FRA contributes to efforts to strengthen Greek guardianship system

Date of article: 14/07/2016

Daily News of: 18/07/2016

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14/07/2016
On 5-6 July, FRA attended a two day workshop in Athens on how to strengthen guardianship systems in Greece. Organised in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity and Ministry of Justice, FRA drew on its Guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in the European Union to provide insight into the key features required within a guardianship system, with a particular focus on unaccompanied children.
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Symposium examines data protection and privacy in Europe

Date of article: 14/07/2016

Daily News of: 18/07/2016

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14/07/2016
FRA presented its report “Surveillance by intelligence services: fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU” at the symposium Rethinking Data Protection and Privacy in Europe on 6 July in Brussels.
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Collecting data for Sustainable Development Goal indicators

Date of article: 14/07/2016

Daily News of: 18/07/2016

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14/07/2016
On 6 July, FRA took part in a working group in Paris examining the collection of data for a particular Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator, 16.b.1, an indicator for SDG 16.b - “Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development”.
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Roundtable event looks at combating LGBTI hate crime

Date of article: 14/07/2016

Daily News of: 18/07/2016

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14/07/2016
FRA provided input from its Compendium of good practices for tackling Hate Crime to a roundtable event on 1 July in Budapest on combating LGBTI hate cime. The event was organised by the UNI-FORM project that gathers participants from 10 EU Member States (Portugal, Spain, UK, Ireland, Malta, Belgium, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).
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Training on tackling hate crime for law enforcement officers

Date of article: 14/07/2016

Daily News of: 18/07/2016

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14/07/2016
FRA provided training on how to combat hate crime to 47 law enforcement officers in the framework of a European Police College training course from 4 to 5 July in Zagreb. The overall aim was to provide law enforcement officials with up-to-date information in identifying hate crime, including hate speech, and in taking appropriate actions to investigate these crimes.
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