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During the eu-LISA annual conference, FRA spoke about the implications for fundamental rights of EU interoperability regulations.
FRA discussed with the Eurodac Supervision Coordination Group future cooperation activities and how best to dissemination its guide for authorities on their duty to inform when taking fingerprints.
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The European Guardianship Network held an online meeting on 27 November to discuss child-related aspects in the EU Migration Pact. The Network, a European Commission initiative, is currently formed by representatives from 19 Member States, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, as well as representatives from UNHCR, EASO and FRA.
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Albania will join FRA’s Management Board as an observer for the first time on 10 December 2020.
On 4 December, FRA and the European Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs (CIVEX) will hold their Annual Dialogue.
The pandemic is likely to leave a lasting impression on many people, not least people with disabilities. If anything, it underlines the need for Europe to honour the rights of people with disabilities and prepare for next year’s European Disability Strategy.
FRA’s Director will address Heads of National Human Rights Insitutions during the Annual NHRIs conference on 2 December.
FRA will take part via videoconference in a Commemorative Act marking 20 years since the proclamation of the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights.
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This year, FRA again teams up with the This human world international human rights film festival.
FRA will host an online discussion about findings from its Fundamental Rights Survey report on What do fundamental rights mean for people in the EU?
FRA will join the online meeting of the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee to exchange views on the proposal for a European Child Guarantee.
The rights to education, healthcare and fair working conditions are among the rights most affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) latest bulletin reveals the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people’s social rights and the groups most at risk.
The agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 30 November.
FRA joined a meeting on 23 November of the European Commission’s informal expert group on the Rights of the Child.
The European Commission’s new Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 acknowledges FRA’s key role in monitoring the effectiveness of EU integration and inclusion policies.
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FRA will take part in an online meeting on how Justice and Home Affairs agencies draft their annual reports. The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) is organising the 26-27 November meeting.
FRA’s and European Judicial Training Network's yearly joint training on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in national proceedings will take place on 26 November online.
FRA’s guidance on Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymaking at national level is now also in Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian and Spanish.
National Contact Points from the European Migration Network (EMN) met online from 12 to 13 November. These monthly meetings aim to update contact points as well as the European Commission and its Joint Research Centre, the European Asylum Support Office, the European Parliament and FRA about each other’s activities.
FRA’s Director visited Croatia from 16 to 18 November to get a better understanding about the allegations of fundamental rights violations of migrants and refugees at the external border.