Climate change affects the daily lives of everyone in the EU and has significant environmental, economic, social and health impacts. To tackle this, the European Green Deal was adopted in 2019. This report examines the Green Deal from a fundamental rights perspective, with the aim of protecting the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment for all. It highlights the lack of fundamental rights in EU climate policy and the need to incorporate these rights into future legislation. It also considers how applying a human-rights-based approach to climate policy could support a fair and inclusive transition.
Ahead of the EU elections, this report explores the political participation of people with disabilities. Although some Member States removed restrictions on the right to vote and to stand for elections, barriers still exist. This report is an update of new developments following FRA’s last report published in 2014. It sets out ways forward to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunities, in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Europe’s ageing population is ever-increasing, and our societies are becoming more digitalised. Many public services are now available online, with many more services in the process of being digitalised. But the digitalisation of public services poses a risk of exclusion for older persons. In this new report, FRA explores the impact of digitalisation on the fundamental rights of older persons. The report maps the current legislation, policies and practices fostering digital inclusion. It provides an overview of the laws at the national level that provide for equal access to public services, both online and offline. The findings show how Member States safeguard older person’s rights to access services undergoing digitalisation. It outlines how Member States can support digital skills and ensure older people can fully participate in public life.
FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in the field in 2020, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions. This year’s focus chapter explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights. The remaining chapters cover: the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; information society, privacy and data protection; rights of the child; access to justice; and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are a vital part of the country-level human rights protection system. This report, published 10 years after FRA’s first in-depth study on NHRIs, looks at such bodies in the EU, as well as the Republic of North Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It explores relevant developments, challenges to their effectiveness and ways to maximise their impact.
As we enter the second half of 2020, the constraints on our daily lives
brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic have become a firm reality.
New local lockdowns and the reintroduction of restrictive measures
prompted by fresh outbreaks of the virus are a stark reminder that
COVID-19 continues to shape our lives – and our enjoyment of fundamental
rights – in profound ways. There is compelling evidence of how the
pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges in our societies. This FRA
Bulletin outlines some of the measures EU Member States adopted to
safely reopen their societies and economies while continuing to mitigate
the spread of COVID-19. It highlights the impact these measures may have
on civil, political and socioeconomic rights.
The Coronavirus pandemic continues to interrupt everyday life in the EU
in unprecedented ways. But the way it affects our societies is shifting.
As governments gradually lift some of the measures put in place to
contain the spread of COVID-19, new fundamental rights concerns arise:
how to ensure that the rights to life and health are upheld as daily life
transitions to a ‘new normal’. This Bulletin looks at declarations of states of
emergency, or equivalent, and how they came under scrutiny. It considers
the impact on fundamental rights in important areas of daily life, and
includes a thematic focus on the pandemic's impact on older people
The Coronavirus pandemic continues to interrupt everyday life in the EU
in unprecedented ways. But the way it affects our societies is shifting. As
governments gradually lift some of the measures put in place to contain the
spread of COVID-19, new fundamental rights concerns arise: how to ensure that
the rights to life and health are upheld as daily life transitions to a ‘new normal’.
This Bulletin looks at declarations of states of emergency, or equivalent, and
how they came under scrutiny. It considers the impact on fundamental rights in
important areas of daily life, and includes a thematic focus on the processing of
users’ data to help contain COVID-19, particularly by contact-tracing apps. It covers the period 21 March – 30 April 2020.
The right to vote is at the heart of what it means
to live in a democratic society. However, legislation
sets out a number of restrictions on this right. With a view to the European Parliament elections in
2019, this paper presents developments in the situation
of the right to vote for people deprived of legal
capacity in the EU.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly, to people with disabilities themselves.
Die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
(FRA) will zu einer wirksameren Deinstitutionalisierung
beitragen, indem sie konkrete Belege dafür
sammelt, was vor Ort funktioniert und was nicht.
Zu diesem Zweck führte die Agentur in fünf EU-Mitgliedstaaten
(Bulgarien, Finnland, Irland, Italien und
der Slowakei) eine umfangreiche Feldforschung in
verschiedenen Phasen der Deinstitutionalisierung
durch.
In diesem Bericht sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse
dieser Feldforschung und die Stellungnahmen der
FRA diesbezüglich zusammengefasst.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
(FRA) wanted to contribute to making steps to implement
deinstitutionalisation more effective, by capturing
concrete evidence of what is and what is
not working on the ground. To do this, the agency
conducted extensive fieldwork research in five EU
Member States at different stages of the deinstitutionalisation
process.
This summary report presents the key findings of
that fieldwork and the FRA opinions stemming from
them.
L’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union
européenne
(FRA) a souhaité contribuer à une mise
en oeuvre plus efficace de la désinstitutionnalisation,
en rassemblant des preuves concrètes de ce
qui fonctionne ou non sur le terrain. À cette fin,
l’Agence a mené des recherches approfondies sur
le terrain dans cinq États membres de l’UE (Bulgarie,
Finlande, Irlande, Italie et Slovaquie) à différents
stades du processus de désinstitutionnalisation.
Le présent résumé fournit les principaux résultats de
ces recherches menées sur le terrain ainsi que les
avis de la FRA qui en découlent.
BRK ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, Menschen
mit Behinderungen eine unabhängige Lebensführung
zu ermöglichen. Dies setzt einen sinnvollen und nachhaltigen
Übergang von institutionellen zu gemeindenahen
Wohnformen voraus. In der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung
werden die Ergebnisse aus drei Berichten
der FRA zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Deinstitutionalisierung
zusammengefasst.
EU Member States, and the EU itself have ratified
the CRPD, committing themselves to achieving independent
living for persons with disabilities. Doing so
requires a meaningful and sustainable shift from institutional
to community-based living arrangements. This
publication summarises the findings from the three
FRA reports focusing on different aspects of deinstitutionalisation.
Les États membres de l’Union européenne et l’Union
elle-même ont ratifié la CDPH, s’engageant à permettre
aux personnes handicapées de vivre de façon
autonome. Pour ce faire, ils doivent opérer un transfert
sérieux et durable des modalités de résidence en
institution aux modalités de résidence de proximité.
La présente publication résume les conclusions des
trois rapports de la FRA se penchant sur différents
aspects de la désinstitutionnalisation.
This report looks at what the EU and the 28 countries have agreed to do to move people with disabilities from living in institutions to living in their local community with support.