FRA Symposium on strengthening the fundamental rights architecture in the EU

Symposium on the institutional mechanisms to protect, promote and monitor fundamental rights in the EU

The fundamental rights architecture in the European Union has developed over time and continuous to evolve. Regular health checks on the situation are always needed, especially when great change is taking place.

On 7 May 2010, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will release four reports:

•    a survey on rights awareness that in part relates to equality bodies (based on EU-MIDIS data),
•    a report on data protection authorities,
•    a report on national human rights institutions and
•    a report on the impact of the Racial Equality Directive.

These reports are concerned with four sets of highly related issues that all contribute to the overarching architecture for fundamental rights: equality bodies, data protection authorities and national human rights institutions.

The Agency is inviting representatives from EU institutions, equality bodies, data protection authorities and national human rights institutions to a symposium to discuss the findings of these reports.

Download the invitation and draft agenda (pdf, 56,8 Kb).