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Hate crime

Dealing with the effects of hate speech

FRA will take part in a online expert consultation on 20 April on countering hate speech. The KAICIID Dialogue Centre, in cooperation with the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the European Council of Religious Leaders/ Religions for Peace- Europe are organising the event.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma

Conference explores racial discrimination and related intolerance

The FRA Director will share key insights from FRA’s body of evidence on racism and racial discrimination during a high-level conference on racial discrimination.
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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

EESC hearing on the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter strategy

FRA will take part in a European Economic Social Committee (EESC) hearing on 20 April.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Hate crime

Rise up against anti-LGBT+ hate crime webinar

FRA will present the results of its LGBTI II survey during an international webinar on LGBT+ hate crime. The focus will be on the prevalence of hate motivated harassment and violent attacks against LGBTI people.
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Eurostat violence against women survey task force to meet

Eurostat’s survey task force on gender-based violence against women will meet on 20 to 21 April.
Download FRA's fundamental rights survey
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People with disabilities
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Presidency conference to discuss EU's new Disability Strategy

FRA will participate in an event on the EU's new Disability Strategy organised by the Portuguese Presidency.
FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty on Samos, Greece, April 2021
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Asylum, migration and borders

Committing to human rights at the Samos migration centre

FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty visited the island of Samos, Greece, in April 2021 to get a sense of the reception facilities there. In this video, he acknowledges the efforts being made to improve facilities. He offers the Agency’s continued commitment to support these supports. As an example, he refers to FRA’s guidance on respecting fundamental rights at such facilities that could benefit both migrants and locals.
FRA Director at Vathy migration centre
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Asylum, migration and borders
Access to asylum
Borders and information systems
Child protection
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention

Statement on the visit of FRA Director to Greece

This week, Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), visited the reception facilities on the island of Samos in Greece.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Victims’ rights

Eurostat gender-based violence survey task force to meet

On 16 April, FRA will present selected results from its Fundamental Rights Survey at an online Eurostat task force meeting. The task force is responsible for implementing the EU survey on gender-based violence against women and other forms of interpersonal violence.
Download report on crime, safety and victims’ rights
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Hate crime

Unmasking bias paper now also in Romanian

FRA just published the Romanian version of its paper on unmasking bias motives in crimes: selected cases of the European Court of Human Rights.
Download paper on Unmasking bias motives in crimes
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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders

New linguistic versions of FRA’s focus on unlocking the Fundamental Rights Charter’s full potential

The Fundamental Rights Report’s focus chapter on unlocking the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter’s full potential is now also available online in Polish, Portuguese and Slovenian.
Download FRR 2020 Focus on EU Charter
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National human rights systems and bodies

FRA NHRI report summary now out in all EU languages

The summary of FRA’s report on Strong and effective national human rights institutions: challenges, promising practices and opportunities is now available online in all EU languages. It is also available in Macedonian and Serbian.
Download summary in all languages
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Child protection
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

Procedural safeguards for children in criminal proceedings

FRA will meet partners online from its FRANET research network to implement the second part of its project on procedural safeguards for children in criminal proceedings. The focus will be on interviewing children to capture their experiences and perspectives in criminal proceedings. FRANET partners from seven EU Member States – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Poland and Portugal – will attend.
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Child protection
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems

CEPOL webinar on returning unaccompanied children

FRA delivered online training on 30 March on the fundamental rights considerations of returning unaccompanied children. The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) organised the webinar.
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Hate crime
Religion and belief

FRA’s anti-Muslim hatred database updated

The update to FRA’s anti-Muslim hatred database is now available. It covers 2012 up to mid-2020.
Roma woman with a facemask with a Roma flag on it
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

Enable Roma communities to recover from the pandemic, say human rights heads

All societies still feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the challenges for Roma are particularly acute, say the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on International Roma Day.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

International Roma day: 50 years of Roma policy

FRA will join panel discussions on 8 April, International Roma Day, organised by the Austrian parliamentary president.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

Webinar addresses Roma healthcare inequalities

FRA will present results from its Roma and Travellers Survey during a webinar organised by European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).
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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
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Eurostat Working Group on Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics to meet

FRA will participate in the annual meeting of the Eurostat Working Group on Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics. The 5-6 May meeting brings together national statistical institutes, different European Commission Directorates-General and EU agencies.
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Unlawful profiling

Webinar for lawyers to explore law enforcement profiling

FRA will introduce its guide on preventing unlawful profiling during a webinar on 1 April. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Agencia GIZ Costa Rica are organising the webinar.