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Sirpa Rautio
FRA Director joins justice ministers from across the EU at the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council of the European Union in Brussels on 6 March 2026. She exchanges views on the Council's Conclusions on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights outlining how to better promote the added value of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held its annual civil society week from 2 to 5 March, in Brussels and online. FRA contributed to a session on the implementation of the EU Strategy for Civil Society.
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FRA will take part in a workshop on understanding and improving hate crime recording and data collection in Czechia. The workshop aims to support national authorities in reviewing their recording and data collection framework, identify gaps, discuss possible solutions and propose steps for improvement.
FRA will speak during a European Parliament hearing on 'Protecting and empowering civil society: strengthening support and ensuring transparency'.
The Agency’s Executive Board will meet online on 13 March.
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FRA’s Director will travel to Strasbourg to participate in the Council of Europe High-Level Conference with Ombudsperson Institutions and National Human Rights Institutions. She will speak on a panel regarding the erosion of checks and balances.
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FRA’s Director will present FRA’s report on violence against people with disabilities in institutions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the opening of the Committee’s 34th Session.
The Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child illustrates how relevant law and case law accommodate children’s interests and needs. Recognising children as full-fledged rights holders, it is a key reference on both EU and Council of Europe law.
On 24 February, FRA joined a technical meeting on Roma inclusion and empowerment as part of the programming process for the EEA/Norway grants in Bulgaria’s Local Development Programme.
Pavee Point and FRA held a national launch of Roma survey 2024 results for Ireland on 4 February in Dublin.
On 26 February, FRA addressed the opening panel of the conference TACTICS for Change: Systemic strategies for coordinated responses to domestic violence.
A round table conversation with experts into what the freshly released EU gender-based violence survey report tells us – not only about the prevalence of violence against women, but also about the impact, systems and solutions. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) will moderate.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will speak at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 6 March. She will speak about the Conclusions on the application of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter.
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FRA will join online a Eurostat working group meeting that takes place from 4 to 5 March. This is the annual meeting of the Eurostat working group on crime and criminal justice statistics.
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) is hosting an online knowledge café on 4 March. The webinar will foster a dialogue among several actors and promote actionable pathways towards preventing violence in institutional settings, improving support quality, and transitioning to inclusive and rights-based community services.
On 19 February, FRA gave a presentation on the EU gender-based violence survey and its approach to collecting data on access to justice.
On 19 February, the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU invited FRA to the Council Working Party on Schengen Matters, where it provided input relating to fundamental rights to the discussion.