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On 23 September, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty addressed the Management Board of the European Border and Coast Guard, Frontex, for the first time.
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FRA’s Executive Board and Management Board will convene virtually on 25 September.
Artificial intelligence and encryption will feature during a virtual meeting of the Council of the EU’s Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI).
Living in some of the richest countries in the world, a quarter of Roma and Travellers in Western Europe cannot afford basic items such as heating or healthy food, and up to a fifth of their children go to bed hungry, reveal the results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) new survey. Rampant discrimination coupled with early school leaving also leads to lack of job opportunities and widespread poverty for many. As a result, the life expectancy of Roma and Travellers is 10 years below the expectancy of the general population. These findings should drive policy responses at EU and national level and support policymakers to work with Roma and Travellers to tackle exclusion and poverty.
The European Commission alongside the German Presidency of the Council of the EU will host a conference to promote the recently adopted EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020 – 2025).
The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues invited FRA’s Director to deliver a keynote speech during the opening of the UN’s European Regional Forum on hate speech, social media and minorities.
FRA’s Director will give a keynote speech at a conference on tackling gendered Islamophobia in Europe.
The ‘Children deprived of parental care found in an EU Member State other than their own’ guide is now available in twelve EU languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish
The Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child held a virtual plenary session on September 17.
FRA joined a panel discussion on 14 September on the collection and sharing of information and new technologies in counter-terrorism.
This video statement by FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty was recorded for the e-conference "70 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: challenges and prospects".
FRA will hold an online meeting with Human Rights Cities on 16 September to share information on current priorities and challenges.
On 14 September, FRA invites civil society organisations to a webinar about its recent report on civic space experiences in the EU.
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FRA joins a panel discussion on 16 September during the 7th edition of the European Association on Biometrics’ Research Projects Conference.
Although many steps have been taken in recent years to change LGBTI people’s lives for the better in the EU, there is still a long way to go, notes FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty in this video message to Athens Pride 2020.
In his latest vlog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty speaks about the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Roma community. Roma children are in danger of losing almost a whole year of schooling. It’s like losing a generation. It’s robbing children of the one place where they can have hope and dream the same dreams of every other child.
Michael O'Flaherty
Keynote speech delivered by FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty on 10 September at a German Presidency of the Council of the EU conference on ‘Working together to fight antisemitism in Europe: Structures and strategies for a holistic approach’. He addressed the panel that explored monitoring antisemitism and developing prevention measures.
FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty gave a keynote speech in Salzburg on 28 August on fundamental rights during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Most incidents of hatred against Jews go unreported. This, coupled with large data gaps, masks the true extent of antisemitism and hampers efforts to formulate effective responses, according to FRA’s latest annual overview.
FRA director will deliver a keynote speech on 10 September during an online conference tackling antisemitism.