Highlights

  • Report / Paper / Summary
    24
    February
    2026
    The start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the global community and gave rise to a
    series of urgent fundamental rights challenges across Europe. While much attention has focused on the scale of devastation and its wider impact on all Ukrainians, the war has also inflicted profound personal harm. This report sheds light on the violence, sexual harassment and exploitation experienced by women displaced from Ukraine. Drawing on a survey and in-depth interviews with women from Ukraine, the report documents the prevalence, forms and patterns of gender-based violence and sets out practical measures to improve safety, access to justice and support.
  • Video
    There are no truly safe spaces for women. At home, at work, in public or online, 1 in 3 women and girls have experienced some form of gender-based violence. This ranges from hate, harassment, abuse, to physical and sexual violence. Women are being silenced and harmed - online and offline - every day, as the EU gender-based survey findings show. But we have the tools to fight it. By preventing violence before it starts, by strengthen legal protection, by funding support services for victims and by training police and healthcare professionals.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    13
    November
    2025
    FRA analysed 31 digital tools and systems across seven EU Member States, exploring potential positive and negative effects on victims, claimants and defendants. By identifying risks early, investing in skills and training, and embedding protections from the outset, policymakers and practitioners can build effective and inclusive justice systems. This report provides practical suggestions to help ensure that digitalised justice systems are accessible and deliver fair outcomes for all.
  • Page
    The Criminal Detention Database 2015-2022 combines in one place information on detention conditions in all 27 EU Member States as well as the United Kingdom.
    Productos
    20
    October
    2023
    FRA’s strategic priorities and objectives are based on the agency’s role and mission as defined in its amended founding regulation. They build on FRA’s 2018–2022 strategy as well as how it performed, its experience and its vision. Their design takes into account future fundamental rights challenges facing Europe, the agency’s mandate, the broader operational context and the resources available.
    8
    June
    2023
    FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2023 reviews major developments in the field in 2022, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions.
    8
    June
    2023
    En el año 2021 se produjeron tanto avances como retrocesos en materia de protección de derechos fundamentales. El Informe sobre los derechos fundamentales 2023 de la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (FRA) analiza los principales acontecimientos en este ámbito, destacando tanto los progresos realizados como las dificultades que todavía persisten. La publicación presenta los dictámenes de la FRA sobre los principales avances realizados en los ámbitos temáticos contemplados, así como un resumen de las pruebas que avalan tales dictámenes.
    22
    February
    2023
    Directive 2012/29/EU represents a milestone in the development of victims’ rights. It establishes minimum standards for the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. It defines the scope of support services, guarantees the right to effective protection against secondary victimisation and comprehensively regulates the measures required for this purpose. This report covers three core components underpinning victims’ rights: support services, crime reporting, and protection from secondary and repeat victimisation. Examples highlight the relevant legal provisions in Member States and how specific rights under the Victims’ Rights Directive work in practice.
    28
    September
    2022
    Los actos de terrorismo representan una grave amenaza para la vida y la seguridad de las personas, así como un gran desafío en materia de seguridad para los Estados. Al mismo tiempo, la legislación, las políticas y otras medidas de lucha contra el terrorismo pueden implicar, directa o indirectamente, graves limitaciones a los derechos fundamentales y afectar negativamente a las personas, los grupos y la sociedad en su conjunto. Este resumen presenta las principales conclusiones de la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (FRA) de su informe sobre la Directiva (UE) 2017/541 relativa a la lucha contra el terrorismo, el principal instrumento de Derecho penal a escala de la Unión Europea (UE) en el ámbito de la lucha contra el terrorismo.
    21
    June
    2022
    Every child has a right to be protected even when they are accused or suspected of committing a crime. The basic principles of justice apply to adults and children alike. But children face specific obstacles during criminal proceedings, such as a lack of understandable information about their rights, limited legal support and poor treatment. The report looks at the practical implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings in nine Member States – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Malta, Poland and Portugal.
    8
    June
    2022
    FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2022 reviews major developments in the field in 2021, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions.
    8
    June
    2022
    This focus looks at the impact of the pandemic on social rights. It examines the measures in national recovery and resilience plans that address the social vulnerabilities among a variety of population groups in the EU, including women, children and young people in situations of vulnerability, people with disabilities, older people, Roma and people in precarious working conditions.
    8
    June
    2022
    En el año 2021 se produjeron tanto avances como retrocesos en materia de protección de derechos fundamentales. El Informe sobre los derechos fundamentales 2022 de la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (FRA) analiza los principales acontecimientos en este ámbito, destacando tanto los progresos realizados como las dificultades que todavía persisten. La publicación presenta los dictámenes de la FRA sobre los principales avances realizados en los ámbitos temáticos contemplados, así como un resumen de las pruebas que avalan tales dictámenes. Esto permite disponer de una visión de conjunto, compacta, pero muy ilustrativa, de los principales desafíos en materia de derechos fundamentales a los que se enfrentan la Unión Europea (UE) y sus Estados miembros.
    7
    April
    2022
    BG, EL, HU, RO, SV, and UK version now available
    17 April 2025
    Los niños son titulares plenos de derechos. Son beneficiarios de todos los derechos humanos y fundamentales, y están sujetos a una regulación especial por sus características específicas. El presente manual tiene el propósito de ilustrar el modo en que la legislación y la jurisprudencia europeas se adecuan a los intereses y las necesidades específicas de los niños. Muestra también la importancia de los padres, tutores u otro tipo de representantes legales, y hace referencia, cuando procede, a los supuestos en que los derechos y las responsabilidades se asignan principalmente a los cuidadores de los niños. Este manual tiene el objeto de elevar la sensibilización y mejorar el conocimiento en relación con la normativa que protege y fomenta los derechos de los niños en Europa. Es un punto de referencia en Derecho de la UE y el CdE en relación con estos ámbitos de interés y explica cómo se regula cada cuestión en el Derecho de la UE, incluida la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, así como el CEDH, la CSE y otros instrumentos del CdE.
    18
    November
    2021
    This report examines the EU’s main criminal law instrument in the field of counter-terrorism, Directive (EU) 2017/541. Specifically, it considers how the directive engages issues of fundamental rights, affecting individuals, groups and society as a whole.
    10
    June
    2021
    En el año 2020 se produjeron tanto avances como
    retrocesos en materia de protección de los derechos
    fundamentales. El Informe sobre los derechos
    fundamentales 2021 de la Agencia de los Derechos
    Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (FRA) analiza
    los principales acontecimientos en este ámbito,
    destacando tanto los progresos realizados como las
    dificultades que todavía persisten.
    10
    June
    2021
    FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in the field in 2020, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions. This year’s focus chapter explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights. The remaining chapters cover: the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; information society, privacy and data protection; rights of the child; access to justice; and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
    10
    June
    2021
    This focus looks at COVID-19’s impact on fundamental rights. It underscores that a human rights-based approach to tackling the pandemic requires balanced measures that are based on law, necessary, temporary and proportional. It also requires addressing the pandemic’s socio-economic impact, protecting the vulnerable and fighting racism.
    31
    March
    2021
    This report looks at the practical implementation of the presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings, and related rights, in 9 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal). Article 48 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the presumption of innocence – but, as FRA’s research underscores, it can be undermined in many ways.
    8
    March
    2021
    Este resumen presenta las principales percepciones
    del segundo informe de la FRA basado en su
    Encuesta sobre los derechos fundamentales. La
    encuesta recabó datos de unas 35 000 personas
    sobre sus experiencias, percepciones y opiniones
    en relación con una serie de cuestiones
    relacionadas, de diversas maneras, con los
    derechos humanos.
    Crime can touch any of us – as witnesses or as victims. But no matter who you are, we all have rights when it comes to justice. These three short clips show some aspects of working together for justice, rights of victims of crime and rights of witnesses of crime.
    We don’t all experience crime in the same way, and we might deal with it differently. But it’s vital – as victims or witnesses – that our rights are guaranteed, because access to justice is our fundamental right. Watch FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty speaking on the Fundamental Rights Survey report on crime, safety and victims’ rights.
    Crime can touch any of us – as witnesses or as victims. But no matter who you are, we all have rights when it comes to justice. It is for this reason that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights asked 35,000 people across Europe about their experiences of crime in its Fundamental Rights Survey, and the results are in.