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FRA’s new Scientific Committee

The FRA Management Board appointed 11 new members to form the Agency's new Scientific Committee. The 11 independent members are highly qualified in fundamental rights and will guarantee the scientific quality of the Agency's work.
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FRA takes part in Vienna’s Human Rights Fair

FRA will take part in the Human Rights Fair at the Museums Quartier in Vienna.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Children, youth and older people
Michael O’Flaherty

EU support for protecting Ukrainian children

FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty delivers an impact statement on 2 June 2023 in Stockholm during a high-level meeting on EU support for reform of Ukraine's child protection system. The meeting was organised under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Judicial cooperation and rule of law

Promoting and protecting human rights in Ireland

The EU & International Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Ireland invited FRA’s Director to deliver a speech in Dublin on 15 May.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Forecasting EU migratory routes

On 31 May, FRA attended the plenary of the EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems

Fundamental rights training on ETIAS

From 15 to 17 May, FRA contributed to training on the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).
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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
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FRA Scientific Committee conference on measuring human rights performance

FRA’s Scientific Committee will hold an academic conference on 1 June in Lodz.
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Children, youth and older people
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

FRA presents EU Charter to young Austrians

On 1 June, FRA will present the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter to Austrian students during a conference organised by Südwind Association.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
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Eurostat task force on the EU gender-based violence survey to meet

The Eurostat task force on the EU gender-based violence survey will meet virtually from 1 to 2 June.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
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Working Group on Equality and Values to meet

From 1 to 2 June, FRA will take part in a meeting of the Working Group on Equality and Values.
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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Children, youth and older people
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

FRA joins panel on LGBTI+ sensitive justice systems for children in Europe

On 31 May, FRA will join a panel in a webinar organised by the Child Friendly Justice European Network.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Eight years of EU asylum and migration: progress and challenges

Over the last eight years, the EU and its Member States took important steps to strengthen the fundamental rights protection of migrants and asylum seekers. But, despite progress, challenges persist ranging from the treatment of migrants at EU borders to difficult conditions in detention and reception centres, finds the latest migration bulletin from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
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Inter-governmental human rights systems

FRA contributes to the human rights dimension in key EU Agenda 2030reports and debates

On 25 May, Eurostat issued its ‘Sustainable development in the EU’ monitoring report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU.
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Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Civil society

FRA consults civil society on its human report defenders report

FRA held a consultation webinar on the upcoming report on how human rights defenders at risk in non-EU countries can enter and stay in the EU.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
Civil society

Civic space challenges for youth organisations

FRA met online with member organisations of the European Youth Forum to consult on their civic space challenges.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Child protection
Artificial intelligence and big data
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FRA joins annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference

Once again, FRA will sponsor the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels. This year, it takes place from 24 to 26 May.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Children, youth and older people
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Protecting child rights in transnational procedures

FRA will give a presentation on applying good practices to future relocation schemes during a meeting in Malta from 24 to 25 May.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Charter presentation to European Association of Lawyers

On 24 May, FRA will present to members of the European Association of Lawyers its work, tools and material on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems

Entry-exit system workshop on state of play

FRA attended a workshop on the EU’s Entry-Exit-System.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Security

Using AI for law enforcement

The Swedish Presidency of the EU invited FRA and Europol to a discussion on artificial intelligence from a law enforcement perspective.