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Children present the results of a workshop organised by the FRA in cooperation with Eurochild at the Fundamental Rights Conference 2010 in Brussels.
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Around 2,500 youngsters took part in the 2010 Diversity Day in Vienna.
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Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, delivered this video address to the conference on "Implementing fundamental rights at the local and regional level following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty".
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One of the winning entries in the FRA video competition 2010.
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One of the winning entries in the FRA video competition 2010.
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One of the winning entries in the FRA video competition 2010.
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One of the winning entries in the FRA video competition 2010.
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The FRA published its Annual Report covering the year 2011 in June 2012.
This video looks at the topic of the fundamental rights of people with disabilities.
Some 93,000 respondents participated in a FRA survey of the discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on a daily basis, making it the biggest such study worldwide. The final survey results will be presented on the next International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, which takes place on 17 May 2013.
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The relation between security concerns and data protection, the need to agree on new common asylum rules and the implementation of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities are just a few of the many fundamental rights issues that are currently being discussed at EU level. The outcome of the actual discussions is crucial for improving fundamental rights, as highlighted in the 2011 Annual Report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launched today in the European Parliament.
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Discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental health problems persists despite the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by the EU and 21 Member States. Two new FRA reports capture the experiences of exclusion and discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities or mental health problems.
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Many Roma continue to face discrimination and social exclusion across the EU, according to a new report published jointly by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 23 May 2012.
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The two-day seminar, "Remembering for the future", on how to empower citizens and spread promising practices of human rights and Holocaust education, will take place in Copenhagen on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 April.  
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On 10 November 2011 FRA spoke at the Hearing on Fundamental Rights organised by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). 
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The event is set in the context of the FRA's mandate to develop methods and standards that will improve the comparability, objectivity and reliability of data collected at the European level. The Symposium will be comprised of presentations of case studies, panel discussions and working groups focusing on specific themes. It will take place on 12-13 May at the FRA's premises in Vienna.
Equality is a core component of fundamental rights protection. Yet gender inequalities persist in today's society, and are often compounded by other forms of discrimination, preventing women from enjoying their full rights.
EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) releases new data on anti-Semitic incidents in the EUThe EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) releases today its new report “Anti-Semitism. Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2008”.
"The combat against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a priority issue to ensure equal rights to all people in the EU", said Constantinos Manolopoulos, FRA's Acting Director, ahead of International Day against Homophobia on 17 May 2008. "This day is an occasion to recall the discrimination and prejudices that many LGBT people still face in some EU Member States. We must address this social ill head on."
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Statement by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the occasion of International Roma Day.