Launch Date
June
2022
Project Status
Ongoing
This project will explore how consumers’ rights can protect the environment. Consumers’ rights should empower consumers to ensure that businesses offer more sustainable choices. They should also hold businesses accountable for activities that impact on the environment.
Launch Date
December
2022
Project Status
Findings available
In 2023, the Agency will launch its 3rd LGBTIQ survey. It will collect the experiences of discrimination and hate crime, as well as the views and challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer people in 30 countries (EU, Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia) and 31 languages.
FRA and the Consultative Forum attended the Frontex Management Board meeting.
The project consisted of producing detailed regional and thematic analyses of the specificities of the position of Roma in several areas of life, which were drafted, published (in Croatian, Romani and English) and presented at five thematic national conferences. In addition, it included activities aiming to address the baseline data research results in the area of education as well as capacity-building activities for implementing the national plan for Roma inclusion (NPRI) at regional and local levels. Throughout the project cycle, Roma representatives have been closely involved and the activities undertaken gave special attention to Roma women, youth and children.
The Croatian Ombudsman’s annual report is prepared annually and is based on complaints received, fieldwork and desktop research and data collected from several hundred stakeholders. It contains an analysis of administrative data (complaints) on discrimination concerning all grounds stated in the national Anti-Discrimination Act, joint statistics from three special ombuds institutions and a comprehensive overview of the types of citizen complaints received, along with descriptions of the most prominent cases and the outcome of the Ombudsman’s work on the subject. Along with an analysis and assessment of the status of protection of human rights and freedoms in Croatia, the report contains recommendations for removing systematic shortcomings and irregularities and an assessment of the degree to which the competent bodies have implemented earlier recommendations.
On 17 November, the FRA Director had bilateral meetings at the European Parliament.
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FRA spoke at a conference on ‘Countering Shrinking Civic Space and Creating and Enabling Environment for Civil Society in the EU.
On 22 November, the Council of the EU hosted a training session on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for Justice and Home Affairs Councillors.
FRA took part in the online AGE Annual Conference 2022 on 18 November.
On 25 November, the European Commission’s child rights coordinator hosted an Interservice Group meeting to discuss the implementation of the EU Strategy on Child Rights (2021-2024).