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On 12 December, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) convened a meeting with national Parliamentarians to discuss the situation of the rule of law in the EU.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio took part in an international human rights conference in Kyiv on 5 December. The Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights organised the ‘The Law of Force or the Force of Law? The Crisis of the Global Human Rights System and Ways to Overcome It’ conference.
FRA took part in the 3rd EU human rights dialogue with Mexico. The EU External Action Service (EEAS) hosted the meeting.
On 13 December, FRA’s Management Board re-elected Jim Clarken as the new Chairperson for a second term starting on 19 March 2025.
A new online information platform from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to raise awareness about the fundamental rights safeguards and implications of the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing and their interoperability.
On 12 December, FRA highlighted the importance of mainstreaming fundamental rights aspects in the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration funding procedure.
The European Network of Equality Bodies, Equinet, will host a high-level conference on ‘Coding Equality into the EU AI Act - Equality Bodies rising to the Challenge’.
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The Agency’s Executive Board and Management Board will meet from 12 to 13 December.
FRA developed an online information tool for raising awareness of fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing.
On 2 December, the European Parliament’s disability rights week began in Brussels. FRA took part in two hearings.
FRA attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. This annual gathering brought together stakeholders from various sectors and jurisdictions, to discuss and advance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and regional instruments.
Sirpa Rautio
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio delivers the keynote speech joining the celebrations marking Vienna's 10 years of being a Human Rights City. The event takes place at the Vienna City Hall on Human Rights Day.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will be the keynote speaker at a public event to mark Vienna’s 10th anniversary as human rights city. Vienna became a human rights city in 2014, with a declaration, an action plan and subsequent opening of a human rights office.
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The “Annual EU CharterXchange” is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission to enhance the application of the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights (EU Charter). The European Commission’s 'Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU’, adopted in 2020, and the subsequent Council conclusions on strengthening the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Union call for further efforts in the Member States to promote the application of the EU Charter. The CharterXchange contributes to this objective by increasing the exchange of knowledge and experience and fostering collaboration among experts, policymakers, and stakeholders through a regular forum, which started in 2023, dedicated to the EU Charter.
FRA supported a meeting of the Czech government Council for Roma minority affairs and its discussions on ethnic data collection.
On 2 December, FRA presented the results of the EU survey on gender-based violence at the meeting of the Council of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights working party (FREMP).
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A high-level conference in Bled from 5 to 6 December aims to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia.
On 3 December, FRA provided training on fundamental rights in connection with the use of biometrics. The training included practical testing sessions of the automatic border crossing self-service systems.
FRA held an online information session for public authorities on the findings of the Eurostat-FRA-EIGE EU survey on gender-based violence. The presentation of the key results included an outline of FRA’s engagement with stakeholders at the EU and national level in the framework of the survey.
On 4 December, students from the Central European University Vienna will visit FRA as part of their Political Economy class.