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FRA spoke at the European Parliament’s Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee hearing on AI, gender-based violence including sexual images of women and children.
The Latvian Ministry of Culture invited FRA to provide input to the ongoing development of the Latvian Civil Society Strategy. FRA contributed in Riga to a meeting of the joint working group of ministries and civil society tasked with developing the strategy.
FRA presented its report on ‘Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions’ to the Irish Parliament’s Joint Committee on Disability Matters, in a dedicated session on 6 May on freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse for people with disabilities.
FRA made an intervention during the Asylum Working Party on 30 April on monitoring fundamental rights under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. FRA provided an overview of the state of play concerning the establishment of national independent monitoring mechanisms.
FRA took part in a joint seminar on 5 May under the Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament in cooperation with the European Funds for the Balkans.
The FRA Director delivered a high-level address on AI governance at this year’s Privacy Symposium on 20 April in Venice. In her address, the FRA Director reflected on existing EU regulation of new technologies and its opportunities for the protection of fundamental rights.
FRA spoke about the impact of climate change on children and their rights at an online conference on 29 April on climate rights for children in Europe. FRA stressed the need towards a fundamental rights-compliant European Green Deal that calls for citizens’ active participation, including children, as child participation is also an important part of Integrated Child Protection Systems.
On 14 April, FRA spoke at a panel on how to ensure that ICT standards uphold human rights. FRA highlighted some key findings from its recent report on Assessing high-risk AI relating to fundamental rights risks awareness and impact assessments in practice.
FRA visited Frontex operations in Greece from 20 to 24 April in its capacity as the co-chair of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights.
The European Union Agencies Network on Scientific Advice (EU ANSA) has reaffirmed the central role of EU agencies in supporting research and translating scientific knowledge into evidence based policy making, through a joint statement signed by Chief Scientists or highest ranking scientific officers from across the network, including FRA.