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FRA hosted the Annual General Meeting of its Fundamental Rights Platform from 12 to 13 November. FRA Director Sirpa Rautio announced the Agency will pilot a Youth Advisory Panel and outlined the Agency’s strategic plans for the next years.
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On 13 November, as part of her country visit to Albania, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio met with the leaders of 42 civil society organisations active in Albania.
FRA spoke about the economic, social and cultural rights situation in Europe and the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on fundamental rights. It drew from the focus chapter of the Agency’s fundamental rights report 2024.
On 15 November, a group of Slovenian and Erasmus students from the University of Ljubljana law faculty will visit FRA.
FRA presented its work on the use of new technologies by law enforcement at a hybrid seminar of the Independent Police Complaints Authorities’ Network (IPCAN). IPCAN members attended the 8 November event.
FRA took part in the Annual Meeting of Focal Points of Regional Human Regional Human Rights Mechanisms. The UN Human Rights Office organised the meeting. It took place on 13 November.
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FRA and the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a joint event for members of the OSCE’s national contact points network and the FRA-led EU Working Group on hate crime reporting, recording and data collection.
On 13 November, FRA will speak at a seminar on human rights and local democracy in Europe in Strasbourg. FRA will contribute to a table discussion on actions from the Council of Europe and the European Union in human rights at the local level.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform will take place online on 12-13 November 2024.
FRA attended two meetings in Brussels in the framework of a country visit to Belgium of the EU Subgroup on Equality Data. The Belgian Equal Opportunities Division hosted and chaired the country visit to Belgium on 4. November.
FRA held an information session for public authorities on FRA’s work to support the rights-compliant implementation of the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact.
FRA took part in a series of meetings in Brussels on antiracism and equality from 16 to 18 October.
FRA participated in the 4th EU-UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) strategic dialogue in Geneva on 21 October.
FRA took part in a roundtable on the rights of third-country workers, organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Brussels on 18 October.
FRA participated in the 11th expert meeting on children in migration, organised by the European Commission (DG Home) in Brussels on 25 October.
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The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issues an annual overview of national forced return monitoring systems across the EU. The overview for 2023 is now available.
FRA took part in the EU Energy Poverty Advisory Hub international conference on the theme of 'Turning the tide: paving the way for energy poverty alleviation' on 15-16 October 2024.
FRA took part in the European conference on ‘EU Legislation after the Pact on Migration & Asylum’ on 17-18 October.
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FRA presented its Fundamental Rights Platform at the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) consultation meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Lisbon on 22 October.
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FRA and the European Commission will host a workshop in Brussels to launch the Agency’s report on being Muslim in the EU. The workshop gathers around 30 civil society representatives, representatives of FRA and the European institutions, international organisations and relevant European platforms.