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On 9 and 10 April, FRA took part in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy joint consultation and a meeting of the LGBTIQ Equality Subgroup in Brussels.
FRA joined the high-level closing panel of the Paris Arbitration Week where they discussed the integration of human rights into economic law and policy and investment arbitration.
On 8 and 9 April Laura Arikka, the Executive Director of the Finnish Timeout Foundation, and her colleagues visited FRA. FRA’s Director, Sirpa Rautio, introduced them to the Agency and its work.
On 7 April, FRA and the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU held a seminar on the role of civil society in strengthening the rule of law and democratic resilience. The event gathered around 60 justice councillors and national experts from FREMP and General Affairs Council working parties.
On 9 April, FRA addressed a Council of Europe workshop of the European National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) Forum. FRA presented its guidance on Monitoring fundamental rights during screening and the asylum border procedure.
FRA presented selected findings from its reports on Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights and bias in algorithms during a conference of the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association.
FRA took part in the second Eurojust Annual Victims’ Rights Symposium. On 2 and 3 April in the Hague, Eurojust gathered around 50 judicial practitioners.
FRA contributed to the spring session of the Council of Europe’s Conference of International NGOs (CINGO) in Strasbourg on 7-8 April. Participants discussed civic space challenges and how to address them.
Labour inspectors can play a crucial role in protecting migrant workers from exploitation and abuse. New practical exercises and training guides from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will support inspectors in safeguarding non-EU workers’ rights.
FRA met members of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) Working Group on the UN’s Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD).