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FRA will speak during an event on the digitalisation of justice systems and its implications for the legal profession. The event will be based on three panel sessions covering the digitalisation of justice in the EU, lawyers and AI, and ensuring fundamental rights within the digital transformation of justice.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will give a speech at the launch of the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner's report on the human rights situation of Roma and Travellers.
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The FRA Director will meet Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Cyprus to discuss FRA's cooperation with the incoming Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio will join the high-level political panel at the 18th European Platform for Roma Inclusion meeting. She will announce FRA's publication with results from the Roma Survey 2024 that will be available on 2 October.
FRA presented its ongoing project on the fundamental rights considerations of remote biometric identification in law enforcement during a meeting of the Biometrics Cluster of the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security.
On 18 September, at the invitation of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, FRA attended discussions on the implementation of the ProtectEU Internal Security Strategy and access to data for effective law enforcement.
Roma and Travellers in the EU have more jobs and better housing than before, but poverty, discrimination and segregation remain widespread, shows a new survey from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). FRA warns that significant gaps remain between Roma inclusion targets set by the EU and the lived experiences of Roma and Traveller communities. EU countries are not likely to meet the targets by 2030.
Current and newly-appointed Members of FRA’s Management Board gathered for the first time in Vienna from 18 to 19 September. It marked an important step in the forward-looking interim assessment of the Agency’s Strategic Plan 2023–2028.
On 15-16 September, FRA’s Director was in Dublin to take part in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s inaugural annual conference, ‘Leadership on Human Rights and Equality: A Time for Courage and Vision’.
On 12 September, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio met Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, to explore ways to strengthen cooperation.
FRA will join discussions at an expert hearing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on 23 September about the upcoming EU Civil Society Strategy.
FRA spoke during the concluding panel of the European Rule of Law Conference 2025 in Berlin that ran from 15 to 16 September. It was part of the Re:constitution project and brought together legal practitioners, policy consulters and experts across disciplines discussed for two days to discuss how to best address the ongoing democracy and rule of law crisis in the EU.
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FRA will join an EU RIGHTS CITIES project workshop in Zagreb from 29 to 30 September. The EU RIGHTS CITIES project aims to raise awareness and support the effective implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights at the city level in the EU.
On 2 October, the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) will visit FRA as part of their regular cooperation activities with the Agency. 36 judges, prosecutors and court staff will participate in the study visit.
FRA will speak during the cybersecurity technical workshop in Brussels on 1 October.
On 16 September, FRA spoke at a seminar held by the Slovakian National Human Rights Institution.
On 17 September, FRA will contribute online to an EU-funded project workshop on the use of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter in the Spanish legal system.
FRA will present selected results of the EU gender-based violence survey at a conference on 17 September in Vienna. The University of Vienna and UN Office on Drugs and Crime are organising the event.
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The FRA Scientific Committee met on 5 September at the Agency in Vienna. It elected Gentian Zyberi as its new Chair and John Morijn as Vice-Chair. Both will serve a one-year term.
FRA’s Director Sirpa Rautio gave the keynote speech on the increasing role of National Human Rights Institutions in protecting human rights at an academic conference at Bocconi University.