights.
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FRA’s survey report on the experiences of displaced people in the EU fleeing Ukraine is now available online in the languages of the countries covered in the survey.
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FRA will deliver a keynote speech at the opening of the International SYNERGY Network conference. FRA will present the results from the EU gender-based violence survey.
Beim europäischen Grünen Deal handelt es sich um die wichtigste Strategie der EU zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels. Damit soll ein grüner Wandel vollzogen werden, der niemanden zurücklässt. Eine neue Veröffentlichung der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) zeigt, dass der Ansatz zur Bewältigung der Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Grundrechte stark fragmentiert ist. In dem Dokument wird argumentiert, dass die systematische Anwendung der Grundrechtestandards und -verpflichtungen im Rahmen der EU-Klimapolitik einen gerechten und inklusiven Übergang fördern könnte.
On 12 December, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) convened a meeting with national Parliamentarians to discuss the situation of the rule of law in the EU.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio took part in an international human rights conference in Kyiv on 5 December. The Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights organised the ‘The Law of Force or the Force of Law? The Crisis of the Global Human Rights System and Ways to Overcome It’ conference.
On 13 December, FRA’s Management Board re-elected Jim Clarken as the new Chairperson for a second term starting on 19 March 2025.
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On 12 December, FRA highlighted the importance of mainstreaming fundamental rights aspects in the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration funding procedure.
FRA developed an online information tool for raising awareness of fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing.
On 2 December, the European Parliament’s disability rights week began in Brussels. FRA took part in two hearings.
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FRA attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. This annual gathering brought together stakeholders from various sectors and jurisdictions, to discuss and advance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and regional instruments.
FRA took part in the 3rd EU human rights dialogue with Mexico. The EU External Action Service (EEAS) hosted the meeting.