This page provides information on FRA cooperation with:

• United Nations
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• Other International Organisations

United Nations

The Agency cooperates with a wide range of UN bodies. For instance, it compiles targeted findings from EU Member States and submits them to the UN human rights treaty bodies and special procedures. It also feeds the UN’s Universal Periodic Review process.

FRA regularly meets with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Focusing FRA’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set global development targets for the period 2015–2030. They replace the Millennium Development Goals, which covered 2000 to 2015. Coordinated by the UN, the 17 SDGs set the framework for much of the world’s development and multilateral cooperation. The table below provides an overview of the SDGs, linking them to the most relevant Articles in the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter. It also gives examples of recent FRA projects.

Recent FRA projects related to Sustainable Development Goals

Goal		EU Charter Article	Examples of FRA projects and deliverables
	1. No poverty	Art. 34 - Social security and social assistance (+ Arts 1, Arts 24-26)	Roma women in nine EU Member States Combatting child poverty: an issue of fundamental rights
	2. Zero hunger		Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – impact on Roma and Travellers - Bulletin 5
	3. Good health and well-being	Art. 35 - Health care	Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications - Bulletin 6 Migration: Fundamental rights issues at land borders
	4. Quality education	Art. 14 - Right to education	Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – impact on Roma and Travellers - Bulletin 5 Integration of young refugees in the EU: good practices and challenges Transition from education to employment of young Roma in nine EU Member States
	5. Gender equality	Art. 23 - Equality between women and men	Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Migrant women - selected findings Violence against women – large scale survey (also relevant for SDG 16) Challenges to women’s human rights in the EU
	6. Clean water and sanitation	Art. 37 - Environmental protection	Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – impact on Roma and Travellers - Bulletin 5
	7. Affordable and clean energy	Art. 36 - Access to services of general economic interest	Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – impact on Roma and Travellers - Bulletin 5
	8. Decent work and economic growth	Art. 15 - Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work (+ Arts. 27-32)	Business-related human rights abuse reported in the EU and available remedies Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications - Bulletin 6
	9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure	Art. 16 - Freedom to conduct a business	Business and human rights – access to remedy Freedom to conduct a business: exploring the dimensions of a fundamental right
	10. Reduced inequalities	Art. 21 - Non-discrimination (+ Arts 1, 14, 20, 23, 24-26, 31, 34-35)	Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights A long way to go for LGBTI equality Being Black in the EU - Summary Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Migrant women - selected findings Data quality and artificial intelligence – mitigating bias and error to protect fundamental rights What do fundamental rights mean for people in the EU? Summary - Fundamental Rights Survey
	11. Sustainable cities and communities	Art. 37 - Environmental protection	Current migration situation in the EU: Impact on local communities (update) Working with Roma: Participation and empowerment of local communities - Summary
	12. Responsible consumption and production	Art. 38 - Consumer protection	Your rights matter: Security concerns and experiences
	13. Climate action	Art. 37 - Environmental protection	Business and human rights – access to remedy
	14. Life below water
	15. Life on land
	16. Peace, justice and strong institutions	Art. 21 – Non-discrimination (+ Arts 1–6 and 20, 22, 23) Art. 47 - Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial (+ Arts. 48-50)	Strong and effective national human rights institutions – challenges, promising practices and opportunities The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on its 10th anniversary: views of civil society and national human rights institutions Your rights matter: Security concerns and experiences
	17. Partnerships for the goals	Not applicable	Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: a matter of human and fundamental rights - Fundamental Rights Report 2019 (focus on goals 10 and 16)

Tools linking SDGs to human rights instruments:

• The Danish Institute for human rights has a detailed tool linking SDGs with international human rights instruments
• Overviews of the respective organisations links to the SDG compiled by the Council of Europe
• EU and the Sustainable Development Goals
• 'SDGs & me' -  an interactive Eurostat⁩ tool for exploring EU SDG indicators and comparing country data

States and civil society, but also entities such as corporations, contribute to delivering on the SDGs. Efforts at the start of the 2015–2030 period focus on populating the 230 indicators with data, organised under 169 targets and the 17 SDGs. FRA is contributing to this by working with Eurostat to populate indicators at the EU level and by contributing to methodological consultations at the UN level.

The UN is commemorating the 70 year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 2018 with the year-long campaign Stand up for human rights.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

FRA closely cooperates with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), especially its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). This comprises joint activities in EU Member States.

Examples of this cooperation include:

Combating hate crime

FRA and ODIHR work together to help states record and collect hate crime data. They jointly organize national workshops providing technical assistance to national law enforcement and criminal justice authorities. This initiative followed the launch of ODIHR’s Practical Guide on Hate Crime Data Collection and Monitoring in 2014. ODIHR also takes part in the Subgroup on methodologies for recording data on hate crime, which FRA coordinates.

Uncovering the extent of violence against women

FRA’s survey on violence against women became a source of reliable and comparable data on the extent, nature and consequences of violence women in EU Member States. The Gender Section of the OSCE Secretariat launched a similar survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women based on FRA’s survey. It covers a number of non-EU countries in South East Europe, Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. FRA has provided technical advice throughout the OSCE survey - the first results are expected in 2019.

Promoting political participation of people with disabilities

FRA is part of the ODIHR group of experts on participation of people with disabilities in political and public life. This group advises ODIHR on disability-related issues and relevant developments in different OSCE participating States. The group first met in Skopje on 22 June 2017.

FRA also cooperates closely with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).

Other International Organisations

In addition, the Agency cooperates with other international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and other entities with an international character, in particular the EEA and Norway Grants.