FRA joins fact-finding workshop on children with disabilities, Riga

Riga
date September 23, 2019 - September 24, 2019
city Riga, Latvia
organisation European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) i

From 23 to 24 September, FRA will take part in a fact-finding workshop in Riga on children with disabilities.

The workshop is being organised by the European Commission. It is the first in a series of discussions feeding in to the Feasibility Study for a Child Guarantee commissioned by the European Commission.

At the meeting, FRA will present the findings of its report From institutions to community living: perspectives from the ground, highlighting the drivers and barriers of successful deinstitutoinalisation.


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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides independent, evidence-based advice to EU and national decision makers, thereby helping to make debates, policies and legislation on fundamental rights better informed and targeted.

What it does

FRA advises EU institutions and national governments on fundamental rights, particularly in the areas of:

  • discrimination
  • access to justice
  • racism & xenophobia
  • data protection
  • victims’ rights
  • children's rights.

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