Systems

Support for human rights systems and defenders

Many organisations work to defend your rights. We help their efforts with independent evidence, advice and expertise.

We support their frontline work. And we shine a light on potential risks and priority areas. Together we make your rights a reality.

Highlights

  • Periodic updates / Series
    18
    October
    2023
    Civil society organisations struggle to maintain an environment safe from threats and attacks. FRA’s sixth annual update on civic space explores the challenges for organisations across the EU. While there has been significant development since FRA began monitoring the situation in 2018, civil society organisations remain under immense pressure. Abusive lawsuits and attacks against those involved in migrant search and rescue at sea are just some of the challenges identified. This report presents ways forward to protect civil society and human rights.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    11
    October
    2021
    This report proposes a framework for becoming, and functioning as, a ‘human rights city’ in the EU. It includes ‘foundations’, ‘structures’ and ‘tools’ for mayors, local administrations and grassroots organisations to reinforce fundamental rights locally. It is based on existing good practice and expert input by representatives of human rights cities in the EU, academic experts, international organisations and city networks.
  • Page
    The European Union Fundamental Rights Information System EFRIS is a Human Rights Gateway, bringing together data and information from existing human rights databases, and enables viewing and analysis of relevant assessments of fundamental rights in the EU.
  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    23
    October
    2018
    As a very modern human rights catalogue containing many rights not found in established bills of rights, the Charter indeed looks good on paper. Those familiar with the main principles of EU law can usually quickly recite that the Charter is always binding on the EU, and binding on Member States only when they are "implementing EU law". But what does this often-quoted language from Article 51 of the Charter actually mean?
Táirgí
10
October
2012
Copenhagen Seminar Report
Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU and EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (15–16 March 2012)
26
January
2010
The European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) conducted European-wide research in 2009 on the contribution of memorial sites to Holocaust education and human rights education in the European Union (EU). This summary report, derived from the main report 'Discover the past for the future. The role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU', provides selected findings, discussion points and recommendations.
Is bunchearta agus saoirsí bunúsacha iad cearta bunúsacha a bhaineann le gach duine san AE. Tá siad mar an gcéanna is cuma cárbh as duit, céard a chreideann tú nó conas a chaitheann tú do shaol.
Is é an tArdán um Chearta Bunúsacha cainéal FRA le haghaidh comhar agus malartú faisnéise le heagraíochtaí sochaí sibhialta a oibríonn ar chearta bunúsacha san AE.
Oibríonn an Ghníomhaireacht i gcomhar leis na Náisiúin Aontaithe (NA), leis an Eagraíocht um Shlándáil agus Comhar san Eoraip (OSCE), le Comhairle na hEorpa agus le heagraíochtaí idirnáisiúnta eile. Tá an comhar sin ina chuid de Rialachán Bunaidh FRA agus áirítear leis comhairliúcháin le saineolaithe, comhdhálacha, seimineáir agus comhroinnt sonraí agus faisnéise. Is é an toradh atá ar chomhar go gcruthaítear sineirgí agus go mbaintear an leas is fearr as acmhainní chun nach ndúbláiltear an obair. Cabhraíonn sé freisin lena áirithiú go gcomhlánaíonn obair na n-eagraíochtaí difriúla obair na n-eagraíochtaí eile chun go mbeidh moltaí agus comhairle níos ailínithe lena chéile.
7
May
2010
The EU plays a pioneering role in the protection of personal data. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU enshrines the right to data protection as an autonomous fundamental right. Despite the underlying importance and centrality of the right to data protection in the EU, many deficiencies are present in the data protection system. This study on data protection identifies deficiencies in the EU Member States.
7
May
2010
EU-MIDIS "Data in Focus" report 3 focuses on respondents' knowledge about their rights in the field of non-discrimination, including knowledge about Equality Bodies in Member States. This Data In Focus report on 'Rights Awareness and equality bodies' relates to Article 21, on 'non-discrimination', as enrshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
7
May
2010
Human rights are first and foremost to be addressed at the national level. National human rights institutions (NHRIs) play an important role in the human rights architecture at the national level. This report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), is intended to identify gaps and concerns in the fundamental rights architecture in the European Union.