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The handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child is now also available in Georgian.
The focus of this year’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020 takes a closer look at the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which has been legally binding across the EU for 10 years
FRA discussed key guardianship challenges and good practices during the bi-annual meeting of the European Guardianship Network.
FRA held an inception meeting on 23 October with its research network, FRANET, to discuss updating its report on Guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in the EU.
As co-chairs of the Frontex Consultative Forum, FRA and the UN’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented the Forum’s 2019 Annual Report to the Council of the EU's Frontiers Working Party on 11 September.
FRA presented main findings from its ‘Facial recognition technology paper during an EFUS webinar.
On 23 September, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty addressed the Management Board of the European Border and Coast Guard, Frontex, for the first time.
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FRA’s Executive Board and Management Board will convene virtually on 25 September.
Artificial intelligence and encryption will feature during a virtual meeting of the Council of the EU’s Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI).
Living in some of the richest countries in the world, a quarter of Roma and Travellers in Western Europe cannot afford basic items such as heating or healthy food, and up to a fifth of their children go to bed hungry, reveal the results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) new survey. Rampant discrimination coupled with early school leaving also leads to lack of job opportunities and widespread poverty for many. As a result, the life expectancy of Roma and Travellers is 10 years below the expectancy of the general population. These findings should drive policy responses at EU and national level and support policymakers to work with Roma and Travellers to tackle exclusion and poverty.
The European Commission alongside the German Presidency of the Council of the EU will host a conference to promote the recently adopted EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020 – 2025).
The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues invited FRA’s Director to deliver a keynote speech during the opening of the UN’s European Regional Forum on hate speech, social media and minorities.
FRA’s Director will give a keynote speech at a conference on tackling gendered Islamophobia in Europe.
The ‘Children deprived of parental care found in an EU Member State other than their own’ guide is now available in twelve EU languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish
The Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child held a virtual plenary session on September 17.
FRA joined a panel discussion on 14 September on the collection and sharing of information and new technologies in counter-terrorism.
This video statement by FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty was recorded for the e-conference "70 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: challenges and prospects".
FRA will hold an online meeting with Human Rights Cities on 16 September to share information on current priorities and challenges.
On 14 September, FRA invites civil society organisations to a webinar about its recent report on civic space experiences in the EU.
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FRA joins a panel discussion on 16 September during the 7th edition of the European Association on Biometrics’ Research Projects Conference.