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FRA’s Director and a delegation of its Management Team will meet the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on 7 February in Geneva.
How can we strengthen citizen involvement in the EU’s cohesion funds?
On 5 February, civil law students from Utrecht’s Molengraaff Dispuut association will visit FRA.
The agency’s Scientific Committee will meet on 10 February at FRA.
On 5 February, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty will meet EU Commissioners to better understand their priorities and explore how FRA can support their work.
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Accurately measuring violence against women is important to help governments prioritise the issue and create policies that work.
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The rule of law will feature at this year’s European Police Congress where the FRA Director will speak.
The new-look, modern FRA website allows users to quickly and simply find the key fundamental rights information they need.
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FRA will address a conference on combating antisemitism in the OSCE region.
Europol held a meeting to on 24 January in the Hague boost internal security innovation.
How can FRA’s report on the situation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the EU support the development of policies and standards at the EU, international and national level to help NHRIs?
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The Advisory Panel of the FRA’s Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) will discuss the platform’s future development.
The pace of change is relentless. Technological advances continue to have an ever-greater impact on our daily lives. European Data Protection Day on 28 January is a chance to remember the growing need for robust personal data safeguards to ensure we all benefit from greater digitalisation.
FRA will deliver a speech on 28 January in Brussels on artificial intelligence, Big Data and fundamental rights.
It was 75 years ago today that soldiers liberated the Auschwitz extermination camp. A poignant time to learn from the horrors of the past and build for a better future.
FRA joined Member States' representatives to discuss how best to protect migrant children.
A book launch looking at FRA’s impact took place at the European Commission on 22 January in Brussels.
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) members reaffirmed their commitment to fighting Holocaust distortion, antisemitism, anti-Gypsyism and other forms of discrimination on 19 January.
Michael O'Flaherty
Local is where you have your human rights, local is where you thrive, local is where you hurt. Local is also the level of government, that has the most immediate impact for the wellbeing of yourself and your family. On 10 December 2019 - International Human Rights Day - FRA Director, Michael O’Flaherty, spoke about how Vienna is a global leader when it comes to embedding the notion of a human rights city.
On 23 January, FRA will take part in the 10-year seminar of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).