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It is with great sadness that FRA notes the passing of the noted Czech human rights champion and former FRA Management Board member, Petr Uhl.
The Fundamental Rights Forum is the space for dialogue on human rights challenges facing the EU today.
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This year, FRA renews its cooperation with this human world 2021, an international human rights film festival.
The Crime, safety and victims' rights – Summary presents the main insights from FRA’s second main report from its Fundamental Rights Survey.
FRA presented its online database of criminal detention conditions in the EU to judges and prosecutors.
FRA presented findings from its report on the fundamental rights impact of the EU’s counter-terrorism Directive to EU and national experts during the Council Terrorism Working Party on 10 November and at the European Commission on 22 November.
FRA’s Director visited the United Nations in Geneva on 18 November.
The Agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 3 December via videoconference.
On 29 November, FRA will take part in the first meeting of the European Commission’s Working Group on Equality and Values in Education and Training.
FRA will join a webinar on the rise of Human Rights Cities in the EU on 3 December.
On 30 November, the EEA and Norway Grants, and FRA will have their annual meeting in Oslo.
FRA's Director will discuss the impact of bias when developing trustworthy Artificial Intelligence at a European Parliament public hearing.
The recent drownings in the English Channel/ la Manche are a sad reminder of the extreme dangers people face at the hands of unscrupulous people smugglers.
In einer Zeit, da die EU-Länder mit einer neuen Welle der COVID-19-Pandemie zu kämpfen haben, berichten Polizei, Medien und NGOs nach wie vor über zunehmende Gewalt gegen Frauen und Mädchen. Diese „Schattenpandemie“ hat verheerende Auswirkungen auf die Rechte von Frauen und Mädchen in ganz Europa. Die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) und das Europäische Institut für Gleichstellungsfragen (EIGE) fordern die EU und alle Mitgliedstaaten auf, ihre Anstrengungen zum Schutz der Rechte von Frauen zu verstärken und den Internationalen Tag für die Beseitigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen zum Anlass zu nehmen, konkrete Maßnahmen zu ergreifen.
Today, the nine European Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies came together to wrap up the activities of the network in 2021 and present its key achievements. The event also gathered high-level representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament, European External Action Service, the General Secretariat of the Council, as well as the current Slovenian Presidency of the Council and the upcoming French one.
FRA gave a presentation at the annual conference of the ‘Migration Law Network’, the largest professional hub of German-speaking migration lawyers and academics.
The Handbook on European data protection law is designed to familiarise legal practitioners not specialised in data protection with this emerging area of law.
FRA participated in the eu-LISA Annual Conference 2021, ‘Towards a Digital Schengen Area,’ on 27 October.
A group of human rights defenders from across the EU visited FRA on 11 November.
FRA held four guardianship training sessions between 9 and 18 November.