Media content and political discourse in EU Member States, whet her online or offline, show incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence on different grounds, as evidence collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveals. The growing reliance on the internet as the...

A free and pluralist media is vital to the democratic functioning of the European Union (EU) and its Member States. However, journalists and other media actors in the EU face various challenges, including violence, threats and other forms of pressure, both direct and indirect. This FRA...

The Fundamental Rights Forum 2016, convened and facilitated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, met in Vienna from 20-23 June 2016. Entitled Rights, Respect, Reality: the Europe of values in today's world, it addressed the European Union's pressing fundamental rights challenges. It also...

Equality is one of the five values on which the European Union (EU) is founded; yet women here face inequalities in many respects. Extreme poverty, exclusion and discrimination burden Roma women even further. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) researched the situation of Roma...

Protecting the human rights of individuals subject to criminal proceedings is an essential element of the rule of law. Persons who are suspected or accused of crimes in countries other than their own are particularly vulnerable, making appropriate procedural safeguards especially crucial. The...

EU Member States have largely implemented, and started applying, three instruments on transferring prison sentences, probation measures and alternative sanctions, as well as pre-trial supervision measures, to other Member States. This report provides an overview of their first experiences with...

The Fundamental Rights Forum 2016, convened and facilitated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, met in Vienna from 20-23 June 2016. Entitled 'Rights, respect, reality: the Europe of values in today's world', it addressed the European Union's pressing fundamental rights challenges. It also...

The Fundamental Rights Forum 2016, convened and facilitated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, met in Vienna from 20-23 June 2016. Entitled 'Rights, respect, reality: the Europe of values in today's world', it addressed the European Union's pressing fundamental rights challenges. It also...

This consolidated annual activity report provides an overview of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) activities and achievements in 2015. It follows the guidelines of the EU Agencies Performance Development Network.

This consolidated annual activity report provides an overview of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) activities and achievements in 2015. It follows the guidelines of the EU Agencies Performance Development Network.