While the Community had its roots in economic integration, fundamental rights and shared values have increasingly become a hallmark of the European Union, a point of reference both internally and externally. This has happened gradually over decades through legal texts, jurisprudence and active practice. Increasingly, citizens expect the Union to be a union of rights, and one that protects them. As dramatically shown by the events in Ukraine, this dimension is also present in the perception of the Union around the world, as well as being a central issue in EU enlargements (and candidacies for accession). Internally, the development of rights is also a dynamic at the heart of the political debate. Almost 22 years after the signature of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and 15 years after the creation of the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), this EPRS policy roundtable aims to take stock of the progress achieved so far and to explore the remaining challenges ahead.
Tuesday, 17 May 2022 | 12:30 - 14:00 hours CET
SPEAKERS:
Othmar KARAS, MEP, First Vice-President of the European Parliament
Michael O’FLAHERTY, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
Elise MUIR, Head of the Department for International and European Law, KU Leuven; Visiting Professor, College of Europe
Paul NEMITZ, Principal Adviser, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Sarah GANTY, FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Rights Centre, Ghent University; Co-President, Yale Law School’s European Law Association
David DE GROOT, Policy Analyst, Citizens' Policies Unit, EPRS
EPRS RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
Topical digest on Fundamental rights and
non-discrimination: [ Ссылка ]
David De Groot, The rights of LGBTI people
in the European Union: [ Ссылка ]729426_EN.pdf
Rosamund Shreeves, Beyond the pandemic: The potential of ambitious gender equality policy: [ Ссылка ]698939_EN.pdf
Blog on International Women’s Day 2022: Courage, resilience and the importance of gender-sensitive responses: [ Ссылка ]
