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The EU’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies are stepping up their mutual cooperation on digitalisation. Earlier today, the Heads of JHA Agencies came together for a virtual annual meeting, chaired by Eurojust, where they had a first exchange on Artificial Intelligence and digital capacity building, training tools and innovative learning. With the COVID-19 pandemic having served as a catalyst for teleworking and videoconferencing, the agencies agreed to explore avenues for closer cooperation in order to shape the digital future of law enforcement, border management and justice that respects fundamental rights.
FRA took part in a meeting of the Public Interest Litigation Project on 17 November.
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FRA asked 482 Roma and 123 Travellers about their daily life and experiences of discrimination in Belgium in a survey carried out in 2018 and 2019.
Safeguarding children rights is more important than ever. Measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19 risk having a lasting effect on our children and our future. Children’s day on 20 November reminds us to step up efforts to protect the rights of all children and to provide them with opportunities to contribute to change.
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On 20 November, the national launch of FRA’s Roma and Travellers Survey takes place in Belgium.
The European Parliament’s Children Rights Coordinator’s Office will host online training on 19 November on how the Parliament can further protect and promote child rights in its work. The training targets Members of the European Parliament and their political support.
On 18 November, FRA will take part in the online meeting of the European Commission Working Group on Common Values and Inclusive Education.
FRA will take part in a session on developing tailored anitsemitism prevention strategies and education offerings for the youth. It is part of a German Presidency of the EU event on the role of prevention and education in anti-Semitic hate speech.
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FRA will participate in a CEPOL online seminar on addressing antisemitic hate crime. The aim of the webinar is to enable participants to describe the prevalence and forms of hate crime against Jews.
On 13 November, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) hosted its first Fundamental Rights Dialogue - a virtual event that gave young people an opportunity to voice their fundamental rights concerns and discussed ways to solve them with FRA's Director Michael O'Flaherty.
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FRA held an inception meeting on 11 November with its research network, FRANET, to discuss updating its report on Guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in the EU.
FRA and the Council of Europe met on 10 November to discuss updating the Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child. The handbook covers relevant Council of Europe and European Union legal standards, as well as case law from the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights.
FRA and the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) today signed off on a cooperation plan for the coming years.
FRA will conduct a training session on ensuring child-friendly proceedings for child victims of trafficking. It forms part of the CEPOL online course on child trafficking.
FRA’s report on ‘Strong and effective national human rights institutions’ will feature during a meeting of the European Parliament’s Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group.
On 11 November, FRA will host a virtual seminar for legal staff of the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. It aims at providing expertise and an opportunity to exchange experiences on the practical application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in Germany in selected areas.
The third Euro-Mediterranean Communicators´ workshop will tackle the question what is next for the migration narrative in the Euro-Mediterranean region?
The FRA Director will participate in the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.
FRA will take part in the annual EU-Israel high-level seminar on combating racism, xenophobia and antisemitism.
FRA, in cooperation with the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) will run a capacity-building workshop on 10 November on unlawful profiling. The workshop seeks to invite national equality bodies to jointly reflect on their roles in stepping up efforts to better combat unlawful police profiling.