Highlights

  • Report / Paper / Summary
    24
    Februar
    2026
    The start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the global community and gave rise to a
    series of urgent fundamental rights challenges across Europe. While much attention has focused on the scale of devastation and its wider impact on all Ukrainians, the war has also inflicted profound personal harm. This report sheds light on the violence, sexual harassment and exploitation experienced by women displaced from Ukraine. Drawing on a survey and in-depth interviews with women from Ukraine, the report documents the prevalence, forms and patterns of gender-based violence and sets out practical measures to improve safety, access to justice and support.
  • Video
    There are no truly safe spaces for women. At home, at work, in public or online, 1 in 3 women and girls have experienced some form of gender-based violence. This ranges from hate, harassment, abuse, to physical and sexual violence. Women are being silenced and harmed - online and offline - every day, as the EU gender-based survey findings show. But we have the tools to fight it. By preventing violence before it starts, by strengthen legal protection, by funding support services for victims and by training police and healthcare professionals.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    13
    November
    2025
    FRA analysed 31 digital tools and systems across seven EU Member States, exploring potential positive and negative effects on victims, claimants and defendants. By identifying risks early, investing in skills and training, and embedding protections from the outset, policymakers and practitioners can build effective and inclusive justice systems. This report provides practical suggestions to help ensure that digitalised justice systems are accessible and deliver fair outcomes for all.
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    The Criminal Detention Database 2015-2022 combines in one place information on detention conditions in all 27 EU Member States as well as the United Kingdom.
    Produkte
    18
    November
    2015
    Im April 2014 forderte das Europäische Parlament
    die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
    (FRA) auf, eine eingehende Untersuchung
    zum Schutz der Grundrechte im Zusammenhang mit
    der Überwachung durchzuführen. Dieser Aufforderung
    kam die FRA nach und stellte einen Überblick
    über die gültigen Rechtsrahmen von Überwachungstätigkeiten
    in den 28 EU-Mitgliedstaaten zusammen
    sowie eine Übersicht über die bestehenden Grundrechtsnormen.
    Each year, an estimated 2.5 million children go through legal procedures. Two-thirds of children do not receive adequate information during proceedings. Their understanding of their rights and procedures is rarely checked. The behaviour of legal professionals affects to what degree children feel safe and comfortable. These videos provide practical guidelines about how to ensure justice is child-friendly.
    Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
    Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
    During judicial proceedings, such as being at court, children should always be told what is going on. The information should be presented in a child-friendly and understandable way.
    The freedom to conduct a business, one of the lesser-known rights of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, can help boost growth and jobs across the EU.
    5
    August
    2015
    This report seeks to demonstrate that the fulfilment of fundamental rights can help to improve the situation and achieve the strategic goals set out in the Europe 2020 growth strategy, which aims to establish a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy.
    New strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice by the European Council placed increasing mutual trust, strengthening the protection of victims and reinforcing the rights of accused persons and suspects high on the EU policy agenda. Many EU Member States adopted new laws or reformed existing laws and policies in this area, while efforts continued at UN, Council of Europe and EU level to strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence and the efficiency of justice systems, as cornerstones of a democratic society.
    2
    Juni
    2015
    Worker exploitation is not an isolated or marginal phenomenon. But despite its pervasiveness in everyday life, severe labour exploitation and its adverse effects on third-country nationals and EU citizens - as workers, but also as consumers - have to date not received much attention from researchers.
    5
    Mai
    2015
    Wenn die Justizsysteme kindgerechter und kinderfreundlicher
    gestaltet werden, so verbessert dies
    den Schutz für Kinder, erleichtert deren sinnvolle
    Beteiligung und verbessert zugleich die Arbeitsweise
    der Justiz. Mit den in dieser Zusammenfassung
    dargestellten Erkenntnissen erhalten die Mitgliedstaaten
    ein hilfreiches Instrumentarium an die Hand,
    mit dessen Unterstützung sich Hindernisse, Lücken
    oder Schwachstellen bei Gerichtsverfahren – insbesondere
    im Zuge der Umsetzung und Anwendung
    der einschlägigen EU Richtlinien – ermitteln lassen.
    5
    Mai
    2015
    Each year thousands of children take part in criminal and civil judicial proceedings, affected by parental divorce
    or as victims or witnesses to crime. Such proceedings can be stressful for anyone. The European Union Agency
    for Fundamental Rights (FRA) investigated whether children’s rights are respected in these proceedings.
    Kinder sollen in allen Angelegenheiten, die sie betreffen, beteiligt und angehört werden. Das gilt auch für das Justizsystem.
    To mark the European Day for Victims of Crime on 22 February, FRA has created this infographic based on the the report: Victims of crime in the EU: the extent and nature of support for victims, published in January, 2015.
    6
    Februar
    2015
    Die vorliegende Zusammenfassung präsentiert die
    Forschungsergebnisse der Agentur der Europäischen
    Union für Grundrechte (FRA) zu den Unterstützungsdiensten
    für Opfer von Straftaten in der EU unter
    dem Aspekt der Grundrechte. Sie gibt einen Überblick
    darüber, wie sich das derzeitige Angebot an
    Opferhilfsdiensten in den 28 EU‑Mitgliedstaaten
    in der Praxis ausnimmt, gemessen an den Zielen
    und Vorgaben der Opferschutzrichtlinie. Dabei liegt
    der Schwerpunkt auf Artikel 8 und 9 der Richtlinie
    zum Thema Unterstützungsdienste, thematisiert
    werden aber auch andere, eng damit verbundene
    Bestimmungen.
    26
    Januar
    2015
    FRA was requested by the European Commission (EC) in January 2014 to provide practical guidance on the processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes, in light of efforts by Member States to establish national PNR systems. As a result, in informal consultation with EC services and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and building on opinions FRA, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on PNR, FRA presented twelve fundamental rights considerations to EU Member States experts at technical level.
    12
    Januar
    2015
    The rights of victims of crime to access justice and to be protected against repeat victimisation may remain illusory in practice if the victim fails to receive professional advice and support. This research by the European Union Agency
    for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines support service provision for such victims across the 28 EU Member States, in line with the 2012 EU Victims’ Directive. It focuses not on abstract fundamental rights standards but on the final
    practical results.
    29
    September
    2014
    This document provides clear explanations for children of the key terms used in the child-friendly justice project. It explains what rights are and how these rights should be protected during legal proceedings.
    9
    Juli
    2014
    Die Europäische Union (EU) und ihre Mitgliedstaaten haben 2013 eine Vielzahl wichtiger Schritte zum Schutz und zur Förderung der Grundrechte gesetzt, indem sie neue internationale Verpflichtungen eingegangen sind, Rechtsvorschriften überarbeitet und innovative politische Strategien vor Ort verfolgt haben. Dennoch gerieten Grundrechtsverletzungen mit besorgniserregender Häufigkeit in die Schlagzeilen: Flüchtlinge, die vor den Küsten Europas ertranken, beispiellose Massenüberwachung, rassistisch und extremistisch motivierte Morde, Kinderarmut und Benachteiligung der Roma.