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FRA took part in the OECD Innovative Citizen Participation Network meeting, a sub-group of the OECD Working Party on Open Government, on 18 February in Paris.
On 11 February, FRA attended the Hungarian opening event of the EEA Civil Society Fund in Budapest, gathering 200 NGO representatives. The meeting was organised by the fund operator consortium: Ökotárs Foundation/ The Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation (lead), the Carpathian Foundation-Hungary and the Autonomia Foundation.
Les nouvelles conclusions de l’enquête de l’UE sur la violence fondée sur le genre révèlent une grave réalité : la violence à l’égard des femmes est très répandue, de plus en plus numérique et négligée par les institutions censées la combattre et la prévenir. La violence conjugale, la violence psychologique, la violence économique et la cyberviolence comptent parmi les formes les plus répandues, mais souvent les moins reconnues. L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) et l’Institut européen pour l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes (EIGE) demandent instamment à l’Union d’aligner sa législation, ses politiques et ses pratiques sur les expériences vécues par les femmes. L’ampleur des violences non signalées montre que les systèmes ne fonctionnent pas correctement.
Les femmes qui fuient la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie en Ukraine sont victimes d’abus, de harcèlement et d’exploitation, selon un rapport d’enquête de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA). Une femme sur quatre déclare avoir subi des violences physiques ou sexuelles depuis le début de la guerre. Certaines font état d’humiliations physiques ou sexuelles par les forces armées russes lors d’interrogatoires. Une femme sur quatre a reçu des propositions de travail, de logement ou de transport pouvant relever de l’exploitation, et une sur deux affirme avoir été agressée physiquement ou verbalement dans l’UE pour avoir parlé ukrainien. Le rapport suggère des solutions pour répondre au mieux aux besoins des femmes victimes de conflits armés afin de leur permettre de reconstruire leurs vies.
FRA will take part in a meeting of the EU Council’s Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP).
On 10 February, FRA took part in the High-Level Conference on the Transposition of the EU Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies, organised in Nicosia under the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU.
FRA will attend the ‘TACTICS for Change: Systemic Strategies for Coordinated Responses to Domestic Violence’ policy conference, organised by the European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence.
L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) s’apprête à emménager dans son nouveau siège, dans un bâtiment partagé avec l’Office européen des brevets (OEB) à Vienne. Aujourd’hui, la directrice de la FRA, Sirpa Rautio, et la vice-présidente de l’OEB, Nellie Simon, ont signé l’accord officialisant le déménagement prochain de la FRA au Rennweg 12.
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FRA took part in a Council of Europe roundtable with selected National Preventive Mechanisms on fundamental rights monitoring and its challenges in the context of migration. Discussions paid particular attention to the new forms of fundamental rights monitoring under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
FRA held an information session for National Liaison Officers on the FRA Draft Single Programming Document (SPD) 2027-2029 and the related annual consultation process designed to gather opinions from Member States.
FRA provided online training on fundamental rights in connection with the use of biometrics at a Frontex webinar on 4 February on Biometric Data Quality for Standing Corps Officers. The training included information about the importance of biometric data quality at automatic border crossing gates and self-service systems.
On 3 February, FRA delivered an online awareness-raising session on fundamental rights. It was part of the two-week pre-deployment training that Europol guest officers receive before being deployed to external borders to support national authorities.
In January FRA attended several meetings for the EEA/Norway Grants Local Development Programme in Bulgaria and Roma Inclusion and Empowerment Programme in Czechia, organised by the respective Programme Operators.
FRA was invited to give a keynote speech at the Annual President's Conference of the Austrian Bar Association.
FRA will host an online expert peer review of its draft foresight briefs on the future of fundamental rights in Europe towards 2040. The briefs were developed within a structured analytical process.
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FRA will speak at the Combating antisemitism conference: addressing challenges of intolerance and discrimination. It will present its recently-released report ‘Monitoring and recording antisemitism: state of play and ways forward’.
FRA will give a presentation on the importance of communicating and disseminating the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter in the general population and among specific groups of key stakeholders.
FRA has extended the deadline for its annual Stakeholder Feedback Survey for 2025, and we want to hear from you. The survey is your opportunity to share your views on FRA’s activities and outputs over the past year.
FRA participated for the first time in the EEAS/Commission Inter-Service Group on Human Rights. The group is chaired by the European External Action Service (EEAS) Human Rights Unit and brings together all Directorates-General (DGs) which have an international human rights dimension.