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The European Green Deal is the EU’s principal strategy to tackle climate change: a green transition that strives to leave no one behind. A new paper from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveals a fragmented approach to addressing the impact of climate change on fundamental rights. The paper argues that a systematic application of fundamental rights standards and obligations in EU climate policy could more effectively advance a just and inclusive transition.
On 12 December, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) convened a meeting with national Parliamentarians to discuss the situation of the rule of law in the EU.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio took part in an international human rights conference in Kyiv on 5 December. The Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights organised the ‘The Law of Force or the Force of Law? The Crisis of the Global Human Rights System and Ways to Overcome It’ conference.
On 13 December, FRA’s Management Board re-elected Jim Clarken as the new Chairperson for a second term starting on 19 March 2025.
On 12 December, FRA highlighted the importance of mainstreaming fundamental rights aspects in the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration funding procedure.
FRA developed an online information tool for raising awareness of fundamental rights implications of the EU large scale IT systems for migration and policing.
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 took part in the 3rd EU human rights dialogue with Mexico. The EU External Action Service (EEAS) hosted the meeting.
A new online information platform from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to raise awareness about the fundamental rights safeguards and implications of the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing and their interoperability.
Sirpa Rautio
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio delivers the keynote speech joining the celebrations marking Vienna's 10 years of being a Human Rights City. The event takes place at the Vienna City Hall on Human Rights Day.
The European Network of Equality Bodies, Equinet, will host a high-level conference on ‘Coding Equality into the EU AI Act - Equality Bodies rising to the Challenge’.
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.