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FRA presented findings from its upcoming report on the impact of addressing terrorist content online on fundamental rights to the Council Terrorism Working Party.
FRA participated in a meeting organised by Civil Liberties Union for Europe on ‘Realising the Potential of the Charter through Strategic Litigation’ on 11 December in Brussels. Participants in the meeting drew lessons learnt and experiences of engaging in strategic litigation.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, FRA jointly organised with the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the Council a conference entitled ‘25 Years of Rights: Reflecting on the Impact of the Charter’.
The Greek Ombudsman hosted an event on the occasion of ten years of forced return monitoring under the EU Return Directive.
FRA provided fundamental rights input to the EU Asylum Agency’s (EUAA) first fundamental rights conference, organised by the EUAA Fundamental Rights Officer on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. The event focused on the protection of fundamental rights in asylum and reception.
Le contrôle des retours forcés est une garantie importante pour protéger les droits fondamentaux des migrants qui sont renvoyés dans leur pays d’origine. L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) publie une vue d’ensemble annuelle des systèmes nationaux de contrôle des retours forcés et de leurs statistiques de contrôle dans l’ensemble de l’UE. La dernière vue d’ensemble révèle des lacunes en matière de contrôle auxquelles il convient de remédier.
The Fundamental Rights Report 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of the state of fundamental rights in the European Union, highlighting major developments and trends in 2024. This video provides an insight into the issues covered by this year's report.
Our recent report looks at the breadth and depth of violence and neglect faced by people with disabilities living in institutions. It highlights the shortcomings by EU Member States in preventing violence and protecting those who are at a higher risk of experiencing it, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This video explains the key issues as well as the actions needed to ensure that a person’s need for care and support should never come at the expense of their safety and dignity.
There are no truly safe spaces for women. At home, at work, in public or online, 1 in 3 women and girls have experienced some form of gender-based violence. This ranges from hate, harassment, abuse, to physical and sexual violence. Women are being silenced and harmed - online and offline - every day, as the EU gender-based survey findings show. But we have the tools to fight it. By preventing violence before it starts, by strengthen legal protection, by funding support services for victims and by training police and healthcare professionals.
The FRA Director and colleagues took part in a number of engagements under the Disability Rights Week from 2 to 4 December in Brussels, organised by EU institutions.
FRA participated in the dissemination event of the EU-funded project ‘ECHOFunds’ which took place in Brussels on 3 December. The project looked into ways of preventing the funding of projects which are not in line with the Charter by the EU as required by the EU Common Provisions Regulation.
On 1-2 December, the Agency contributed to the conference on Human rights in local government practice in Gdansk. The event brought together more than 100 representatives from local councils, regions, and civil society organisations in Poland.
FRA joined the 4th plenary meeting of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CDDEM) from 26 to 28 November in Strasbourg.
L’Union européenne (UE) est légalement tenue d’adhérer à la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH). L’adhésion de l’UE vise à renforcer davantage la protection des droits de l’homme en Europe. Dans une note sous forme de questions-réponses, l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) décrit quelques-unes des principales implications juridiques et opérationnelles de l’adhésion. Elle met en évidence la manière dont le droit de l’UE interagit avec la CEDH et examine les liens entre la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) et celle de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme.
Protecting persons with disabilities from violence in institutions requires legal guarantees, empowered monitoring, accessible justice and cultural change. All of these actions should be driven by the lived experience of persons with disabilities.
FRA held an online information session on 5 December for public authorities on the findings of the report Places of care = places of safety? Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions.
On 5 December, FRA shared insights from its work on digital accessibility and inclusion at the first Digital Accessibility Day in the European Parliament, held during Disability Rights Week.
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This December marks 25 years since the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission solemnly proclaimed the EU’s bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights. To honour this important occasion, a special edition of the 3rd Annual Online CharterXchange, will take place online from 8 to 9 December.