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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.
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Ensuring access to effective remedy is an important part of global efforts to encourage business conduct that respects human rights. A new Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) paper looks at examples of business-related human rights abuse and identifies key factors facilitating access to remedy. A comparative report will follow in 2020, which will identify obstacles for victims seeking justice and put forward proposals to overcome them.
The FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, will speak during the plenary meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the EU (COSAC) in Helsinki on 2 December.
FRA will chair a panel discussion on access to remedies in practice that will look at what are the critical barriers and next steps to protecting migrants workers.
Improve law and policies by always checking the applicability of the Charter!
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Cities as well as local and regional level governments are well placed to address many fundamental rights issues. Their work on many day-to-day issues are closely related to human rights, but far from always dealt with in those terms. The localisation of rights creates great opportunities to empower cities and other local governments. This was a key message from a group of experts and human rights cities' practitioners brought together by FRA on 27-28 November in Brussels.
Vor zehn Jahren, am 1. Dezember 2009, kam die Rechtswirkung der Charta der Grundrechte der EU voll zum Tragen. Dieser bahnbrechende Bürgerrechtskatalog für die EU kann wirklich etwas bewirken. Vor einem Jahrzehnt stand er noch am Anfang des Prozesses zur vollständigen Entfaltung seines Potenzials. Dies ändert sich nun – langsam, aber sicher.
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FRA The human rights commission of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), visited FRA on 25 November for an exchange of practices.
FRA joined the Council of Europe’s Octopus Conference on cybercrime in Strasbourg from 10 to 22 November.
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FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty presented key challenges for civil society organisations in the EU and suggested ways forward to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 28 November.
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On 20 November in Brussels, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty met the new European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson to inform her of relevant FRA work.
FRA will take part in the 9th meeting of its collaborative platform on social and economic rights.
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FRA will be a partner of the international human rights film festival, this human world, for the third year.
Weltweit greifen immer mehr Privatunternehmen und Behörden auf Gesichtserkennungstechnologien zurück. Gegenwärtig erwägen, testen oder planen mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten ihren Einsatz auch in der Strafverfolgung. Zwar können diese Technologien bei der Terrorismusbekämpfung und der Aufklärung von Straftaten helfen, jedoch haben sie auch Auswirkungen auf die Grundrechte der Menschen. In einem neuen Papier der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) wird untersucht, welche Auswirkungen der Einsatz von Technologien zur Echtzeit-Gesichtserkennung auf die Grundrechte hat, mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf den Bereichen Strafverfolgung und Grenzmanagement.
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FRA will speak during a panel discussion on challenges regarding gender equality in education at a meeting of the Education and Training 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education.
In Europa erfahren Millionen von Frauen und Mädchen körperliche, sexuelle oder psychische Gewalt durch ihre Partner oder Familienangehörigen. Am 25. November, dem internationalen Tag zur Beseitigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen, fordert die FRA die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten auf, sich entschlossener darum zu bemühen, der Gewalt gegen Frauen ein Ende zu setzen.
On 21 November, FRA will take part in a panel debate of the Vienna Discussion Forum 2019 on ending violence against women through crime prevention, criminal justice responses and women’s economic empowerment.
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This week from 25 November until 29 November, FRA will co-host the 2019 UNICEF TransMonEE network meeting in Vienna.