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FRA met online with member organisations of the European Youth Forum to consult on their civic space challenges.
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Once again, FRA will sponsor the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels. This year, it takes place from 24 to 26 May.
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FRA will give a presentation on applying good practices to future relocation schemes during a meeting in Malta from 24 to 25 May.
On 24 May, FRA will present to members of the European Association of Lawyers its work, tools and material on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
FRA attended a workshop on the EU’s Entry-Exit-System.
The Swedish Presidency of the EU invited FRA and Europol to a discussion on artificial intelligence from a law enforcement perspective.
FRA was a speaker at a panel discussion on critical perspectives for equality data in combating discrimination.
Un nombre croissant d'organes de contrôle surveillent désormais dans les États membres de l'UE les activités des services de renseignement. Toutefois, selon les données actualisées de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA), l’accès à la justice reste difficile pour les personnes victimes de violations de leurs droits humains. La FRA apporte son soutien au travail de la commission du Parlement européen chargée d’enquêter sur l’utilisation du logiciel espion Pégasus (PEGA). Le Parlement adoptera sa résolution finale sur les logiciels espions en juin 2023.
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On 23 May, FRA will welcome to the Agency a group of Master students from the Central European University in Vienna.
FRA will join a conference on innovation on 23 May organised by the Court of Justice of the EU.
An ad hoc meeting of the EU Victims’ Rights Platform will take place on 23 May. FRA will join the meeting online.
On 11 May, FRA attended a European Commission workshop on fake news, disinformation and hate speech of the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS).
We – The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, and the diplomatic missions of Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, as well as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations, UN-GLOBE, and the Vienna School of International Studies – all welcome May 17th as the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), as a celebration of diversity and inclusion around the world.
The European Guardianship Network met in Athens on 11 and 12 May.
On 16 May, FRA will speak at HIAS Europe’s ‘The Welcome Circle programme for Ukrainians’ event.
FRA will talk about European legislation and fundamental rights on issues linked to migration in Europe during a seminar organised by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) in Italy.
Michael O’Flaherty
FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty delivered a policy statement on the challenges which are currently posed to the rule of law in the European Union on 15 May at a Law Society of Ireland seminar in Dublin. He spoke about how to promote and strengthen fundamental rights throughout the EU.
FRA spoke at the annual ‘spring conference’ of the Hungarian National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing.
FRA and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Vienna are co-organising a panel discussion on combating antisemitism.
Article d'actualité
On 11 May, FRA presented an overview of fundamental rights challenges at borders at a break-out sessions during the 13th World Conference of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges.