The European Green Deal is the EU’s principal strategy to tackle climate change: a green transition that strives to leave no one behind. A new paper from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveals a fragmented approach to addressing the impact of climate change on fundamental rights. The paper argues that a systematic application of fundamental rights standards and obligations in EU climate policy could more effectively advance a just and inclusive transition.
On 12 December, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) convened a meeting with national Parliamentarians to discuss the situation of the rule of law in the EU.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio took part in an international human rights conference in Kyiv on 5 December. The Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights organised the ‘The Law of Force or the Force of Law? The Crisis of the Global Human Rights System and Ways to Overcome It’ conference.
A new online information platform from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to raise awareness about the fundamental rights safeguards and implications of the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing and their interoperability.
On 12 December, FRA highlighted the importance of mainstreaming fundamental rights aspects in the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration funding procedure.
FRA developed an online information tool for raising awareness of fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing.
FRA attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. This annual gathering brought together stakeholders from various sectors and jurisdictions, to discuss and advance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and regional instruments.
