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Many governments are looking to technology to help monitor and track the spread of COVID-19, as a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report shows. Governments’ using technology to protect public health and overcome the pandemic need to respect everyone’s fundamental rights.
Overcrowded reception centres with no possibility to practice physical distancing or follow hygienic measures are some of the main concerns the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies in its latest migration quarterly bulletin. At the same time, closed borders make it difficult for refugees to reach safety in the EU and leave some people stranded at sea. Suspended asylum procedures leave many in limbo.
FRA will take part in discussions during the EU’s high-level group on non-discrimination, equality and diversity on 26 May.
The FRA Director will join a Facebook live meeting on 26 May to discuss the situation of fundamental rights in Europe.
In this vlog Michael O'Flaherty outlines fundamental rights considerations when developing technological responses to public health, as he introduces the focus of FRA's next COVID-19 bulletin.
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On 25-26 May, FRA will host the second meeting of the relaunched Roma Working Party.
On 19 May, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) and FRA will hold the fourth annual Principals meeting.
The FRA Director will address the Bureau of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on 19 May.
FRA will join a video conference on 18 May to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
On 18 May, FRA will take part in an online meeting with representatives of different European Commission Directorates-General and EU Agencies to update each other on ongoing child rights work.
We, the Diplomatic Missions of Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, as well as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the EU Delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna, UN GLOBE Vienna and the Vienna School of International Studies, welcome the 17th May as the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, as a celebration of diversity and inclusion around the world.
Today, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights launches the second LGBTI survey, mapping the experience of what it is to be LGBTI in the EU.
On 14 May, FRA will publish findings from its second LGBTI survey. It was the world's biggest ever EU-wide survey of LGBTI people’s discrimination and hate experiences.
The UN’s Human Rights Regional Office for Europe launched its report 'The case for a human rights approach to the rule of law in the European Union' at a webinar on 14 May.
Several organisations, such as the OSCE Anti-trafficking Coordinator and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, have recently warned about the increased risks of trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centre for European Policy Studies hosted a web seminar on COVID-19 policies and their impact on freedom of movement within the Schengen area and the right to seek asylum for people seeking protection in the EU.
More lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people are now open about who they are but fear, violence and discrimination remain high, show the results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s survey on experiences of LGBTI people in Europe. With 140,000 respondents, it is the largest ever survey on hate crime and discrimination against LGBTI people. The findings should drive policy measures to further protect and promote the rights of LGBTI people.
In 2019 the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) carried out the world’s biggest ever survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people’s life experiences. Almost 140,000 LGBTI people told us about their lives – in their own words.
Michael O’Flaherty
FRA's Director, Michael O'Flaherty, delivered a keynote speech during a webinar on 7 May 2020 hosted by the European Parliament's Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup and B’nai B’rith International. The webinar focused on racism and the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli also delivered a keynote speech during the seminar.