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On 11 June, FRA, together with the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office (FRO), the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and the Council of Europe’s Division on Migration and Refugees (DMR), co-organised an inter-institutional meeting to support the operationalisation of national Independent Monitoring Mechanisms (IMMs) under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
FRA participated in the Digital Services Act's Online Dispute Resolution Conference organised in Vienna on 11 June.
On 10 June, FRA attended the Conference on Women and Roma Empowerment and Support in Slovakia.
On 9 June, the agency held an online information session with the National Liaison Officers on FRA’s cooperation with the EEA & Norway Grants.
On June 2 and 3, in Brussels, FRA participated in the 1st meeting of the Expert group on LGBTIQ+ equality.
From 1 to 3 June 2026, FRA participated in a series of meetings in Strasbourg with colleagues from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Council of Europe (CoE) colleagues.
The Advisory Forum is a general advisory body to the European Commission and the AI Board, supporting the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act.
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From 16 to 17 June FRA will join the EURoma network's study visit to Ostrava, Czechia.
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FRA will take part in the Eurochild Conference 2026 on Child Protection Systems, which takes place on 16–17 June in Paphos, Cyprus.
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On 15-16 June, FRA joins expert meeting on drug market-related violence organised by the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) in the context of our chairing of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN) in 2026.
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum enters into application on 12 June, requiring each member state to establish an independent fundamental rights monitoring mechanism (IMM) at its external borders. These IMMs are a key tool for safeguarding fundamental rights during screening and asylum border procedures, and their effectiveness depends on operating independently.
National Independent Monitoring Mechanisms under the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum will come together on 11 June. They will be part of an online meeting organised by FRA, the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and the Council of Europe.
The European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have published handbooks on various fields of European law since 2011. A new edition of the FRA-ECtHR Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration is now available.
On 19 May, FRA joined the FEANTSA Forum in Warsaw. Based on its expertise in surveying hard-to-reach and hard-to-survey populations,
FRA attended the EEA/Norway Grants in Romania kick off meeting for financial mechanism 2021-2028 from 12 to 13 May. The Romanian National Focal Point (NFP) organised the meeting.
The report on the overview of the cooperation between FRA and the Council of Europe in 2025 is available on FRA’s website. It provides an overview of activities between the two organisations, as well as how FRA and the Council of Europe support each other’s work in strengthening fundamental rights and the rule of law across the EU.
FRA contributed to a panel at the ‘Sandbox Conference: Protecting European Civic Space in the Digital Age’. The conference brought together human rights defenders, journalists, activists, legal experts, and digital security specialists.
FRA will join a public hearing on 8 June on ‘United in Diversity: Roma Inclusion and Our Shared European Culture’. The European Economic and Social Committee’s permanent group on Inclusion of the Roma organised the hearing.
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FRA will join the opening conference of the EEA/Norway grants' Programme SOCIAL: Women and Roma Empowerment and Support. FRA has the role of international Partner Organisation within this Programme.