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.
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.
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.
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.
On 27 March, FRA took part in a meeting of the EU Disability Platform in Brussels. FRA presented the history, composition, tasks, operation and the work programme 2025-2026 of the EU Monitoring Framework of the UN’s Disability Convention.
FRA hosted a civic space Xchange webinar on 27 March on the various funding pressures that civil society organisations are experiencing. The webinar brought together over 120 participants from civil society, EU institutions and international organisations.
FRA discussed the monitoring of fundamental rights in the context of the instrumentalisation of migration at a round-table discussion with national human rights institutions organised by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).