Projects

Read about the Agency's current and previous projects here. For more information, please see the FRA Programming Document 2019-2021.

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106 Projects found

Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Launch Date
April
2021
Project Status
Findings available

Criminal Detention in the EU: Conditions and Monitoring - Update of FRA’s Criminal Detention Database

The current project builds on the existing FRA database to provide updated and new information on standards of conditions of detention in EU Member States, which can assist judges dealing with European Arrest Warrant (EAW) requests in their assessment of whether detention conditions comply with the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment. FRA will collect data through desk research and will closely cooperate with relevant monitoring bodies.
Children, youth and older people
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Launch Date
January
2021
Project Status
Findings available

Ageing in digital societies: enablers and barriers to older persons exercising their social rights

With European populations rapidly ageing, this project focuses on how older persons can fully participate in an inclusive and digitally just society for all. The research will take into account key EU policies, including the Pillar of Social Rights and the European Digital Agenda, examining how older people can enjoy their right to access public services which have undergone or are undergoing digitalisation.
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Launch Date
January
2021
Project Status
Findings available

Online content moderation – harassment, hate speech and (incitement to) violence against specific groups

This project analyses online hatred in selected EU Member States through collecting and analysing incidents of sexist and racist hatred expressed on selected online platforms.
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Children, youth and older people
Launch Date
December
2020
Project Status
Findings available

Procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings

The project will provide evidence-based advice to EU institutions and Member States on procedural safeguards for children who are suspected or accused of crime. FRA will collect information through a combination of desk research and interviews with lawyers, police, judges, prosecutors, other juvenile justice professionals, as well as with children.
Child protection
Asylum, migration and borders
Launch Date
December
2020
Project Status
Findings available

Strengthening guardianship for unaccompanied children

Children who are deprived of parental care and who are third-country nationals are in need of special protection, and are entitled to be assigned a person who assists them throughout all proceedings. This project continues FRA's work on guardianship for unaccompanied children by looking at guardianship and legal representation systems in all 27 EU Member States, plus North Macedonia and Serbia. It also includes the development of a training manual for trainers of guardians.
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Legal migration and integration
Racial and ethnic origin
Launch Date
October
2020
Project Status
Findings available

EU survey on immigrants and descendants of immigrants

The survey collected comparable data in 15 EU Member States – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden – from people originating from Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Syria.
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
Launch Date
March
2020
Project Status
Findings available

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the EU – impact on fundamental rights

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is collecting and analysing relevant data and information on the impact for people’s fundamental rights of the measures taken by EU Member States in response to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Roma
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Launch Date
March
2020
Project Status
Findings available

Roma Survey 2020-2021

The Roma Survey 2020-2021 will collect comparable data in eight selected Member States (Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain) and two accession countries (North Macedonia and Serbia). Roma will be asked a wide range of questions about their everyday life, including their socio-economic situation and their experiences of discrimination, harassment and violence – including any racially-motivated incidents.
Security
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Launch Date
January
2020
Project Status
Findings available

The impact of counter-terrorism legislation on fundamental rights

The project will provide evidence-based advice to the European Commission and other EU institutions as well as EU Member States on the fundamental rights impact of counter-terrorism legislation, focusing on Directive (EU) 2017/541 on combating terrorism.
Defendants’ rights
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Launch Date
December
2019
Project Status
Findings available

Presumption of innocence: procedural rights in criminal proceedings

The project will provide evidence-based advice on the rights to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, to be present at trial and not to self-incriminate.