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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Michael O’Flaherty

Defending the rule of law in Europe

FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty delivered a policy statement on the challenges which are currently posed to the rule of law in the European Union on 15 May at a Law Society of Ireland seminar in Dublin. He spoke about how to promote and strengthen fundamental rights throughout the EU.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention

FRA speaks at Hungarian immigration law enforcement event

FRA spoke at the annual ‘spring conference’ of the Hungarian National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief

Combating antisemitism in Europe panel discussion

FRA and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Vienna are co-organising a panel discussion on combating antisemitism.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Presenting fundamental rights challenges at borders to asylum and migration judges

On 11 May, FRA presented an overview of fundamental rights challenges at borders at a break-out sessions during the 13th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

FRA joins European Data Protection Authorities Conference

FRA joined the 31st conference of the European Data Protection Authorities.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Civil society

Holistic protection needed for civil society

FRA spoke at a European Commission seminar on protecting civic space on 10 May in Brussels.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people

FRA’s presents its ageing in digital societies project

On 3 May, FRA presented its ageing in digital societies project to AGE Platform Europe’s Task Force on Age-Friendly Environments.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
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Vienna Equality Conference 2023

The municipality of Vienna launches its third round of equality monitoring on 11 May.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Inter-governmental human rights systems

FRA to exchange views with OSCE experts

FRA will have exchange views with Human Dimension experts from the EU Delegation and EU Member States Permanent Representations to the OSCE.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma
Inter-governmental human rights systems

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Delegation to exchange views with FRA

A delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, and member of the ‘No Hate Parliamentary Alliance’, will visit FRA on 8 May.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
National human rights systems and bodies

Fostering cohesion, equality and inclusion within Polish cities

On 26 April, FRA joined a webinar on the role of local governments policies based in human rights.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief

FRA to contribute to EU – African Union Human Rights Dialogue

FRA’s Director will participate in the 18th European Union – African Union Human Rights Dialogue on 4 May in Brussels.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems

Fundamental rights training for border guards

FRA delivered fundamental rights training at the Frontex organised EES (Entry-Exit System) training event for border guards.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

Hate crime recording and data collection workshop

FRA, together with the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), facilitated a workshop on hate crime recording and data collection.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Expert meeting on EIGE's gender statistics database

FRA will take part in EIGE's gender statistics database expert meeting.
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FRA’s research network to meet

FRA will host its FRANET Meeting on 3 May. FRANET is the Agency’s multidisciplinary research network.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

FRA joined Council of Europe Committee on AI meeting

FRA joined the 5th plenary meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee on artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the EU Delegation.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people

Safeguarding older people’s legal and human rights conference

FRA joined the conference on safeguarding older people’s legal and human rights through active citizenship and inter-generational approach on 24 April in Vienna.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

EU Agency communication heads meet to share good practices

FRA took part in a network meeting of EU Agencies Heads of Communication and Information.
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EU Agencies Scientific Advice Network hold futures meeting

FRA took part in the first face-to-face meeting of the ‘futures cluster’ of the EU Agencies Network on Scientific Advice (EU-ANSA).