On 2 December, the European Parliament’s disability rights week began in Brussels. FRA took part in two hearings.

FRA attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. This annual gathering brought together stakeholders from various sectors and jurisdictions, to discuss and advance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and regional instruments.

FRA supported a meeting of the Czech government Council for Roma minority affairs and its discussions on ethnic data collection.

On 2 December, FRA presented the results of the EU survey on gender-based violence at the meeting of the Council of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights working party (FREMP).

On 3 December, FRA provided training on fundamental rights in connection with the use of biometrics. The training included practical testing sessions of the automatic border crossing self-service systems.

FRA held an online information session for public authorities on the findings of the Eurostat-FRA-EIGE EU survey on gender-based violence. The presentation of the key results included an outline of FRA’s engagement with stakeholders at the EU and national level in the framework of the survey.

FRA actively participated in a high-level conference of the European Migration Network. Organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council it looked at how to make returns more effective.

FRA was a trainer during a training course on labour exploitation trafficking. The training addressed police officers and labour inspectors from different EU Member States.

The European Migration Forum in Brussels from 28 to 29 November focused on the role of civil society in implementing the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact. FRA spoke during a panel on the fundamental rights of migrants, together with the EU Asylum Agency.

FRA presented the indicators on political participation of people with disabilities at the Disability Week at the European Parliament on 4 December. It focused on the most recent data on political participation of people with intellectual disabilities.