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On 2 June, FRA in partnership with Slovenian partners, held a meeting on preventing violence against people with disabilities in institutions. The partners included Slovenia’s Social Protection Institute, the Centre for Deinstitutionalisation, the Museum of Madness, the Advocacy Centre and the Slovenian Ombudswoman.
From 2 to 3 June, FRA joined the Plenary Meeting of the Steering Committee (CDENF) that oversees the implementation of the Council of Europe’s Child Rights Strategy. FRA provided input to draft Recommendations and Guidelines in the areas of child participation, child-friendly justice, and integrated services for children.
FRA took part in the annual meeting of the Bar European Group that took place from 24 to 26 May in Barcelona.
FRA joined an online technical exchange on 28 May on policies for protecting Roma people. The meeting was a follow up to the EU-Brazil Human Rights Dialogue.
On 29 May in Prague, FRA took part in the Pride Business Forum, the Annual Conference of the European Pride Business Network (EPBN).
FRA contributed to the launch event of a publication on civic space monitoring for an EU-funded civic space monitoring initiative called “PROSECO project (Empowering Ecosystems of Civil Society Organisations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia).
Online fraud affects 1 in 4 Europeans, according to recent survey data from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Fake goods or services and impersonation scams are common. FRA’s findings aim to shape responses on how best to prevent online fraud and to support victims, in line with their fundamental rights.
FRA took part in a meeting of a Forum on Posting of Workers, organised by the European Labour Authority (ELA) in Bratislava. The meeting focused on the situation of non-EU nationals posted between Member States. 
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will move to its new climate-friendly headquarters on 1 June 2026. FRA's new premises are located at Rennweg 12 in Vienna, in a building shared with the European Patent Office (EPO).
We – The Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna, and the diplomatic missions of Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), European Investment Bank (EIB), UN-Globe and the Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies - all welcome 17 May as the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), to reaffirm the equality and dignity of LGBTI persons, and to stand firmly against all discrimination and in particular to oppose the criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations which is contrary to international human rights law.

Human rights are universal and apply equally to all people everywhere. That is why today and every day we work to address the ongoing discrimination against LGBTI persons globally.