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The Agency will present key findings from its most recent work at a meeting of the European Commission’s informal expert group on child rights.
Event
On 11 October in Amsterdam, the Agency will take part in the International Network Against Cyber Hate’s annual conference.
The Agency will present its findings and suggestions from its report on the Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU in Dublin at a civil society meeting on 11 October.
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
The FRA Director delivered a speech to justice ministers from across the EU during the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 11 October in Luxembourg. His speech focused on some of the key challenges for the human rights system in the EU and pointed to possible ways of safeguarding fundamental rights for everybody in the EU. ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY **
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Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos
We can be sad and we can be angry. But we also need to persevere. We need to keep reminding our governments to acknowledge the impact of anti-Gypsyism that undermines their own considerable investment in Roma inclusion. Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos provides welcome remarks at the 12th Platform meeting on 9 October 2018.
On 9 October in Brussels, the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions will host its annual public hearing on the rights of people with disabilities.
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On 9 October in Brussels, the Agency will take part in the 12th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion, organised by the European Commission.
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On 8 October in Vienna, the Agency will take part in the workshop ‘SDG Implementation in European Countries’ organised by SDG Watch Europe.
Video
Some views from participants at the Fundamental Rights Forum about how they commit to delivering on fundamental rights in tomorrow’s Europe.
The FRA Executive Board will hold its 49th meeting at the Agency on 5 October.
On 27 September, Microsoft hosted a Data Science and Law Forum in their Brussels office.
The Agency provided expert advice during an online seminar organised by the EU’s Law Enforcement Training Agency.
Speech
Michael O’Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, Chair of the Forum and FRA Director sums up his impressions of FRA's Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 and presents the Chair’s Statement 2018 on 27 September 2018 in Vienna. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***
Press Release
Calls to action to counter the pressing human rights threats facing Europe were captured during Vienna’s Fundamental Rights Forum 2018. They emerged from the talents, ideas, and expertise shared by over 700 leading experts from around the world during the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ event.
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Michael O’Flaherty
Michael O’Flaherty, Chair of the Forum and FRA Director gives the opening remarks on the first day of the Agency's Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 in Vienna, 25 September 2018. *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY ***
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The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights will hold its next Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna from 25 to 27 September 2018.
This video blog by FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty is released periodically and will address burning fundamental rights themes.
Michael O'Flaherty
Today’s threats to human rights know no frontiers. Safeguarding these rights means renewing our commitment to multilateralism and working together to ensure all people can live in dignity and security. FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty gives a keynote speech at the conference in Warsaw, 7 September 2018.
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Michael O'Flaherty
The FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty provides comments at the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) conference in Edinburgh, 7 September 2018.
Workplace inspections are often lacking or ineffective, enabling unscrupulous employers to exploit their workers, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report. Tightening up inspections to combat abuse and empower workers to report abuse are some ways FRA suggests to help end severe labour exploitation.