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FRA took part in the annual conference marking European Day of Persons with Disabilities, organised by the European Commission and the European Disability Forum.
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Missing Children Europe invited FRA to present its child protection guide focusing on victims of trafficking during a policy debate.
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The FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty will be in Berlin to prepare for the forthcoming German Presidency of the Council of the EU.
La Journée européenne des personnes handicapées est l’occasion de nous rappeler qu’il est urgent de tenir nos engagements en faveur de l’égalité pour tous. C’est un impératif d’autant plus pressant que la stratégie européenne en faveur des personnes handicapées prendra fin en 2020.
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FRA will present the situation of human rights defenders in the EU during the EU NGO Forum in Brussels from 3 to 4 December.
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EU Justice Ministers will meet on 3 December in Brussels.
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FRA will contribute to a UN’s Human Rights Council debate in Geneva on 3 December.
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FRA will take part in the meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in Luxembourg on 3 December
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Ensuring access to effective remedy is an important part of global efforts to encourage business conduct that respects human rights. A new Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) paper looks at examples of business-related human rights abuse and identifies key factors facilitating access to remedy. A comparative report will follow in 2020, which will identify obstacles for victims seeking justice and put forward proposals to overcome them.
The FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, will speak during the plenary meeting of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the EU (COSAC) in Helsinki on 2 December.
FRA will chair a panel discussion on access to remedies in practice that will look at what are the critical barriers and next steps to protecting migrants workers.
Improve law and policies by always checking the applicability of the Charter!
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Cities as well as local and regional level governments are well placed to address many fundamental rights issues. Their work on many day-to-day issues are closely related to human rights, but far from always dealt with in those terms. The localisation of rights creates great opportunities to empower cities and other local governments. This was a key message from a group of experts and human rights cities' practitioners brought together by FRA on 27-28 November in Brussels.
Le 1er Décembre marque le dixième anniversaire de l’entrée en vigueur de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne. Cette déclaration historique de l’UE est à même de susciter des transformations considérables en matière de droits fondamentaux. Cependant, dix ans après son entrée en vigueur, ses effets tardent à se faire pleinement ressentir. Cette situation est en train de changer, lentement mais sûrement.
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FRA The human rights commission of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), visited FRA on 25 November for an exchange of practices.
FRA joined the Council of Europe’s Octopus Conference on cybercrime in Strasbourg from 10 to 22 November.
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FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty presented key challenges for civil society organisations in the EU and suggested ways forward to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 28 November.
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On 20 November in Brussels, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty met the new European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson to inform her of relevant FRA work.
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FRA will be a partner of the international human rights film festival, this human world, for the third year.
FRA will take part in the 9th meeting of its collaborative platform on social and economic rights.