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On 12 January, FRA intervened at a meeting of the Council Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP) in Brussels, which focused on the national implementation of the EU Strategy for Civil Society.
From 7 to 12 January, FRA visited reception facilities for new arrivals in Sicily, including Lampedusa. The main purpose of the visit was to collect information about good practices and challenges in preparation of the implementation of the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact.
FRA presented findings from its upcoming report on the impact of addressing terrorist content online on fundamental rights to the Council Terrorism Working Party.
FRA participated in a meeting organised by Civil Liberties Union for Europe on ‘Realising the Potential of the Charter through Strategic Litigation’ on 11 December in Brussels. Participants in the meeting drew lessons learnt and experiences of engaging in strategic litigation.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, FRA jointly organised with the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the Council a conference entitled ‘25 Years of Rights: Reflecting on the Impact of the Charter’.
The Greek Ombudsman hosted an event on the occasion of ten years of forced return monitoring under the EU Return Directive.
FRA provided fundamental rights input to the EU Asylum Agency’s (EUAA) first fundamental rights conference, organised by the EUAA Fundamental Rights Officer on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. The event focused on the protection of fundamental rights in asylum and reception.
Forced return monitoring is an important safeguard to protect the fundamental rights of migrants who are being returned to their countries of origin. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issues an annual overview of national forced return monitoring systems and their monitoring statistics across the EU. The latest overview reveals gaps in monitoring that need addressing.
The European Union (EU) is legally required to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The EU’s accession aims to further strengthen the protection of human rights in Europe. In a Q&A note, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) outlines some of the key legal and operational implications of the accession. It highlights how EU law interacts with the ECHR and examines the links between the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).