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Private companies and public authorities worldwide increasingly use facial recognition technology. Several EU Member States are now considering, testing or planning to use it for law enforcement purposes as well. While this technology potentially supports fighting terrorism and solving crimes, it also affects people’s fundamental rights. A new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) paper looks at the fundamental rights implications of relying on live facial recognition technology, focusing on its use for law enforcement and border management purposes.
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FRA will speak during a panel discussion on challenges regarding gender equality in education at a meeting of the Education and Training 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education.
Millions of women and girls in Europe suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence at the hands of their partner or family members. On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, FRA calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their commitment towards ending violence against women.
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The next Internet Governance Forum (IGF) takes place in Berlin from 25 to 29 November.
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This week from 25 November until 29 November, FRA will co-host the 2019 UNICEF TransMonEE network meeting in Vienna.
On 21 November, FRA will take part in a panel debate of the Vienna Discussion Forum 2019 on ending violence against women through crime prevention, criminal justice responses and women’s economic empowerment.
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FRA’s Director Michael O’Flaherty will visit the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for the first time on 25 November in Warsaw.
On 22 November, the Heads of the nine EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies met at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The discussions focused on the implementation of the New Strategic Agenda 2019-2024, the state-of-play of the interoperability project and the common efforts in reinforcing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapters starting with Dignity.
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EUROCITIES and the Citiy of Amsterdam organised a workshop and panel debate about inclusion of Muslim communities and prevention of discrimination in cities.
The European Judicial Training Network recently signed a Letter of Intent with FRA.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) invited several EU agencies to discuss results of their project on possible uses of artificial intelligence by EU agencies.
On 14 November, FRA’s Director spoke at the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions’ 2019 Annual Conference ‘Realising Economic and Social Rights in Europe: the role of National Human Rights Institutions’.
On 21 November in Helsinki, FRA will participate in an event to discuss how to achieve deinstitutionalisation for people with disabilities in Finland.
Today marks 30 years of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child – a landmark human rights treaty. It changed how adults view and treat children. But despite considerable progress in Europe, basic challenges, such as child poverty, remain.
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FRA will run the first meeting of the working group on hate crime recording, data collection and encouraging reporting.
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Vienna City Hall will host a full-day event dedicated to child rights with activities for and by children and young people to mark the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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FRA Director, Michael O'Flaherty keynote address to the EASO Consultative Forum Plenary Meeting on the the initial steps of the asylum procedure that took place in Brussels on 12 November.
Delays and serious challenges integrating young refugees who have fled war and persecution risk creating a lost generation, finds a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report. While it identifies some good practices, it urges Member States to learn from each other to give these young people an adequate chance in life.