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FRA’s Director, Sirpa Rautio, will attend the 80th commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.
On 31 January, there will be a study visit to FRA from the Council of Europe’s new Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström.
FRA has launched its annual Stakeholder Feedback Survey for 2024, and we want to hear from you!
A FRA online information tool aims at raising awareness of the fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing. It informs non-EU nationals, their lawyers and civil society organisations about how the systems function and how affected individuals can claim their rights.
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FRA’s survey report on the experiences of displaced people in the EU fleeing Ukraine is now available online in the languages of the countries covered in the survey.
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FRA will deliver a keynote speech at the opening of the International SYNERGY Network conference. FRA will present the results from the EU gender-based violence survey.
Le pacte vert pour l’Europe est la principale stratégie dont dispose l’UE en vue de lutter contre le changement climatique : une transition verte qui s’efforce de ne laisser personne de côté. Un nouveau document de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’UE (FRA) met au jour le caractère parcellaire de l’approche visant à faire face aux incidences du changement climatique sur les droits fondamentaux. Le document fait valoir qu’une application systématique des normes et obligations en matière de droits fondamentaux dans la politique climatique de l’UE pourrait promouvoir plus efficacement une transition juste et inclusive.
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.
On 13 December, FRA’s Management Board re-elected Jim Clarken as the new Chairperson for a second term starting on 19 March 2025.
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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.
On 2 December, the European Parliament’s disability rights week began in Brussels. FRA took part in two hearings.
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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.
FRA took part in the 3rd EU human rights dialogue with Mexico. The EU External Action Service (EEAS) hosted the meeting.
Une nouvelle plateforme d’information en ligne de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) vise à sensibiliser le public aux garanties en matière de droits fondamentaux et aux implications des systèmes d’information de l’UE pour la migration et le maintien de l’ordre ainsi que de leur interopérabilité.
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FRA Director Sirpa Rautio delivers the keynote speech joining the celebrations marking Vienna's 10 years of being a Human Rights City. The event takes place at the Vienna City Hall on Human Rights Day.
The European Network of Equality Bodies, Equinet, will host a high-level conference on ‘Coding Equality into the EU AI Act - Equality Bodies rising to the Challenge’.
FRA supported a meeting of the Czech government Council for Roma minority affairs and its discussions on ethnic data collection.
On 2 December, FRA presented the results of the EU survey on gender-based violence at the meeting of the Council of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights working party (FREMP).