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Equality

Līdztiesība, nediskriminācija un rasisms

<p>Equality is a core value of the EU. You have the right to fair treatment regardless of who you are, what you believe, or how you chose to live.</p>
<p>We carry out research and share expertise to help fight discrimination, inequality and racism in all its forms.</p>

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

  • Data explorer
    06 May 2020

    LGBTI Survey Data Explorer

    A total of 139,799 persons aged 15 years or older who describe themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex (LGBTI) completed the online EU-LGBTI II Survey in all EU Member States and the candidate countries of North Macedonia and Serbia.
  • Diversity equality inclusion on notes
    Opinion
    30
    April
    2021

    Equality in the EU 20 years on from the initial implementation of the equality directives

    This opinion illustrates the extent and nature of lived experiences of inequality and discrimination across the EU. It does so with reference to the grounds of discrimination and areas of life covered by the racial and employment equality directives, as well as in relation to the grounds and areas covered by the proposed Equal Treatment Directive.
    Download the summary in English and French
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    28
    November
    2018

    Being Black in the EU

    Almost twenty years after adoption of EU laws forbidding discrimination, people of African descent in the EU face widespread and entrenched prejudice and exclusion. This report outlines selected results from FRA's second large-scale EU-wide survey on migrants and minorities (EU-MIDIS II). It examines the experiences of almost 6,000 people of African descent in 12 EU Member States.
    Summary available in 9 languages
    Explore the data
    Read the press release
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    6
    December
    2017

    Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Main results

    Seventeen years after adoption of EU laws that forbid discrimination, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life – most often when seeking employment. For many, discrimination is a recurring experience. This is just one of the findings of FRA’s second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II), which collected information from over 25,500 respondents with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States.
    Read press release
    Explore the data
    Watch findings video
Produkti
Leaflet / Flyer
Children, youth and older people
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
29
September
2014

Child-friendly justice: Key terms

This document provides clear explanations for children of the key terms used in the child-friendly justice project. It explains what rights are and how these rights should be protected during legal proceedings.
Report / Paper / Summary
Legal migration and integration
Asylum, migration and borders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
12
September
2019

Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Migrant women - selected findings

FRA’s second EU Minorities and Discrimination survey (EU-MIDIS II) collected information from over 25,000 respondents with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States. The main findings from the survey, published in 2017, pointed to a number of differences in the way women and men with immigrant backgrounds across the European Union (EU) experience how their rights are respected. This report summarises some of the most relevant survey findings in this regard, which show the need for targeted, gender-sensitive measures that promote the integration of – specifically – women who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants.
Report / Paper / Summary
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
4
July
2019

Young Jewish Europeans: perceptions and experiences of antisemitism

Based on FRA’s second large-scale survey on experiences and perceptions of antisemitism, this report focuses
on the perspectives of young Jewish Europeans (aged 16-34) living in twelve EU Member States. It first
describes this particular group and takes a look at defining antisemitism and understanding the place of Israel
in it.
Read press release
Infographic
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Inter-governmental human rights systems

Putting the UN’s Disability Convention into practice

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ten years after the UN’s Disability Convention entered into force, 2018 saw it continue
to drive advances in disability rights across the EU.
Infographic
Children, youth and older people
Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Ongoing challenges to advancing child rights

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Not all children benefit equally from efforts to guarantee child rights.
Some groups face particular difficulties.
Infographic
Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

The plight of Roma sees little change

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Anti-Gypsyism across the EU remains a persistent barrier to improving the social and
economic situation of Roma today.
Infographic
Racial and ethnic origin
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Widespread racism continues to plague Europe

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ethnic minorities and migrants continue to face harassment and discrimination across the EU,
despite longstanding EU laws against racism.
Infographic
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Challenges for progress towards equality

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Efforts to advance equality moved ahead in some areas but remain stalled in others.
Report / Paper / Summary
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime
18
June
2019

Second survey on discrimination and hate crime against Jews in EU Member States - Technical report

This technical report presents in detail all the stages
of the survey and the relevant information needed to
assess the quality and reliability of the data, as well
as considerations for interpreting the survey results.
The following chapters of the report cover the procedures
used in the development and administration
of the survey.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Bērnu aizsardzība
Patvērums, migrācija un robežas
Līdztiesība, nediskriminācija un rasisms
Bērni, jaunieši un gados vecāki cilvēki
Tiesiskums, cietušo tiesības un tiesu iestāžu sadarbība
13
June
2019
New language versions: ES, HU, IT, NL, PL
15 September 2020

Bērni, kas palikuši bez vecāku gādības un atrodas ES dalībvalstī, kura nav viņu mītnes valsts

Rokasgrāmatas “Bērni, kas palikuši bez vecāku gādības un atrodas ES dalībvalstī, kura nav viņu
mītnes valsts” mērķis ir stiprināt visu attiecīgo bērnu aizsardzības dalībnieku reakciju. Šo meiteņu
un zēnu aizsardzība ir īpaši svarīga, un tas ir ES dalībvalstu pienākums, kas izriet no starptautiskā
un Eiropas tiesiskā regulējuma. Rokasgrāmatā galvenā uzmanība pievērsta cilvēku tirdzniecības
upuriem un riskam pakļautajiem bērniem, īstenojot 2017. gada paziņojumā paredzēto darbību, ar ko
pastiprina ES rīcību pret cilvēku tirdzniecību, un tajā ņemti vērā konstatētie modeļi, tostarp attiecībā
uz nozieguma dzimumu specifiku.
Report / Paper / Summary
Unlawful profiling
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
11
June
2019

Data quality and artificial intelligence – mitigating bias and error to protect fundamental rights

Algorithms used in machine learning systems and artificial intelligence (AI) can only be as good as the data used for their development. High quality data are essential for high quality algorithms. Yet, the call for high quality data in discussions around AI often remains without any further specifications and guidance as to what this actually means.
Fundamental Rights Report
Bērni, jaunieši un gados vecāki cilvēki
Patvērums, migrācija un robežas
Datu aizsardzība, privātums un jaunās tehnoloģijas
Līdztiesība, nediskriminācija un rasisms
Tiesiskums, cietušo tiesības un tiesu iestāžu sadarbība
Atbalsts cilvēktiesību sistēmām un aizstāvjiem
6
June
2019

2019. gada ziņojums par pamattiesībām - FRA atzinumi

Pamattiesību aizsardzības jomā 2018. gadā bija vērojami gan sasniegumi, gan neveiksmes. FRA 2019. gada ziņojumā par pamattiesībām ir aplūkoti galvenie jaunumi pamattiesību jomā, nosakot gan sasniegumus, gan jomas, kas aizvien rada bažas. Šajā publikācijā sniegti FRA atzinumi par galvenajiem jaunumiem attiecīgajās tematiskajās jomās un šos atzinumus pamatojošs pierādījumu apkopojums.
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people

Video Blog by Michael O'Flaherty: Ageism

In the latest edition of his video blog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty talks about discrimination on the basis of age in the EU and calls for more respect for Human- and Fundamental Rights of older people.
Report / Paper / Summary
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma
5
April
2019

Roma women in nine EU Member States

Despite efforts by the European Union (EU) and its Member States to reduce gender inequalities among citizens of Roma
origin, important gender differences persist. Drawing on FRA’s own EU-MIDIS II survey research in nine EU Member States this report highlights the position of Roma women in education, employment and health,
as well as the extent to which they experience hate-motivated discrimination, harassment and physical violence.
Report / Paper / Summary
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
16
January
2008

Antisemitism Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2007 (updated version January 2008)

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights presents in this paper the fourth brief update of its 2004 extensive report "Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union". The overview contains the latest governmental and non-governmental statistical data covering 2001 to 2007 for those EU Member States that have official or unofficial data and statistics on anti-Semitic incidents.
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Religion and belief
Security
Hate crime

Video Blog by Michael O'Flaherty: Hate crime against Muslims

In the light of the events in New Zealand, Michael O'Flaherty talks about discrimination and hate crime against Muslims in the EU and makes 4 proposals on how to make Muslims feel more safe.
Page
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

Compendium of Practices on Equality Data

The Compendium of Practices on Equality Data is the product of the Subgroup on Equality Data, which was set up in February 2018 by the EU High Level Group on Non-Discrimination, Diversity and Equality and is facilitated by FRA. The Subgroup on Equality Data brings together representatives of EU Member States and Norway, the European Commission, Eurostat and FRA with the aim to support Member States in their efforts to improve the collection and use of equality data.
Report / Paper / Summary
Naida noziegumi
Līdztiesība, nediskriminācija un rasisms
Rases un etniskā piederība
Reliģija un pārliecība
Drošība
8
March
2019

Antisemītisma pieredze un uztvere - Otrais pētījums par diskrimināciju un naida noziegumiem pret ebrejiem Eiropas Savienībā - Kopsavilkums

Šajā ziņojumā ir izklāstīti galvenie konstatējumi, kas sniegti FRA otrajā pētījumā par ebreju
izcelsmes cilvēku pieredzi attiecībā uz naida noziegumiem, diskrimināciju un antisemītismu
Eiropas Savienībā — lielākajā no pasaulē jebkad veiktajiem pētījumiem par ebreju
izcelsmes cilvēkiem.
Video
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Asylum, migration and borders
Hate crime

Video Blog by Michael O'Flaherty: Looking ahead to 2019

Michael O'Flaherty focuses on the challenges and projects coming up in 2019.
Page
Religion and belief
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Security

Database 2012-2017 on anti-Muslim hatred

The Database 2012-2020 on anti-Muslim hatred provides information on significant international, European and national case law and rulings, UN human rights body decisions, reports, findings by human rights and equality bodies and organisations relating to hate crime, hate speech and discrimination against Muslims, as well as relevant research, reports, studies, data and statistics on these issues. It also provides information on victims' support organisations in the EU Member States.
Access database on anti-Muslim hatred