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Les discriminations à l'encontre des personnes handicapées mentales et des personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux persistent en dépit de la ratification par l'Union européenne et de 21 États membres de la Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits des personnes handicapées (CRDP). Deux nouveaux rapports de la FRA font état d'expériences d'exclusion et de stigmatisation de personnes handicapées mentales et de personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux. Ces rapports soulignent la nécessité de mettre en place des dispositifs pour permettre à ces personnes de vivre en société plutôt que dans des institutions, et de réformer les lois et politiques de manière à les rendre plus inclusives. Ces deux rapports seront présentés lors de la Conférence sur « autonomie et l'inclusion » organisée à Copenhague les 7 et 8 juin 2012.
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De nombreux Roms continuent à faire l’objet de discriminations et d’exclusion sociale dans l’ensemble de l’UE, selon un nouveau rapport publié le 23 mai 2012 conjointement par l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) et le Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD).
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Le séminaire de deux jours intitulé « Remembering for the future » (Se souvenir pour l'avenir), portant sur les moyens de responsabilisation des citoyens et de diffusion des pratiques encourageantes en matière d'éducation aux droits de l'homme et d'enseignement relatif à l'Holocauste, aura lieu à Copenhague le jeudi et le vendredi 26-27 avril 2012.
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On 10 November 2011 FRA spoke at the Hearing on Fundamental Rights organised by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). 
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The event is set in the context of the FRA's mandate to develop methods and standards that will improve the comparability, objectivity and reliability of data collected at the European level. The Symposium will be comprised of presentations of case studies, panel discussions and working groups focusing on specific themes. It will take place on 12-13 May at the FRA's premises in Vienna.
L'égalité est un maillon essentiel de la protection des droits fondamentaux. Les inégalités entre les femmes et les hommes persistent pourtant dans la société actuelle et sont souvent aggravées par d'autres formes de discrimination, qui empêchent les femmes de jouir pleinement de leurs droits.
EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) releases new data on anti-Semitic incidents in the EUThe EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) releases today its new report “Anti-Semitism. Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2008”.
"The combat against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a priority issue to ensure equal rights to all people in the EU", said Constantinos Manolopoulos, FRA's Acting Director, ahead of International Day against Homophobia on 17 May 2008. "This day is an occasion to recall the discrimination and prejudices that many LGBT people still face in some EU Member States. We must address this social ill head on."
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Statement by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the occasion of International Roma Day.
Today we commemorate the tragic events of 1960 in Sharpeville, which led to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (1) On this symbolic day, we - the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - stand united in calling on political parties to combat racism. In the words of Nelson Mandela, we call on political leaders to build "a society of which all humanity will be proud".
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 Roma reported the highest overall levels of discrimination across all areas surveyed in the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights' EU-MIDIS survey.
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A new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) gives evidence that Roma and Travellers are strongly disadvantaged in private and social housing throughout the European Union. This includes discrimination in access to housing, poor housing conditions, segregation, and forced evictions. The FRA report highlights shortcomings and good practices across the EU. The FRA is of the opinion that Member States should pay higher attention to the issue of residential segregation and poor housing conditions. Member States and local authorities should implement existing anti-discrimination legislation and policies for Roma inclusion, and intensify their efforts to better inform the Roma of their rights, and involve them in the planning and implementation of housing policies.
The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) will today present a new report on ‘Developing indicators for the protection, respect and promotion of the rights of the child in the European Union'. This proposes a comprehensive series of indicators to measure child rights across the EU.
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"The discrimination and disadvantage faced by Roma and Travellers in Europe is a well-documented fact. Solutions have been outlined in action plans and numerous strategies. What we need now is more action on the ground, the rigorous implementation of adequately-resourced policies, and specific measures that tackle deep-rooted discrimination and negative stereotypes of Roma and Travellers," said Beate Winkler, interim Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, in a statement ahead of International Roma Day (8 April)".
Every day, women in Europe continue to suffer from violations of their human rights in the form of gender-based violence. In addition to the impact this has on the lives of the women concerned, the consequences of violence extend to women's families, their communities and society in general.
Irregular migrants throughout the European Union face labour exploitation and are denied access to basic services. The Fundamental Rights Conference will focus on how to promote minimum rights standards for irregular migrants - a group vulnerable to serious fundamental rights violations.
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Visit our new revamped Diversity Day Web siteThe European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (the FRA) brings you the Diversity Day 2010 Web site, a site dedicated to the youth event organised by the FRA to promote diversity among young people in Europe.http://www.diversityday.eu/index_en.htmlThe site is available in English and German.
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Currently, there is much debate about the position of the Roma, both living in their country of origin or in another EU Member State. The Fundamental Rights Agency is mandated to provide evidence-based advice to decision-makers in the EU. The Agency's evidence aims at informing EU and national policy-makers and contextualising debates on fundamental rights in the European Union.
Racism and xenophobia continue to affect the day to day lives of a significant number of people within the European Union warned the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights today in a joint statement with the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).
International Women's Day on the 8 March was an opportunity for men and women alike to remember that gender equality is a right shared by everyone in the European Union. The theme of this year's International Women's Day - ‘Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all' - underlined the fact that ‘progress for all' can only be achieved alongside fundamental rights for all.