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Speech
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Michael O’Flaherty

Communicating rights

Speech delivered by Michael O'Flaherty at Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly side event on communicating rights on 10 April in Strasbourg.
Press Release
Hate crime
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Young Jews face harassment in Europe, but nevertheless express their Jewish identity

Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish identity, finds a report published today by the European Commission and FRA. Rising hate speech and intolerance towards them shows the urgent need for continued concerted efforts to adequately address society’s longstanding and persistent hostility towards Jews.
Speech
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Michael O'Flaherty

Fostering equality in the EU – legislation, policies and practice

The FRA Director delivers a keynote speech on 17 June 2019 during the 'Building the present, designing the future: public policies for a more equal society' seminar organised by the International University Menéndez Pelayo in Santander Spain.
Speech
Michael O'Flaherty

From wrongs to rights - Ending severe labour exploitation - Presentation of the report on Severe labour exploitation in the EU – exploited migrant workers’ perspectives

We shouldn’t be here this morning. It shouldn’t be that 100 years after the Philadelphia Declaration and the founding of the ILO that we should talk about systemic, criminal exploitation of labour. It shouldn’t be that we should talk about it in, of all places, Europe.
Video
Asylum, migration and borders
Trafficking and labour exploitation

Severe labour exploitation: A Woman Captured - Trailer

A Woman captured – a film by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Video
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights

Severe labour exploitation: Report findings

Opening Video for FRA event - From wrongs to rights: ending severe labour exploitation.
Download report on labour exploitation
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Video
Asylum, migration and borders
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Business and human rights
Trafficking and labour exploitation

Rights holders perspectives of severe labour exploitation

A short documentary related to labour exploitation in some sectors of the agricultural and transport industries.
Press Release
Asylum, migration and borders

Severe labour exploitation of migrant workers: FRA report calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of severe labour exploitation

FRA research published today highlights the urgent need for European governments to do more to tackle severe labour exploitation in firms, factories and farms across the EU. First-hand interviews with hundreds of exploited workers reveal the illegal practices in sectors including agriculture, construction, domestic work, hospitality, manufacturing and transport.
Warch report findings video
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Infographic
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Inter-governmental human rights systems

Putting the UN’s Disability Convention into practice

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ten years after the UN’s Disability Convention entered into force, 2018 saw it continue
to drive advances in disability rights across the EU.
Infographic
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Victims’ rights
Judicial cooperation and rule of law

Despite positive developments, hurdles to justice remain

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: In some Member States access to justice faces challenges. Judicial independence continues to cause
concerns. Victims’ procedural rights need more effective implementation. Gaps in preventing
violence against women and domestic violence remain.
Infographic
Children, youth and older people
Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Ongoing challenges to advancing child rights

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Not all children benefit equally from efforts to guarantee child rights.
Some groups face particular difficulties.
Infographic
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Widespread data protection abuses highlighted by GDPR

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: 2018 was a landmark year for data protection. New EU rules took effect and complaints of breaches increased significantly.
Infographic
Asylum, migration and borders

Migration remains politically charged

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Although migrant arrivals to the EU continue to drop, it remains a divisive issue politically and
across society. Nearly 4 in 10 Europeans think immigration is more of a problem than a solution.
And nearly a half overestimate the number of irregular migrants in their country.
Infographic
Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

The plight of Roma sees little change

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Anti-Gypsyism across the EU remains a persistent barrier to improving the social and
economic situation of Roma today.
Infographic
Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Widespread racism continues to plague Europe

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ethnic minorities and migrants continue to face harassment and discrimination across the EU,
despite longstanding EU laws against racism.
Infographic
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Challenges for progress towards equality

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Efforts to advance equality moved ahead in some areas but remain stalled in others.
Infographic
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders

The Charter’s untapped potential, nationally

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: The Charter of Fundamental Rights is the EU’s bill of human rights. These rights and principles have to be respected and promoted by EU institutions and Member States whenever they act within EU law. Approaching the Charter’s 10th anniversary, Member States do not yet make full use of the potential it offers.
Infographic
Inter-governmental human rights systems
Support for human rights systems and defenders

Sustainable Development Goals and human rights in the EU

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Implementing fundamental and human rights helps create a sustainable future.
Here the EU plays a key role.
Speech
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Michael O’Flaherty

EuroPride Conference Keynote Speech - Where we are, How we got there and Where we need to go

Those of us who care about human rights, including of LGBTI persons, need to be outraged and cry out in defence of what has been achieved so far. There are those who would dismantle the human rights protection system – what has been called modernity’s greatest achievement. Wake up to that, wake up to the threat, wake up to the risk. As the late Stephane Hessel put it, it is time to ‘Indignez vous’, in French, which means ‘get indignant’. And let’s marshal that indignation into smart campaigns that cannot be ignored.
Video
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: EuroPride

In this video blog Michael O'Flaherty focuses on EuroPride and the need to stand up for the fundamental rights of the LGBTIQ community.