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Most people in the EU consider encryption important for protecting their private online communications, according to new survey findings from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Many people are also concerned – to varying degrees – that their private communications may be accessed without their knowledge or consent by various actors, including criminals, foreign governments, businesses or law enforcement.
On 6 May, FRA gave a presentation on fundamental rights in return operations during a seminar organised by the Cypriot Commissioner for Administration. The seminar targeted the training of monitors and police escorts involved in forced return operations in Cyprus.
FRA took part in the latest meeting of the Schengen Borders Code Contact Committee that discussed the Screening Regulation as well as in a joint meeting of the Contact Committees for the Asylum Procedure Regulation and the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation.
FRA has just published the Ukrainian version of the handbook on 'Applying the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter in law and policymaking at national level - Guidance'.
FRA spoke at the European Parliament’s Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee hearing on AI, gender-based violence including sexual images of women and children.
The Latvian Ministry of Culture invited FRA to provide input to the ongoing development of the Latvian Civil Society Strategy. FRA contributed in Riga to a meeting of the joint working group of ministries and civil society tasked with developing the strategy.
FRA presented its report on ‘Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions’ to the Irish Parliament’s Joint Committee on Disability Matters, in a dedicated session on 6 May on freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse for people with disabilities.
FRA made an intervention during the Asylum Working Party on 30 April on monitoring fundamental rights under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. FRA provided an overview of the state of play concerning the establishment of national independent monitoring mechanisms.
FRA took part in a joint seminar on 5 May under the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament in cooperation with the European Funds for the Balkans.
The FRA Director delivered a high-level address on AI governance at this year’s Privacy Symposium on 20 April in Venice. In her address, the FRA Director reflected on existing EU regulation of new technologies and its opportunities for the protection of fundamental rights.