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Irregular migration, return and immigration detention
Asylum, migration and borders
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

EASO workshop on asylum detention for judges

FRA provided fundamental rights input during a professional development workshop on the detention of applicants for international protection, organised by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO).
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Symposium explores the challenges of AI for human society

FRA’s Director addressed ‘The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person’ conference on 21 October in Rome.
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Roma
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Civil society organisations discuss monitoring Roma equality

FRA invites civil society organisations, registered in its Fundamental Rights Platform, to take part in an online Roma meeting on 10 November.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

Stamping out hate crime and hate speech

On 28 October, the FRA Director will participate in a virtual Slovenian Presidency conference on 'Stamping out hate crime and hate speech – Effective responses to hate crimes and hate speech online, and protection of victims'.
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Borders and information systems
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Towards the digital Schengen area

FRA will join the eu-LISA agency’s annual conference on 27 October. It will take stock of current developments in the Justice and Home Affairs area.
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Children, youth and older people

Ambassador School Programme discuss inclusive education

On 27 October, FRA will speak about inclusive education and its challenges during an online webinar organised by the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme (EPAS).
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
National human rights systems and bodies

Swedish conference explores the pandemic’s impact on equality and human rights

FRA will join an event in Sweden that will look at the impact of the pandemic on equality and human rights, and ways forward.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
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Equality bodies explore cooperation with cities

FRA will present its new report on ‘Human Rights Cities in the EU: a framework for reinforcing rights locally’ at a conference on building equal cities.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Diversity and inclusion training for human resource managers

FRA will present on 23 October the key findings of its Fundamental Rights Report 2021 during a workshop of the advanced training course on building diverse and inclusive workplaces in Europe.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention

Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights issues annual report

The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for 2020. FRA co-chairs the Forum together with UN Refugee Agency since 2020.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

How can philanthropy accelerate sustainable change?

FRA spoke during a panel on civil society and philanthropy for the next decade on 19 October, highlighting challenges to civil society space in Europe.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Fundamental Rights Report presented during multilateral diplomacy seminar

FRA presented on 23 October the key findings of its Fundamental Rights Report 2021 during a seminar on multilateral diplomacy in international organisations.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

FRA’s National Liaison Officers meet

On 13 October, FRA brought together the National Liaison Officers network.
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National human rights systems and bodies
Support for human rights systems and defenders

Establishing a National Human Rights Institution in Italy

FRA’s Director was in Italy for a series of meetings on 19-20 October to discuss setting up Italy’s National Human Rights Institution.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

FRA Fundamental Rights Report opinions now also in Macedonian and Serbian

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in fundamental rights protection, identifying achievements and areas of concern.
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Children, youth and older people
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Towards meaningful child participation in decision making in Europe

On 21 October, FRA took part in the first high-level conference of a joint EU and Council of Europe project to strengthen child participation in Europe.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection

Data protection in policing

The FRA Director addressed the 7th EDEN conference on data protection in law enforcement in Rome on 18 October.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Michael O’Flaherty

AI and the law

FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty delivers a speech at the Vatican Artificial Intelligence Symposium on the Challenge of AI for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person. The symposium took place in Rome on 21 October 2021.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 – Highlights

Highlights from the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 – Michael O’Flaherty on the Forum as a roadmap for a vision of hope.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights

The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights meeting will take place on 20 October.