FRA and Council of Europe discusses cooperation, Strasbourg - Main contents

Anton Bussemaker

A delegation of FRA’s Management team will meet the Council of Europe on 10 and 11 October in Strasbourg to discuss how to further strengthen cooperation.

The purpose of the visit is to exchange views on respective current and future priorities and in particular, how FRA data could be used by the Council of Europe’s monitoring procedures.

Discussion will focus on inequalities and discrimination, the human rights system (including national human rights institutions, human rights defenders, civic space), child rights, migration and asylum, fundamental rights aspects of rule of law, access to justice, victims of crime, artificial intelligence, the European Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS).

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:

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