To ensure that the EU meets its objectives for a digital transformation in line with EU values, member states last Thrusday agreed on a negotiating mandate for the 2030 policy programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’. This text aims to strengthen the EU’s digital leadership by promoting inclusive and sustainable digital policies that serve citizens and businesses. […]
EU-FRA Internships
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) offers paid internships for a period of ten months starting on 1st October 2022. The Internships scheme aims at providing trainees with work experience in the administration of co-operation in the field of fundamental rights at the European level in order to gain an insight into FRA’s objectives and activities, and […]
Europeans worry about online banking fraud, data misuse and terrorist attacks
Most Europeans are worried about their data and bank details being misused by criminals and fraudsters. Two in five Europeans have been harassed face-to-face and every fifth is very worried of experiencing a terrorist attack. These findings come from the Fundamental Rights Survey, carried out by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the […]
The European Citizen’s Prize
The European Parliament awards the European Citizen’s Prize each year for outstanding achievements in the following fields: Projects for the promotion of better mutual understanding and integration between citizens of the Member States or for cross-border or transnational cooperation within the European Union Projects involving long-term cross-border or transnational cultural cooperation contributing to the strengthening […]
Celebrating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Conference on the Rights of the Child will take part in the Parliament on 20 November The European Parliament is organising a conference on 20 November to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The conference focuses on progress over the past three decades and reflects on the […]
Arrests for exploitation of female victims for prostitution
The Dutch, Romanian and Belgian authorities, with the assistance of Eurojust, arrested two Romanian nationals, who are suspected of trafficking in human beings, people smuggling, money laundering and other crimes. The suspects exploited and partially forced into prostitution a group of approximately 10 women from Romania and the Republic of Moldova in the Netherlands, taking […]
“Reclaiming your Rights” 2019 Photo Competition
The European Disability Forum is inviting all EU/EAA citizens or residents from all ages to join the competition and capture in one image what access to justice (or lack thereof) looks like to people with disabilities. Who can participate The competition is open to EU/EAA citizens or residents from all ages and there is no entry […]
European Commission reports on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, 10 years on
The Commission has published its annual report on how the EU institutions and Member States have been applying the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Charter. On this occasion, the Commission is also releasing a Eurobarometer survey on citizens’ awareness of the Charter. Thanks to the Charter, a culture of fundamental rights […]
Call for proposals on judicial training covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights
The objective is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law and fundamental rights, judicial ethics and the rule of law, by helping to address the training needs of justice professionals in these fields. It also targets the specific training needs of court staff […]