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FRA’s Director addressed ‘The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person’ conference on 21 October in Rome.
FRA will speak in a session on fundamental rights and civic space during a conference on civil society on 5 November.
On 4 November, FRA will take part in an online conference on civil society perspectives on the European Rule of Law mechanism.
Terrorismus stellt eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für das Leben und die Sicherheit der Bevölkerung dar und gefährdet die staatliche Sicherheit. Gleichzeitig können Gesetze und politische Maßnahmen zur Terrorismusbekämpfung direkt oder indirekt schwerwiegende Einschränkungen der Grundrechte und -freiheiten mit sich bringen, wie ein neuer Bericht der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) zeigt. Der Bericht beruht auf Facherkenntissen und enthält Vorschläge, wie die Terrorismusbekämpfung durch größere rechtliche Klarheit, praktische Leitlinien und stärkere Sicherheitsvorkehrungen verbessert werden könnte.
The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for 2020. FRA co-chairs the Forum together with UN Refugee Agency since 2020.
The FRA Director addressed the 7th EDEN conference on data protection in law enforcement in Rome on 18 October.
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FRA’s Director will visit Ireland from 3-5 November.
FRA will join an event in Sweden that will look at the impact of the pandemic on equality and human rights, and ways forward.
FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in fundamental rights protection, identifying achievements and areas of concern.
FRA’s Director was in Italy for a series of meetings on 19-20 October to discuss setting up Italy’s National Human Rights Institution.
On 13 October, FRA brought together the National Liaison Officers network.
FRA presented on 23 October the key findings of its Fundamental Rights Report 2021 during a seminar on multilateral diplomacy in international organisations.
FRA spoke during a panel on civil society and philanthropy for the next decade on 19 October, highlighting challenges to civil society space in Europe.
On 21 October, FRA took part in the first high-level conference of a joint EU and Council of Europe project to strengthen child participation in Europe.
On 27 October, FRA will speak about inclusive education and its challenges during an online webinar organised by the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme (EPAS).
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FRA will present its new report on ‘Human Rights Cities in the EU: a framework for reinforcing rights locally’ at a conference on building equal cities.
FRA will join the eu-LISA agency’s annual conference on 27 October. It will take stock of current developments in the Justice and Home Affairs area.
On 28 October, the FRA Director will participate in a virtual Slovenian Presidency conference on 'Stamping out hate crime and hate speech – Effective responses to hate crimes and hate speech online, and protection of victims'.
Highlights from the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 – Michael O’Flaherty on the Forum as a roadmap for a vision of hope.
The European Union agencies active in the field of justice and home affairs have presented the first full overview of actions to help victims of trafficking in human beings. The main operational activities are listed in a joint report of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN) published today at the occasion of EU Anti-Trafficking Day under the leadership of Eurojust. The report is a key building block of the EU Strategy on combatting trafficking in human beings and serves as a key reference document for national authorities engaged in tackling human trafficking.