EESC: Annual Conference on Fundamental rights and the Rule of Law: Five years of civil society perspectives
06/11/2024 This page is also available in: FR EESC, VMA22 and online, Rue Belliard 99,...
Main results of the EU Justice Council, updated 14 June 2024
The Belgian EU presidency informed ministers about one of its political priorities, the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime,…
First global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: EU Council gives final green light (updated)
The flagship legislation follows a ‘risk-based’ approach, which means the higher the risk to cause harm to society, the stricter the rules. It is…
EESC: Annual Conference on Fundamental rights and the Rule of Law: Civil Society’s Take on the 2023 Rule of Law Report
The EESC FRRL Group's annual conference will provide a platform for debate of the European Commission's fourth Report on the…
EESC: A thriving civic space for upholding fundamental rights in the EU: looking forward
Seminar on empowering civil society This page is also available in French 07/06/2023 EESC, Rue...
Democracy, fundamental rights and the Swedish model – EESC
Conference of the Workers’ Group This page is also available in fr 11/05/2023 12/05/2023 Citykonferensen, Malmskillnadsgatan...
Civil society support and funding in the areas of fundamental rights, rule of law, and democracy
This page is also available in: fr 04/04/2023 EESC, Rue Belliard 99, 1040 Brussels Belgium...
Azerbaijan: EEAS Spokesperson on the new law on political parties
Brussels, 22 March 2023 The European Union is concerned about the restrictions introduced by the...
Fundamental rights: EU Council approves conclusions on the role of the civic space
Brussels, 10 March 2023 The Council today approved conclusions on the role of civic space...
EU enlargement and stabilisation: EU Council conclusions
Brussels, 13 December 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on enlargement and stabilisation and association...
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Annual report emphasizes the need to increase support
Brussels, 6 December 2022 The Commission has today published its annual report on the application of the...
Spyware: MEPs discuss societal impact with experts
Brussels, 24 October 2022 This week, the Inquiry Committee on Pegasus and equivalent spyware will...
Involvement of Frontex in refugee pushbacks – EU Commission answer
Brussels, 2 August 2022 See question(s) : E-001639/2022 EN E-001639/2022 Answer given by Ms Johansson on...
EU report: Ukraine has taken important steps in the implementation of reforms
Brussels, 26 July 2022 Ahead of the EU-Ukraine Association Council planned to take place on 5 September,...
EP Hearing on police ethics: fundamental rights in law enforcement
Brussels, 11 May 2022 On Thursday, MEPs and stakeholders will debate the police’s role in...
Main results: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 3-4 March 2022
Justice (Friday 4 March) Electronic evidence Ministers took stock of the state of play of...
MEPs debate the situation of migrants at the Poland-Belarus border
On Monday 7 February, MEPs will discuss with the Polish Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights...
Data protection: EU Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-817/19 – Ligue des droits humains
Luxemburg, 27 January 2022 Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-817/19 Ligue des droits humains According...
EU faces challenges of protecting fundamental rights in the digital age
Brussels, 10 December 2021 Today, the European Commission released its annual report on the application...
EMMA and ENPA warn of fundamental rights’ infringements by EU e-Evidence proposal
Thursday, October 21, 2021 EMMA and ENPA have worked with 12 other associations to produce...
EP Working Document: Report on the fact-finding investigation on Frontex concerning alleged fundamental rights violations
WORKING DOCUMENT on Report on the fact-finding investigation on Frontex concerning alleged fundamental rights violations...
EP WORKING DOCUMENT on Report on the fact-finding investigation on Frontex concerning alleged fundamental rights violations
WORKING DOCUMENT on Report on the fact-finding investigation on Frontex concerning alleged fundamental rights violations...
Results of the virtual EU Council conference on artificial intelligence, ethics, and fundamental rights
JULY 20, 2021, 9:00 PM The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia hosted...
Violation of LGBTIQ fundamental rights: EU takes legal action against Hungary and Poland
Brussels, 15 July 2021 “Europe will never allow parts of our society to be stigmatised:...
Fundamental rights: EU Council approves approach on the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)
The Council today approved a general approach on the regulation amending the regulation establishing the...
MEPs call for an ethical framework to ensure artificial intelligence respects EU values
AI technology must be trained using unbiased data sets to prevent discrimination Ethical framework needed...
MEPs hold first debate on proposed rulebook for Artificial Intelligence with Commissioners
The Legal Affairs Committee discussed the new legislative proposals on AI aimed at fostering trust,...
EU Commissioner Breton on democratic scrutiny of social media and upholding fundamental rights – Answer to a written question
Answer to a written question – Democratic scrutiny of social media and upholding fundamental rights –...
Fundamental Rights Agency: Consumer fraud affects 1 in 4 Europeans
Every year across Europe, millions of Europeans are victims of consumer fraud. They are cheated...
Portuguese EU Council Presidency: Fundamental rights, electronic communications and the fight against illegal content
Informal video conference of Justice Ministers 10 Mar · 19h40 The Portuguese Minister of Justice,...