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The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) explores what works and what doesn’t when it comes to Roma inclusion at the local level.
Promoting inclusion and mutual respect through education and strong positive narratives are essential to prevent incitement to hatred and counter hate speech in the digital age, the heads of three European human rights institutions said in a joint statement on today’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Miltos Pavlou, Senior Programme Manager at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, talks about the participation of migrants and their descendants in the EU.
Risk of school segregation, discrimination and restrictions to political participation can form insurmountable barriers to the integration of migrants in EU society, as a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows. It examines integration strategies across the EU, providing clear evidence of the successes and failures of current policy and recommending changes in order to build a stronger and more cohesive Europe.
This infographic illustrates some of the main issues when it comes to integrating migrants and their descendants in the EU.
This video message by Ulrike Lunacek, Vice-President of the European Parliament, was recorded on the occasion of FRA's 10th anniversary.
In 2017 and beyond, the Fundamental Rights Agency will focus on today’s most urgent human rights quandaries, from migration and asylum, through xenophobia and discrimination, to the very contemporary challenges of privacy, surveillance and hate speech in the digital age.
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These are difficult times for human rights. To mark its 10th anniversary, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights is hosting a discussion to take stock of the human rights successes in the European Union over the last decade and at the same time consider the enormous challenges before us. Among the key speakers are Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová.
Children involved in court proceedings often feel scared, ignored, and ill-informed, as a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows. By asking children across different EU Member States about their experiences and views, this ground-breaking report shows how far we still have to go to make our justice systems child-friendly.
The Agency’s Director, Michael O’Flaherty, took part in a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on 9 February.
This infographic illustrates some of the main concerns of children when it comes to participating in court proceedings using their own words.
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The Agency explained how its future media toolkit will strengthen rights awareness during a symposium on hate speech against migrants and refugees in the media on 26 January in Brussels.
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On 23 January, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty held a speech entitled ‘Protecting human rights in today’s Europe’ at Poznan University in Poland.
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The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights presented its latest Roma findings to members of the European Parliament during the meeting of the Committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on 23 January 2017.
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On 13 December, the Agency presented selected Roma results from its second EU minorities and discrimination survey at an event in Bratislava organised by the Plenipotentiary for Roma issues.
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On 8 December, the Agency presented its latest two migration Opinions to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
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On 8 December, the Agency presented its latest two migration Opinions to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Widespread deprivation is destroying Roma lives. Families are living excluded from society in shocking conditions, while children with little education face bleak prospects for the future, a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows. The report analyses the gaps in Roma inclusion around the EU to guide Member States seeking to improve their integration policies.
This video message was produced for a holocaust education training for public officials.
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This interview with Sir Julian King, EU Security Union Commissioner, was conducted on the occasion of his visit to the annual meeting of the network of EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies.