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On 21 October, FRA will add concluding remarks during a launch event on how cities operationalise the Leave no one behind principle in their local policies.
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FRA will hold its regular meeting with the National Liaison Officers in Vienna.
Michael O’Flaherty
FRA Director delivered a speech on upholding fundamental rights in times of crisis to EU Justice ministers at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 13 October 2022.
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) held a national launch of FRA’s 2020 Roma and Travellers report in Stockholm on 14 October.
The FRA Director joined the EU’s Justice Council in Luxembourg on 13 October.
FRA joined the 10th Strategic Meeting of Mechanisms and Programmes for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.
FRA shared key findings from its civic space work with the Finish Advisory Board on Civil Society Policy (KANE).
The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered solidarity from EU governments, local authorities and society as they welcomed more than 7 million people fleeing the aggression. With fundamental rights ensured by law, practical challenges remain. The latest Ukraine bulletin from the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) explores the broad fundamental rights implications of the war within the EU, and its consequences for every single EU Member State.
Dans toute l’Europe, les Roms continuent de subir de privations généralisées. Six ans après la dernière enquête réalisée par l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA), les familles roms vivent toujours dans des conditions choquantes, avec des perspectives médiocres en termes d’éducation et d’emploi. Ce nouveau rapport de la FRA recense des améliorations et des lacunes au niveau de l’inclusion des Roms pour orienter les efforts des États membres en faveur de l’égalité, de l’inclusion et de la participation des Roms.
Le respect des droits fondamentaux des personnes fait partie intégrante de la gestion des frontières extérieures de l’UE. De nouvelles orientations de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) décrivent la façon dont les pays de l’UE devraient mettre en place des systèmes nationaux indépendants permettant de contrôler le respect des droits fondamentaux aux frontières extérieures de l’UE.
The FRA Director visited The Hague on 4 and 5 October.
FRA presented its forthcoming guidance on setting up national independent border monitoring mechanisms at the 2022 European Conference of National Preventive Mechanisms.
FRA took part in meetings of the EU Subgroup on Equality Data, facilitated by the Agency.
FRA met with German stakeholders in Berlin to discuss FRA findings on how to best move forward with the implementation of the EU Directive on procedural safeguards for children in criminal proceedings.
On 28 September, FRA took part in a panel discussion at the Health Forum Gastein on controlling a pandemic by controlling people?
The European Society of Criminology held its annual conference in Malaga from 21 to 24 September.
FRA participated in the third meeting of the contact points of the Justice and Home Affairs agencies network on 28 September.
On 20 September, FRA attended a conference on progress in implementing the EEA and Norway Grants 2014 - 2021 in Czechia.
On 19 September, FRA took part in an online meeting organised by PICUM.