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  • 8
    October
    2025
    The Entry/Exit System (EES), launching in 2025, will register non-EU nationals crossing the EU’s external borders. This FRA guidance supports managers overseeing the operation of the new system. It helps them to ensure compliance with EU fundamental rights. It outlines operational considerations: clear communication, dignified biometric data collection and data protection. It also addresses staff training needs. Based on fieldwork at 10 border crossing points in 6 Member States, the guidance will ensure rights are respected under the new system. A separate guidance publication for border guards accompanies this publication.
  • 21
    November
    2024
    This manual is designed to be used by workplace inspection staff in the Member States. It is intended to empower them to enforce the protective standards in EU law that safeguard the rights of third-country workers, including seasonal workers, migrant workers with temporary permits and migrants in an irregular situation. Third-country workers are nationals who are not from a Member State or from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
  • 19
    September
    2024
    This publication guides EU countries on setting up independent monitoring mechanisms to ensure fundamental rights are respected during screening and asylum border procedures. These processes at borders are for people arriving from non-EU countries. Monitoring mechanisms are meant to prevent rights violations, protect victims, and support investigations into any allegations of wrongdoing by public authorities. The guidance highlights the importance of transparency and accountability, which builds trust in public authorities. New EU regulations coming into effect in 2026 will require such monitoring systems to be in place. This updates the guidance published in 2022.
  • 20
    March
    2023
    This guide helps independent national monitoring frameworks to fulfil their monitoring responsibility set out in Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It focuses on the use of indicators. It does not deal with aspects such as compliance with the Paris Principles or the efficiency of complaints mechanisms. Its objective is to support national monitoring frameworks in designing or improving indicators for assessing progress of CRPD implementation at national level.
  • 1
    March
    2023
    This manual is designed to help institutions, organisations and individuals to train guardians of unaccompanied children or to deliver ‘train-the-trainers’ courses. It can be used in a range of training contexts, such as professional and academic training, on-the-job training and continuing training. The manual is based on human and fundamental rights principles and ethical standards and recognises that the child and the guardian have their own personal stories, resources and capacities. It enhances guardians’ confidence to promote the child’s rights and best interests. It also enhances their confidence to act independently and impartially in relation to different state
    officials, service providers and other community members.
  • 14
    October
    2022
    ** As of 19 September 2024 a new version of this guidance has been issued. Please see the link below. **

    Fundamental rights monitoring at EU external borders should be systematically and regularly carried out for a range of border management activities. These include border surveillance, apprehensions at land, sea and air borders, and the operation of referral mechanisms, including in the event of mass arrivals. This general guidance provides assistance to EU Member States in setting up national independent mechanisms to monitor fundamental rights compliance at EU external borders, in line with the proposed screening regulation of 23 September 2020 by the European Commission. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights prepared this guidance at the request of the Commission.
  • 27
    April
    2022
    Din il-gwida tista’ tgħin lill-ibliet li jixtiequ jtejbu l-isforzi tagħhom biex jirrispettaw id-drittijiet tal-bniedem. Din għandha l-għan li tħeġġeġ lill-awtoritajiet lokali jadottaw standards ogħla tad-drittijiet tal-bniedem. L-idea hija li jiġi mħeġġeġ u mrawwem it-tagħlim reċiproku dwar id-drittijiet tal-bniedem u dawk fundamentali. L-Aġenzija tal-Unjoni Ewropea għad-Drittijiet Fundamentali (FRA), grupp ta’ bliet għad-drittijiet tal-bniedem u diversi prattikanti fl-UE ħadmu flimkien biex jipproduċu din il-gwida. Il-gwida tibbaża fuq il-prattiki u l-esperjenzi promettenti tal-ibliet, tar-reġjuni, tal-esperti, tal-organizzazzjonijiet internazzjonali u tan-networks li jistgħu jinstabu fir-rapport tal-FRA Human rights cities in the EU: A framework for reinforcing rights locally (Bliet tad-drittijiet tal-bniedem fl-UE: Qafas għat-tisħiħ tad-drittijiet fil-livell lokali).
  • 27
    April
    2022
    Den här vägledningen kan vara till stöd för städer som vill förbättra sitt arbete med att respektera de mänskliga rättigheterna. Syftet är att uppmuntra offentlig förvaltning på lokal och regional nivå att anta en högre ambitionsnivå vad gäller människorättsnormer. Tanken är att uppmuntra och främja ömsesidigt lärande avseende mänskliga och grundläggande rättigheter. Europeiska unionens byrå för grundläggande rättigheter (FRA), en grupp städer för mänskliga rättigheter och olika yrkesverksamma inom EU har samarbetat för att ta fram den här vägledningen. Vägledningen bygger på goda exempel och erfarenheter från städer, regioner, experter, internationella organisationer och nätverk som återfinns i FRA:s rapport Human rights cities in the EU: A
    framework for reinforcing rights locally.
  • 27
    April
    2022
    This guide can help cities wishing to improve their efforts to respect human rights. It aims to encourage local authorities to adopt higher human rights standards. The idea is to encourage and foster mutual learning on human and fundamental rights. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), a group of human rights cities and various practitioners in the EU worked together to produce this guide. The guide draws on the promising practices and experiences of cities, regions, experts, international organisations and networks that can be found in the FRA report Human rights cities in the EU: A framework for reinforcing rights locally.
  • 7
    April
    2022
    ES, NL and PL version now available
    17 June 2025
    Children are full-fledged holders of rights. They are beneficiaries of all human and fundamental rights and subjects of special regulations, given their specific characteristics. This handbook aims to illustrate how European law and case law accommodate the specific interests and needs of children. It also considers the importance of parents and guardians or other legal representatives and makes reference, where appropriate, to situations in which rights and responsibilities are most prominently vested in children’s carers. It is a point of reference on both European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) law related to these subjects, explaining how each issue is regulated under EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as under the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and other CoE instruments.
  • 7
    April
    2022
    BG, EL, HU, RO, SV, and UK version now available
    17 April 2025
    Barn har alldeles egna rättigheter. De är berättigade till alla mänskliga och grundläggande rättigheter och omfattas av ett särskilt regelverk med tanke på deras särskilda egenskaper. Syftet med denna handbok är att visa hur europeisk lagstiftning och rättspraxis tar till vara barns särskilda intressen och behov. Den beskriver också föräldrars, vårdnadshavares eller andra juridiska företrädares betydelse och anger i tillämpliga fall var rättigheter och ansvar i första hand innehas av barnens vårdnadshavare. Den är en första referenspunkt för både unionsrätten och Europarådets regelverk avseende dessa ämnesområden och förklarar hur varje fråga regleras enligt unionsrätten och enligt EU-stadgan om de grundläggande rättigheterna, Europakonventionen, den europeiska sociala stadgan och Europarådets övriga instrument.
  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    17
    December
    2020
    The European Convention on Human Rights and European Union law provide an increasingly important framework for the protection of the rights of foreigners. European Union legislation relating to asylum, borders and immigration is developing fast. There is an impressive body of case law by the European Court of Human Rights relating in particular to Articles 3, 5, 8 and 13 of the ECHR. The Court of Justice of the European Union is increasingly asked to pronounce on the interpretation of European Union law provisions in this field. The third edition of this handbook, updated up to July 2020, presents this European Union legislation and the body of case law by the two European courts in an accessible way.
  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    18
    February
    2013
    Based on its findings and research FRA provides practical guidance to support the implementation of fundamental rights in the EU Member States. This series contains practical guidance on: Initial-reception facilities at external borders; Apprehension of migrants in an irregular situation; Guidance on how to reduce the risk of refoulement in external border management when working in or together with third countries; Fundamental rights implications of the obligation to provide fingerprints for Eurodac; Twelve operational fundamental rights considerations for law enforcement when processing Passenger Name Record (PNR) data and Border controls and fundamental rights at external land borders.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    New language versions - Dutch and Slovak
    20 May 2021
    Rychlý vývoj informací a komunikačních technologií zdůrazňuje rostoucí potřebu spolehlivé ochrany osobních
    údajů – práva, jež zaručují jak nástroje Evropské unie (EU), tak nástroje Rady Evropy (RE). Ochrana tohoto
    důležitého práva přináší nové a významné výzvy, jelikož technologický pokrok rozšiřuje hranice oblastí, jako
    je dozor, odposlouchávání komunikací a uchovávání údajů. Tato příručka je určena k tomu, aby právníky,
    kteří se nespecializují na oblast ochrany údajů, s touto oblastí práva seznámila. Poskytuje přehled platných
    právních rámců EU a RE. Vysvětluje rovněž klíčovou judikaturu, shrnuje hlavní rozhodnutí Evropského soudu
    pro lidská práva i Soudního dvora Evropské unie. Kromě toho představuje hypotetické scénáře, které slouží
    jako praktické ilustrace rozmanitých problémů, s nimiž se v tomto neustále se měnícím oboru potýkáme.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    New language versions - Danish, Lithuanian, Slovenian
    10 November 2021
    Den hurtige udvikling inden for informations- og kommunikationsteknologi fremhæver det øgede behov for
    solid beskyttelse af personoplysninger – en ret, der er sikret ved både EU’s og Europarådets instrumenter.
    Beskyttelse af denne vigtige rettighed indebærer nye og væsentlige udfordringer, da teknologiske fremskridt
    udvider mulighederne for f.eks. overvågning, opfangelse af kommunikation og lagring af data. Denne håndbog
    har til formål at give jurister, som ikke er specialister inden for databeskyttelse, kendskab til dette nye
    juridiske område.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    Arabic version now available
    18 July 2024
    The rapid development of information technology has exacerbated the need for robust personal data protection, the right to which is safeguarded by both European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) instruments. Safeguarding this important right entails new and significant challenges as technological advances expand the frontiers of areas such as surveillance, communication interception and data storage. This handbook is designed to familiarise legal practitioners not specialised in data protection with this emerging area of the law.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    New language version - Estonian
    04 November 2020
    De snelle ontwikkeling van de informatietechnologie heeft de noodzaak voor een degelijke bescherming
    van persoonsgegevens weer versterkt, het recht dat wordt gewaarborgd door zowel de Europese Unie
    (EU) als de Raad van Europa (RvE). De bescherming van dit belangrijke recht brengt nieuwe en belangrijke
    uitdagingen met zich mee, aangezien technologische ontwikkelingen de grenzen van domeinen zoals
    toezicht, onderschepping van communicatie en gegevensopslag, verlegt. Deze handleiding is bedoeld voor
    beoefenaars van juridische beroepen die niet gespecialiseerd zijn in gegevensbescherming, om vertrouwd
    te raken met dit opkomende domein van de wet.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    Portuguese and Swedish version now available
    18 October 2022
    A rápida evolução das tecnologias da informação exacerbou a necessidade de uma proteção sólida dos dados pessoais, cujo direito é garantido por instrumentos da União Europeia (UE) e do Conselho da Europa (CdE). A salvaguarda deste importante direito implica importantes novos desafios porque os avanços tecnológicos expandem as fronteiras de áreas como a vigilância, a interceção das comunicações e o armazenamento dos dados. O presente manual destina-se a familiarizar os profissionais do Direito que não são especializados em proteção de dados com esta área emergente do Direito.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    New language version - Estonian
    04 November 2020
    Rýchly rozvoj informačných technológií ešte viac zvýšil potrebu prísnej ochrany osobných údajov, pričom toto
    právo zaručujú ako nástroje Európskej únie (EÚ), tak aj Rady Európy. Zabezpečenie tohto dôležitého práva
    so sebou prináša nové a významné výzvy, keďže technologickým pokrokom sa rozširujú hranice možností
    v oblastiach, ako je sledovanie, odpočúvanie komunikácie a uchovávanie údajov. Cieľom tejto príručky je
    oboznámiť príslušníkov právnického povolania, ktorí sa nešpecializujú na ochranu údajov, s touto vznikajúcou
    oblasťou práva.
  • 25
    May
    2018
    Latvian version now available
    13 April 2022
    Informations- och kommunikationsteknikens snabba utveckling har gjort att det mer akut behövs ett ordentligt skydd av personuppgifter, en rättighet som garanteras av instrument från både Europeiska unionen (EU) och Europarådet. Att slå vakt om denna betydelsefulla rättighet medför nya och markanta utmaningar, då de tekniska framstegen bryter in på områden som övervakning, avlyssning av kommunikation och datalagring. Den här handboken är utformad för att jurister som inte är specialiserade på dataskydd ska kunna bekanta sig med detta framväxande område inom juridiken.