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Michael O'Flaherty
Many different actors are currently working on strategies, recommendations and guidelines on Artificial Intelligence but as we proceed to navigate this field I would emphasise the extraordinary importance of working together. Within the normative frame of human rights, we have to bring together different stakeholders and different expertise to get it right. Artificial intelligence can serve as a game-changing tool in the combat of corrosive hate speech. Let’s not miss, or worse abuse, this invaluable opportunity. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
Speech
Michael O'Flaherty
Speech by the FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty to the European Parliament's LIBE Committee, 20 November 2018, as part of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Week marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Michael O'Flaherty focuses on the situation of the Jewish community living in the EU.
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Michael O'Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, FRA Director, opening remarks ahead of the presentation of the findings of the agency's second antisemitism survey at a joint European Commission and Austrian EU Presidency event in Brussels on 10 December 2018.
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Discours de haine antisémites, harcèlement et crainte d’être reconnu en tant que juif : voici quelques-unes des réalités affrontées par les personnes juives dans l’UE aujourd’hui. Selon une importante enquête répétée de la FRA sur les personnes juives, la plus vaste enquête de ce type jamais réalisée dans le monde, il semble que cette situation s’aggrave.
Press Release
Choisir où habiter, avec qui, ou encore que manger et quand, représentent des réalités de la vie autonome que la plupart d’entre nous considèrent comme des évidences. Mais pour les personnes handicapées, la théorie et la pratique peuvent être des mondes à part, comme le conclut le dernier rapport de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne (FRA). Ce rapport examine les facteurs favorables et les obstacles à la transition vers une vie autonome au sein de la société pour les personnes handicapées.
FRA's latest report explores what enables and what hinders the drive towards independent community living for people with disabilities.
The EU and all its Member States are legally bound to the UN’s Disability Convention. They have a duty to ensure people with disabilities can live independently in the community rather than in institutions.
Black people in the EU face unacceptable difficulties in simply finding somewhere to live because of their skin colour.
Black people in the EU face unacceptable difficulties in getting a decent job because of their skin colour. Racist harassment also remains all too common.
Selon les conclusions d’une importante enquête répétée de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne, les personnes noires dans l’UE rencontrent des difficultés inacceptables ne serait-ce que pour trouver un logement ou un emploi décent, en raison de leur couleur de peau. Le harcèlement à caractère raciste reste également un phénomène trop répandu.
Michael O'Flaherty talks about empowering people with disabilities to be full and independent members of the community.
Press Release
Il n’existe pas de solution universelle pour ce qui est de l’inclusion au niveau local, mais quatre éléments clés peuvent accroître les chances de succès, comme le démontre le dernier rapport de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne.
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Michael O'Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, FRA Director, speaks to European Affairs Ministers about trust in public institutions during the General Affairs Council's annual rule of law dialogue in Brussels on 12 November 2018.
Michael O’Flaherty
Today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agreement between the EU and Council of Europe on cooperation of the Council of Europe and our Agency. 10 years on from the Agreement, our collaboration has become a fixture in Europe’s human rights landscape. I am grateful to the Council of Europe for its support, and look forward to continuing our work together to ensure that the rights of everyone in the EU and in Europe are defended and respected. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
This video blog by FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty is released periodically and will address burning fundamental rights themes.
Près de 25 millions d’enfants dans l’UE vivent dans des ménages à faible revenu qui souffrent de conditions de vie inacceptables et ne mangent souvent pas à leur faim. Une éducation et des soins de santé insuffisants menacent leurs droits fondamentaux et les privent de perspectives d’échapper au cycle de la pauvreté, selon le dernier rapport de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne.
Michael O’Flaherty
In our politics, there has been a normalisation of the unacceptable in terms of word and deed. That includes racist and xenophobic words and deeds, which are now as pervasive as they are corrosive to democratic life in the European Union and around the world. Our Agency’s data show worsening conditions across all major areas of our work. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
The FRA Director delivered a speech to justice ministers from across the EU during the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 11 October in Luxembourg. His speech focused on some of the key challenges for the human rights system in the EU and pointed to possible ways of safeguarding fundamental rights for everybody in the EU. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **