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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
National human rights systems and bodies

Swedish conference explores the pandemic’s impact on equality and human rights

FRA will join an event in Sweden that will look at the impact of the pandemic on equality and human rights, and ways forward.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
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Equality bodies explore cooperation with cities

FRA will present its new report on ‘Human Rights Cities in the EU: a framework for reinforcing rights locally’ at a conference on building equal cities.
Download report on human rights cities
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Diversity and inclusion training for human resource managers

FRA will present on 23 October the key findings of its Fundamental Rights Report 2021 during a workshop of the advanced training course on building diverse and inclusive workplaces in Europe.
Download the Fundamental Rights Report 2021
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention

Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights issues annual report

The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for 2020. FRA co-chairs the Forum together with UN Refugee Agency since 2020.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

How can philanthropy accelerate sustainable change?

FRA spoke during a panel on civil society and philanthropy for the next decade on 19 October, highlighting challenges to civil society space in Europe.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Fundamental Rights Report presented during multilateral diplomacy seminar

FRA presented on 23 October the key findings of its Fundamental Rights Report 2021 during a seminar on multilateral diplomacy in international organisations.
Download the Fundamental Rights Report 2021
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

FRA’s National Liaison Officers meet

On 13 October, FRA brought together the National Liaison Officers network.
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National human rights systems and bodies
Support for human rights systems and defenders

Establishing a National Human Rights Institution in Italy

FRA’s Director was in Italy for a series of meetings on 19-20 October to discuss setting up Italy’s National Human Rights Institution.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

FRA Fundamental Rights Report opinions now also in Macedonian and Serbian

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in fundamental rights protection, identifying achievements and areas of concern.
Download FRA opinions
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Children, youth and older people
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Towards meaningful child participation in decision making in Europe

On 21 October, FRA took part in the first high-level conference of a joint EU and Council of Europe project to strengthen child participation in Europe.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection

Data protection in policing

The FRA Director addressed the 7th EDEN conference on data protection in law enforcement in Rome on 18 October.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Michael O’Flaherty

AI and the law

FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty delivers a speech at the Vatican Artificial Intelligence Symposium on the Challenge of AI for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person. The symposium took place in Rome on 21 October 2021.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 – Highlights

Highlights from the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 – Michael O’Flaherty on the Forum as a roadmap for a vision of hope.
Visit the Fundamental Rights Forum website
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Asylum, migration and borders

Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights

The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights meeting will take place on 20 October.
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Support for human rights systems and defenders

FRA to meet French civil society organisations

Against the background of the upcoming French EU Presidency, FRA will exchange views with French civil society organisations that are part of its civil society network, the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) on 20 October.
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Hate crime
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Event explores evidence-based actions against racism and hate crime

FRA will present key findings from its report on encouraging hate crime reporting during an online hate crime conference.
Go to the hate crime report
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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders
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The Fundamental Rights Charter’s role in the work of Equality Bodies and NHRIs

FRA, in cooperation with Equinet and ENNHRI, will host a virtual seminar for legal experts of Equality Bodies and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across Europe.
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Roma
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Webinar addresses hate crime against Roma and Travellers

FRA will present results from its Roma and Traveller Survey and its hate crime work to a webinar organised by CEPOL, the EU’s law enforcement training agency.
Download the Roma and Travellers Survey report
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Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Legal migration and integration
Michael O’Flaherty

People on the move; Their rights – our future

To best address migration challenges, the EU needs long-term planning offering accessible legal pathways, and effective and innovative integration proposals instead of quick fix solutions, says FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty in his 'People on the move' speech.
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Asylum, migration and borders
Trafficking and labour exploitation

EU Agencies present first full overview of actions to detect and protect victims of human trafficking

The European Union agencies active in the field of justice and home affairs have presented the first full overview of actions to help victims of trafficking in human beings. The main operational activities are listed in a joint report of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN) published today at the occasion of EU Anti-Trafficking Day under the leadership of Eurojust. The report is a key building block of the EU Strategy on combatting trafficking in human beings and serves as a key reference document for national authorities engaged in tackling human trafficking.
Download the joint report