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On 15 September, FRA will give a presentation to a group of young Austrian volunteers from the Austrian Service Abroad. The focus of their preparation before leaving the country is based on Holocaust remembrance, supporting people in need and safeguarding peace.
FRA released Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Swedish versions of its Fundamental Rights Charter trainers’ manual. This completes the set of 22 EU languages.
FRA took part in a workshop on 5 August in Dornbirn on the newly-established and first human rights square in Vorarlberg. The square will be officially opened on 10 December.
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On 12 September, colleagues from the Registrar European Court of Human Rights will give an online presentation to FRA staff on its European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Knowledge Sharing Platform.
On 20 September, there will be an awareness training session on the implementation of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter. FRA will introduce the EU Charter and its implications for EU legislators.
FRA will present key findings from its Fundamental Rights Report 2024 on 12 September. During the online meeting, FRA will present the key issues and challenges of fundamental rights with regards to migration, cost of living crisis, threats to democracy and civil space, and the use of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter at the national level.
On 11 September, FRA experts will exchange views with Human Dimension experts from the EU Delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna and EU Member States Permanent Representations to the OSCE.
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In preparation for the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2025, FRA’s Director will go to Warsaw from 9 to 10 September. She will meet Polish Ministers of Justice and EU Affairs. She will meet representatives of the Polish government to discuss FRA’s possible cooperation with the upcoming Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2025.
De nouvelles orientations de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) décrivent la façon dont les pays de l’UE sont tenus de mettre en place des mécanismes nationaux indépendants permettant de contrôler le respect des droits fondamentaux lors des procédures de filtrage et d’asile aux frontières.
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The “Annual EU CharterXchange” is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission to enhance the application of the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights (EU Charter). The European Commission’s 'Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU’, adopted in 2020, and the subsequent Council conclusions on strengthening the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Union call for further efforts in the Member States to promote the application of the EU Charter. The CharterXchange contributes to this objective by increasing the exchange of knowledge and experience and fostering collaboration among experts, policymakers, and stakeholders through a regular forum, which started in 2023, dedicated to the EU Charter.
FRA attended online Roma workshops organised by the UN Development Programme and the World Bank. They were part of the EU-funded project Multi-country Survey on the socio-economic vulnerabilities of Roma in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Between 18 and 20 June, FRA contributed to training on the Entry Exit System (EES). The system will register biometric data of non-EU nationals travelling to the EU as of October 2024.
Incapacité à sauver et à aider les migrants en détresse, mauvais traitements et abus. Il s’agit là de quelques-unes des violations graves et aux conséquences potentiellement mortelles des droits de l’homme aux frontières terrestres et maritimes de l’UE qui ne font pas l’objet d’enquêtes appropriées. Le dernier rapport de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) recense les lacunes et les obstacles systémiques qui empêchent d’enquêter sur ces violations. Le pacte sur la migration et l’asile offre une possibilité d’y remédier. Le rapport propose des mesures concrètes pour garantir des enquêtes plus efficaces sur les cas de décès et de mauvais traitements aux frontières de l’UE.
Les travailleurs migrants dans l’UE sont souvent victimes d’exploitation et d’abus au travail. Les nouvelles orientations de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) mettent en avant six mesures adressées aux inspecteurs du travail pour mieux protéger et faire valoir les droits des travailleurs migrants. Cet automne, l’Agence publiera également un manuel pratique contenant des conseils, des exemples et des exercices afin d’accompagner les inspecteurs du travail.
Sirpa Rautio
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio addresses EU Justice Ministers during the EU's Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 23 July 2024 in Budapest. The Director focused on AI and its use in the digitalisation of justice.
FRA took part in the 10th EU human rights dialogue with Indonesia hosted by the EU External Action Service (EEAS). FRA’s joined the EU delegation at the request of new EU Special Representative on Human Rights, Olof Skoog.
On 8 and 9 July, FRA delivered training during a seminar for defence lawyers organised by the European Academy of European Law (ERA) and co-financed by the EU.
FRA joined the first day of the EU Summer School organised for Luxembourg-based EU institutions on 9 July.
FRA delivered a lecture on new forms of fundamental rights monitoring under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum during a Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy. The Odysseus Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe convened the summer school.
On 4 July, FRA presented its report ‘EU funds-ensuring compliance with fundamental rights’ to the European Commission.