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On 29 September, international organisations exchanged information on business and human rights-related activities.
Staff from intergovernmental organisations and EU institutions responsible for cooperation with civil society and for supporting human rights defenders met online on 28 September to exchange information about ongoing and upcoming activities.
FRA took part in the EASO vulnerability network annual conference, which took place through four online meetings during September.
EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies exchanged experiences on 24 September on how they apply the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter.
FRA’s Director will focus on child rights in emergency situations and what can we learn from COVID-19 in his address to the 13th European Forum on the rights of the child on 30 September.
La pandémie de Covid-19 a particulièrement touché les Roms et les Gens du voyage, selon un nouveau bulletin de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA). De nombreux Roms et Gens du voyage ont perdu leurs revenus, la surpopulation et le manque d’accès à des systèmes sanitaires ont augmenté les risques pour leur santé, et l’apprentissage à distance a été difficile sans accès à l’internet. La discrimination et les discours anti-Roms ont également augmenté, surtout en ligne. La FRA appelle les décideurs politiques à relever d’urgence ces défis immédiats et à mettre en place des structures durables pour lutter contre les préjugés et la discrimination ancrés de longue date.
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FRA will contribute, for the first time as a cooperating partner, to the annual NHRI Academy.
FRA will facilitate the meeting of the Subgroup on Equality Data, under the EU High Level Group on Non-Discrimination, Equality and Diversity.
On 29 September, FRA’s Director Michael O’Flaherty speaks at an international conference on lessons learned from COVID-19 for strengthening older people’s rights in times of digitalisation.
Michael O’Flaherty
FRA Director delivers a speech on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 20 years later, on 28 September 2020 at a conference to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Charter’s entering into force, organised by the University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona.
On 28 September, FRA’s Director Michael O’Flaherty takes part in a seminar on how to best communicate equality and diversity messages.
The regular study visit of judges and prosecutors to FRA, organised by the European Judicial Training Network, takes place this time as a virtual meeting.
On 28 September, FRA’s Director will give a keynote speech on the impact of COVID-19 on the realisation of human rights now and in the long run. He will speak during a meeting of the Human Rights Delegation of Finland, a body of the Finnish NHRI.
The European Commission invited FRA to join two advisory bodies to support the implementation of the ‘European Green Deal’.
Le 24 septembre 2020, le conseil d’administration de la FRA a décidé formellement de proroger de trois ans le contrat de Michael O’Flaherty en tant que directeur de l’Agence européenne des droits fondamentaux (FRA).
The handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child is now also available in Georgian.
The focus of this year’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020 takes a closer look at the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which has been legally binding across the EU for 10 years
FRA discussed key guardianship challenges and good practices during the bi-annual meeting of the European Guardianship Network.
FRA held an inception meeting on 23 October with its research network, FRANET, to discuss updating its report on Guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in the EU.
As co-chairs of the Frontex Consultative Forum, FRA and the UN’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented the Forum’s 2019 Annual Report to the Council of the EU's Frontiers Working Party on 11 September.