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On 22 June 2016, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Court of Human Rights launch a practical handbook on European law relating to access to justice.
Women and girls fleeing from persecution or turmoil in their home countries are particularly at risk of physical, sexual and psychological violence when seeking sanctuary, in transit and when they arrive in the EU. In advance of World Refugee Day on 20 June, FRA’s latest summary report of migration-related fundamental rights concerns, throws the spotlight on the plight of female refugees at reception and accommodation centres. This issue will also feature during discussions on improving refugee protection as part of FRA’s 4-day Fundamental Rights Forum which also opens that day.
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The FRF is organised by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with various partners. The event will take place from 20 to 23 June 2016 in Vienna.
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The Fundamental Rights Forum (FRF) is organised by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with various partners. The event will take place from 20 to 23 June 2016 in Vienna.
Over one million people sought refuge in the EU in 2015, a fivefold increase from the year before. In its Fundamental Rights Report 2016, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines the scale and nature of the challenge and proposes measures to ensure fundamental rights are respected across the EU.
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Interview with József Nagy, Member of the European Parliament, conducted in Vienna on 18 May 2016.
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The Fundamental Rights Forum (FRF) is organised by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with various partners. Inclusion is one of the three themes for the FRF which will take place in Vienna from 20-23 June 2016.
The Fundamental Rights Forum (FRF) is organised by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with various partners. Refugee Protection is one of the three themes for the FRF which will take place in Vienna from 20-23 June 2016.
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We are seeing hate crime against religious minorities and migrants around the EU on a daily basis. In response, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is today publishing a compendium of good practices from across the EU on how to combat hate crime. This is the culmination of work by the Working Party on combating hate crime, to be presented today at a meeting of the Working Party in cooperation with the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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The Compendium of practices is the key output of the Working party on improving reporting and recording of hate crime in the EU. It collates practices for combating hate crime from across the EU, with a step-by-step description of the practice broken down by country and category. The aim of the compendium is to help policymakers and practitioners such as law enforcement officers understand what is being done elsewhere in the EU to combat hate crime, and which elements could be adapted for use in their own national contexts.
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This interview with Michael O'Flaherty, Director of FRA, was conducted at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw on 4 March 2016.
An EU list of safe countries of origin can help improve the overall asylum application process but only alongside other EU asylum laws and responsibilities, and border management capacity-building measures, as FRA’s latest Opinion shows. While it points to potential benefits, by freeing up resources to examine genuine asylum claims for example, it also flags the need for strong fundamental rights safeguards.
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the heads of Europe’s main intergovernmental human rights institutions call for a strong response to xenophobic attacks against migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and call on governments and state authorities to uphold their international obligations in this regard.
These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
These infographics combine the views from representatives of professional groups with findings from FRA's hate crime and discrimination survey of LGBT people. Each infographic looks at a different sector: education, healthcare, policing and governments at work.
In some Member States, doctors still view homosexuality as a disease and transsexuality as a mental disorder, according to findings from a new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Such negative views of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people in society, among professional groups and policy makers hampers efforts to counter discrimination and hate crime.
This infographic outlines FRA's work along a simplified version of the EU migration flow. Each item is hyperlinked so you can find out more on each topic.
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Video message by the newly-appointed director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Michael O'Flaherty.