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FRA presented its work on countering antisemitism, including on the recording and monitoring hate crimes at the meeting of the Radicalisation Prevention Knowledge Hub meeting.
On 27 March, FRA and the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights attended a Frontex Management Board meeting. They spoke about the protection of fundamental rights in Frontex operations.
Heads of EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies met in Vienna from 4 to 5 December to reflect on their joint achievements and align future cooperation.
Human rights considerations are still too often overlooked in lawmaking across the EU, finds a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Despite the binding force of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, only a few EU Member States have guidelines to assess human rights impacts when implementing EU law. Even fewer explicitly reference the Charter in such guidelines. The report comes as the EU intensifies efforts to streamline its regulatory framework through “Omnibus” reforms to boost competitiveness. In this context, the report stresses that fundamental rights impact assessments are essential to protect people and ensure compliance with the law – without compromising the goals of simplification and efficiency.
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FRA Director Sirpa Rautio addresses the final High-Level Forum on the Future of EU Criminal Justice in Brussels on 1 December.
Artificial intelligence (AI) brings about many opportunities for our societies and economies. But it also puts fundamental rights at risk, especially in sensitive areas like recruitment or social benefits. Drawing on interviews with providers, deployers and experts, a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveals that many in the field of high-risk AI systems do not know how to systematically assess or mitigate these risks. Strengthening awareness and rights-compliant implementation of the AI act is key to protecting people’s rights while enabling innovation and creating legal certainty for businesses.
On 11 November, FRA gave an online presentation on the fundamental rights considerations of using facial recognition technology in law enforcement.
FRA presented findings from its report on ‘Digitalising Justice: A fundamental rights-based approach’ and upcoming report on Assessing high-risk AI to the Council of the EU’s Working Party on e-Justice on 24 November in Brussels.
FRA, in cooperation with the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer, co-hosted a stock taking meeting on monitoring fundamental rights compliance under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum’s Screening and Asylum Border Regulations.
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On 26 November, FRA presented best practices on independent monitoring mechanisms under the Pact on Migration and Asylum during a meeting of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA). The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU invited FRA to speak.
FRA delivered a keynote plenary lecture on the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and its fundamental rights implications for Hungarian judges at a judicial training event on the regulation of AI under European law and national law.
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FRA will present findings from its report ‘Digitalising justice: A fundamental rights-based approach'.
FRA will speak at a panel on strengthening civil society during an event by Civil Society Europe on ‘The Role of Civil Society in Protecting Democratic Values’ in Brussels on 3 December. The event will close with the EU Civil Dialogue Award ceremony, which will be awarded for the first time this year.
FRA will join a panel discussion on moving towards a civil society-driven enlargement agenda.
On 24 November, FRA Director Sirpa Rautio met with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Jan Braathu in Vienna. During their discussion, they exchanged views on the main challenges to media freedom and its broader peace and security relevance, and the fundamental rights aspects of the Democracy Shield.
FRA contributed to discussions on the ‘safe third country’ concept under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and its connections with the planned return hubs at the 16th Warsaw Human Rights Seminar. The event, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, took place on 17 November in Warsaw.
FRA attended the EEA/Norway Grants in Bulgaria kick off meeting on 18-19 November for the financial mechanism 2021-2028. The Bulgarian National Focal Point (NFP) organised the meeting.
On 21 November, FRA participated in the Digital Services Act Civil Society Coordination Group Roundtable event ‘Strengthening Cooperation with Public Interest Stakeholders in Enforcement.’
FRA took part in a workshop on the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2026–2030) in Brussels organised by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
FRA has launched the Human Rights Structures Navigator – a new comprehensive tool providing a centralised overview of major human rights institutions and structures across the EU and candidate countries. This new resource aims to support practitioners, EU institutions, Member States and stakeholders in navigating human rights protection mechanisms effectively.