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Asylum, migration and borders
Support for human rights systems and defenders
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FRA eMedia toolkit to feature at International Migration Reporting Congress

FRA’s migration reporting toolkit for journalists will feature in two workshops and be discussed with media partners during the III International Congress of Migration Reporting. The workshops will present how journalists’ knowledge of fundamental rights affects migration reporting.
Discover the e-Media Toolkit
Joint event
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Seminar explores FRA’s LGBTI report findings

The FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty will deliver a video message to an online seminar discussing its ‘A long way to go for LGBTI equality’ report.
Download report on LGBTI Equality
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Religion and belief
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Rule of law, human rights and religious rights at G20 interfaith forum

FRA’s Director will address a panel discussion on rule of law, human rights, and religion. The discussion will take place on 16 October during the G20 interfaith forum.
External event
Asylum, migration and borders

Frontex Consultative Forum to meet

The Consultative Forum of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, will meet on 15 October. FRA currently co-chairs the forum together with UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Download the 2019 Annual Report
External event
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

European Citizens Initiative to promote minorities, and linguistic and cultural diversity

On 15 October, the European Parliament will hold a public hearing on a European Citizens Initiative to promote minorities, and linguistic and cultural diversity. The organisers will present their initiative.
Watch event livestream
External event
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Inter-governmental human rights systems
National human rights systems and bodies

FRA at the Geneva Human Rights Platform

The FRA Director will give a keynote speech at the 2020 Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform on 15 October. He will focus on ‘Where are we today in terms of connectivity between regional and global human rights mechanisms’.
Virtual key note address by FRA Director
External event
National human rights systems and bodies
Support for human rights systems and defenders

Towards an NHRI for Italy

On 13 October, FRA’s Management Board member for Italy, Oreste Pollicino and FRA Scientific Committee member, Francesco Palermo, will speak at an event on Sustainable Development Goal 16, peace, justice and strong institutions, and the role of National Human Rights Institutions.
Download the NHRI report
External event
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
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FRA joins Global Privacy Assembly

FRA will take part in the annual closed session of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) as an observer.
External event
Children, youth and older people

Supporting young people from care to adulthood

FRA research on minimum age, guardianship and child protection underline the need to support young people as they leave care. For example, the vast majority of EU Member States do not apply minimum age requirements in institutional residential care.
External event
Roma
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Towards a new strategic EU framework for Roma equality, inclusion and participation

The FRA Director will address the launch conference of the new EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation. He will draw on FRA’s Roma surveys underlining the persistent circle of poverty and discrimination many Roma and Travellers continue to endure.