Projects

Read about the Agency's current and previous projects here. For more information, please see the FRA Programming Document 2019-2021.

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106 Projects found

Hate crime
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Launch Date
November
2014
Project Status
Findings available

Working party on improving reporting and recording of hate crime in the EU

The FRA Working Party on Hate Crime was set up in 2014 to assist EU Member States in designing and implementing measures to encourage reporting and ensure proper recording of hate crimes.
People with disabilities
Launch Date
June
2014
Project Status
Findings available

The right to independent living of persons with disabilities

The project aims to assist EU institutions and Member States to ensure that the right of people with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community is fulfilled. It does this by examining how measures to achieve the transition from institutional to community-based support are implemented, and identifying drivers and barriers to this transition.
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
Launch Date
June
2014
Project Status
Findings available

Fundamental Rights Survey

The Fundamental Rights Survey provides comparable data concerning people’s experiences of and opinions on fundamental rights issues in the EU.
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Launch Date
June
2014
Project Status
Findings available

Rehabilitation and mutual recognition – practice concerning EU law on transfer of persons sentenced or awaiting trial (Prison and Detention)

A person who is suspected or accused of a crime or who has already been sentenced can be transferred between Member States under EU law. What are the fundamental rights concerns in this context? This project looks into issues surrounding alternatives to detention and imprisonment – pre- and post-trial, as well as on the transfer of prisoners, as covered by three EU Framework Decisions in the area of criminal justice.
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Launch Date
May
2014
Project Status
Findings available

National intelligence authorities and surveillance in the EU: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies

This project looks into the remedies available to individuals in relation to surveillance practices.
Children, youth and older people
Launch Date
April
2014
Project Status
Findings available

Handbook of European Law on the rights of the child

This project concerns the development of a Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child for practitioners concerned with the legal protection of these rights.
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Launch Date
2014
Project Status
Findings available

Handbook on access to justice in Europe

In partnership with the European Court of Human Rights, FRA will produce a handbook which will highlight and summarise the key European legal and jurisprudential principles in the area of access to justice.
Children, youth and older people
Launch Date
December
2013
Project Status
Findings available

Mapping child protection systems in the EU

The European Commission asked FRA to develop an overview of national child protection systems. FRA will examine the scope and key components of national child protection systems across the EU. The focus will be on the systems’ laws, structures, actors and how the systems function, as well as human and financial resources and the existing accountability mechanisms.
People with disabilities
Launch Date
June
2013
Project Status
Findings available

Political participation of persons with disabilities

The project aims to further develop and populate indicators on the right of people with disabilities to political participation.
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Launch Date
May
2013
Project Status
Findings available

Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex persons (comparative legal analysis)

This project provides an overview of legal developments and trends concerning the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people across the EU from 2010 onwards. It also now covers the rights of intersex people.