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At the Human Rights Communicators Workshop, held on 2 and 3 October at FRA, participants suggested to use a common hashtag for international human rights day on 10 December 2019.
Es gibt ein breites Spektrum an Informationen zu den Menschenrechten. Leider muss man dafür in der Regel viele verschiedene Websites durchsuchen. Ein großer Teil davon ist für die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten relevant. Nun schafft EFRIS, das neue EU-Informationssystem für Grundrechte der FRA, Abhilfe. Dieses Tool stellt Informationen aus den verschiedenen Quellen zusammen und bietet so eine dringend benötigte zentrale Anlaufstelle.
FRA and the Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs (CIVEX) will hold their annual dialogue on 9 December in Brussels.
FRA will present its work on women as victims of partner violence at a conference in Budapest on 9 December.
The agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 6 December at FRA.
The handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child aims to illustrate how European law and case law accommodate the specific interests and needs of children.
The handbook on European non-discrimination law examines law stemming from the complementary systems of the EU non-discrimination directives and the European Convention on Human Rights, drawing on them interchangeably to the extent that they overlap, while highlighting differences where these exist.
The handbook on European data protection law is designed to familiarise legal practitioners not specialised in data protection with this emerging area of the law.
FRA’s guidance on Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymaking at national level is now also available in Swedish.
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The Greek Ombudsman held a conference on the challenges for Greece and Europe in monitoring returns.
FRA met with the European Commission on 4 December in Brussels to discuss its preliminary LGBTI survey findings ahead of their launch in 2020.
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Some 60 experts from EU institutions and civil society gathered at the European Parliament on 2 December to discuss compensation for exploitation and violence against migrant workers.
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FRA took part in the annual conference marking European Day of Persons with Disabilities, organised by the European Commission and the European Disability Forum.
Missing Children Europe invited FRA to present its child protection guide focusing on victims of trafficking during a policy debate.
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The FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty will be in Berlin to prepare for the forthcoming German Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Der Europäische Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen ist eine Gelegenheit, uns an unsere dringende Verpflichtung zu erinnern, Gleichheit für alle zu erreichen. Dies ist umso dringlicher, als die Europäische Strategie zugunsten von Menschen mit Behinderungen im Jahr 2020 ausläuft.
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EU Justice Ministers will meet on 3 December in Brussels.
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FRA will take part in the meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in Luxembourg on 3 December
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FRA will contribute to a UN’s Human Rights Council debate in Geneva on 3 December.
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FRA will present the situation of human rights defenders in the EU during the EU NGO Forum in Brussels from 3 to 4 December.