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Talk by Szczepan Orlowski of Animorph at the Human Rights Communicators' Workshop held at FRA on 3-4 October 2019.
In this edition Michael O'Flaherty reports back from his visit to the asylum seeker facility in Lesbos and calls for the support of all EU Member States to improve in particular the situation of unaccompanied children.
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FRA's Director Michael O'Flaherty's keynote speech on the interaction between democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights for the opening session of conference on 10 September in Helsinki organised by the Finnish Presidency of the EU.
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FRA Director, Michael O'Flaherty delivers keynote speech in Paris on 17 October on fundamental rights-based policing during the opening of the 5th IPCAN seminar, ‘Relations of the police and population: challenges and practices’.
Talk by Flavia Kleiner of Operation Libero to the Human Rights Communicators' Workshop held at FRA on 3-4 October 2019.
FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty gave the opening talk at the Human Rights Communicators' Workshop held at the Agency on 3-4 October 2019.
This handbook provides an overview of key aspects of access to justice in Europe.
Beschuldigte in Strafverfahren haben häufig keinen uneingeschränkten Zugang zur Justiz, weil sie schlecht informiert werden und keine angemessene Rechtsvertretung erhalten. Dies geht aus dem aktuellen Bericht der FRA hervor. Er zeigt, an welchen Stellen die Mitgliedstaaten Informationsflüsse und Rechtsbeistand verbessern sollten, um die Rechte von Beschuldigten zu wahren.
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In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty shares his view on the current human rights situation in Europe.
In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty focuses on the migration situation in the Mediterranean Sea and makes three proposals.
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Speech delivered by Michael O'Flaherty at Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly side event on communicating rights on 10 April in Strasbourg.
Viele jüdische Europäerinnen und Europäer sind Belästigungen ausgesetzt, lassen sich aber nicht unterkriegen und bringen ihre jüdische Identität deutlich zum Ausdruck. So lautet die Schlussfolgerung eines Berichts, der heute von der Europäischen Kommission und der FRA veröffentlicht wird. Zunehmende Hetze und Intoleranz zeigen, dass die gemeinsamen Anstrengungen unbedingt fortgesetzt werden müssen, um die seit Langem bestehenden und anhaltenden Feindseligkeiten gegenüber Jüdinnen und Juden angemessen zu bekämpfen.
Michael O'Flaherty
The FRA Director delivers a keynote speech on 17 June 2019 during the 'Building the present, designing the future: public policies for a more equal society' seminar organised by the International University Menéndez Pelayo in Santander Spain.
Speech
Michael O'Flaherty
We shouldn’t be here this morning. It shouldn’t be that 100 years after the Philadelphia Declaration and the founding of the ILO that we should talk about systemic, criminal exploitation of labour. It shouldn’t be that we should talk about it in, of all places, Europe.
Opening Video for FRA event - From wrongs to rights: ending severe labour exploitation.
Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ten years after the UN’s Disability Convention entered into force, 2018 saw it continue
to drive advances in disability rights across the EU.
Fundamental Rights Report 2019: In some Member States access to justice faces challenges. Judicial independence continues to cause
concerns. Victims’ procedural rights need more effective implementation. Gaps in preventing
violence against women and domestic violence remain.
Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Not all children benefit equally from efforts to guarantee child rights.
Some groups face particular difficulties.