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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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FRA will contribute to a UN’s Human Rights Council debate in Geneva on 3 December.
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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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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.
FRA will take part in the 9th meeting of its collaborative platform on social and economic rights.
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FRA will be a partner of the international human rights film festival, this human world, for the third year.
Les entreprises privées et les pouvoirs publics du monde entier utilisent de plus en plus la technologie de reconnaissance faciale. À l'heure actuelle, plusieurs États membres de l’UE envisagent ou prévoient d’utiliser cette technologie à des fins répressives ou l’utilisent déjà à titre expérimental. Si cette technologie contribue potentiellement à la lutte contre le terrorisme et à la résolution des affaires criminelles, elle a également une incidence sur les droits fondamentaux des personnes. Un nouveau document de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux (FRA) examine les répercussions de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale en temps réel sur les droits fondamentaux, en mettant l’accent sur son utilisation à des fins de répression et de gestion des frontières.
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FRA will speak during a panel discussion on challenges regarding gender equality in education at a meeting of the Education and Training 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education.
Des millions de femmes et de filles en Europe sont victimes de violences physiques, sexuelles ou psychologiques de la part de leur partenaire ou de membres de leur famille. Le 25 novembre, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes, la FRA invite l’UE et ses États membres à renforcer leur engagement à mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes.
On 21 November, FRA will take part in a panel debate of the Vienna Discussion Forum 2019 on ending violence against women through crime prevention, criminal justice responses and women’s economic empowerment.
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This week from 25 November until 29 November, FRA will co-host the 2019 UNICEF TransMonEE network meeting in Vienna.