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On 7 April, FRA and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU held a seminar on the role of civil society in strengthening the rule of law and democratic resilience. The event gathered around 60 justice councillors and national experts from FREMP and General Affairs Council working parties.
On 29 April, FRA will host a webinar for interested organisations within the Agency’s Fundamental Rights Platform. The webinar will explore the vital role civil society organisations play in driving more integrated child protection systems.
On 9 April, FRA addressed a Council of Europe workshop of the European National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) Forum. FRA presented its guidance on Monitoring fundamental rights during screening and the asylum border procedure.
FRA presented selected findings from its reports on Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights and bias in algorithms during a conference of the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association.
FRA took part in the second Eurojust Annual Victims’ Rights Symposium. On 2 and 3 April in the Hague, Eurojust gathered around 50 judicial practitioners.
FRA contributed to the spring session of the Council of Europe’s Conference of International NGOs (CINGO) in Strasbourg on 7-8 April. Participants discussed civic space challenges and how to address them.
Labour inspectors can play a crucial role in protecting migrant workers from exploitation and abuse. New practical exercises and training guides from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will support inspectors in safeguarding non-EU workers’ rights.
FRA met members of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) Working Group on the UN’s Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD).
FRA joined a Working Group meeting on 28 March 2025 in Brussels at the invitation of the EU Council’s e-Justice working party to discuss the use of AI in the justice field.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is piloting a Youth Advisory Panel to amplify young people's voices on fundamental rights issues in the EU. The panel consists of seven diverse young people aged 18-25 with experience in civil society work and youth advocacy.
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FRA will join a consultation that will prepare for the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy post-2025. This will include a discussion on the new mandate of the LGBTIQ Equality Subgroup and on the role of Member States in implementing the strategy through national action plans and relations with the European Commission.
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FRA will host a symposium on access to justice in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It was organised together with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the German Institute for Human Rights and the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights, in collaboration with the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions.
On 10 April, a delegation of four judges from the Constitutional Court of Ukraine will visit the Agency. The OSCE Support Programme to Ukraine organised the visit.
FRA and the Permanent Representation of the Polish Presidency will hold a seminar for experts on the role of civil society in defending fundamental rights, the rule of law and democracy.
FRA attended a meeting of Eurostat’s equality and non-discrimination statistics task force on 19 and 20 March in Luxembourg.
FRA took part in a consultation on Luxembourg’s LGBTIQ Equality Action Plan and related policies.
The EU Asylum Agency held the first meeting of the working group drafting standards and indicators on reception conditions in Malta from 25 to 27 March.
FRA and the European Court of Human Rights have issued their latest in a series of joint thematic factsheets. This factsheet examines mass surveillance and its impact on human rights within the context of EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights.
On 27 March, FRA and the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights attended the Frontex Management Board meeting in Warsaw making interventions on the protection of fundamental rights in Frontex operations.
FRA took part in a conference on protection mechanisms for posted non-EU workers. The European Labour Authority (ELA) organised the meeting on 19 March at the European Social Committee in Brussels.