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FRA will take part in the ILO Global conference on its fair recruitment initiative. It will look at the way forward from policy to practice.
At the German Antidiscrimination Days 2025 from 13 to 14 May, FRA contributed to a panel on anti-Muslim racism, addressing its manifestations in education, employment and housing, as well as the experiences of queer Muslims.
We – The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the diplomatic missions of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna, Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Uruguay, as well as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the European Investment Bank, UN-Globe and the Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies – all welcome 17 May as the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), as a celebration of sexual and gender diversity and inclusion around the world.
FRA provided input to the OSCE’s consultative roundtable on policing in multi-ethnic societies.
Frontex Consultative Forum members met with Frontex senior management from 13 to 14 May in Warsaw.
On 19 and 21 May, FRA experts will contribute to the consultation on the 2025 Enlargement Package on issues related to fundamental rights. The consultation will focus on issues such as anti-discrimination, gender equality, children, LGBTIQ, people with disabilities and transitional justice.
On 7 May, FRA took part in the Spring General Assembly 2025 of the Climate Action Network, Europe. FRA joined the high-level panel on holding the line for climate action.
Sirpa Rautio
FRA Director, Sirpa Rautio, at the University of Florence addresses 'The Future of Democracy in the Digital Era' conference on 15 May 2025. Her talk focuses on the effects of digital technologies on fundamental rights.
On 6 May, FRA will speak at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna.
On 30 April, FRA will contribute to a CEPOL webinar on fighting antisemitism online and offline. The webinar aims at improving law enforcement actions against violence and discrimination against Jews.
On 29 April, FRA will host a webinar for interested organisations within the Agency’s Fundamental Rights Platform. The webinar will explore the vital role civil society organisations play in driving more integrated child protection systems.
The latest review of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows how NHRIs provide advice on national laws and policies, how they monitor EU funds or use the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It also provides information on their accreditation status and mandates.
FRA presented to the EU Council’s Asylum Working Party its updated guidance on setting up national independent mechanisms to monitor fundamental rights compliance during screening and asylum border procedures.
FRA gave a presentation on its updated guidance on independent national monitoring mechanisms that should be set up as part of screening and the asylum border procedures at a event on how to apply the EU’s new Screening Regulation.
FRA joined a meeting of the ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board. They discussed the 2024 annual report and the 2025 work programme.
FRA and the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) held advanced training on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for the members of the judiciary on 23-24 April at FRA in Vienna.
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On 22 and 23 April, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will speak at the high-level Conference on the role of civil society in the protection of the rule of law. The Director will contribute to a panel discussion on the principle of civil society as an EU value.
On 9 and 10 April, FRA took part in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy joint consultation and a meeting of the LGBTIQ Equality Subgroup in Brussels.
FRA joined the high-level closing panel of the Paris Arbitration Week where they discussed the integration of human rights into economic law and policy and investment arbitration.
On 8 and 9 April Laura Arikka, the Executive Director of the Finnish Timeout Foundation, and her colleagues visited FRA. FRA’s Director, Sirpa Rautio, introduced them to the Agency and its work.