We live in strange times for fundamental and human rights with rights violations continuing to be unacceptable; but now also increasingly the systems guaranteeing rights are being rejected and considerable parts of the population are losing confidence in rights, feeling they belong to others not them. These were the opening words of the FRA Director when outlining the Agency’s 2017 priorities of migration, discrimination, security and rights promotion during the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) meeting in Brussels on 9 February. However, he made assurances that the Agency is acutely sensitive of this environment and is seeking to engage with it at every turn.