European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Update on activities Eurostat – March 2016 Dr. Joanna Goodey Head of Freedoms & Justice Department

FRA’s Mandate – data collection To provide assistance and expertise on fundamental rights issues to the EU Institutions and the Member States, when they implement European Union law To collect, record, analyse and disseminate relevant, objective, reliable and comparable information and data on fundamental rights issues in the EU

FRA’s areas of work 2013-2017 Access to justice Victims of crime Information society, privacy & data protection Roma integration Judicial cooperation Rights of the child Discrimination based on different grounds; including: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation . . . Immigration & integration, visa & border control, asylum Racism, xenophobia and related intolerance

FRA Surveys – some examples Violence Against Women Survey (EU28) to be replicated in 10 non-EU Member States, with funding from the EU EU-MIDIS II Survey (EU28) (on ethnic minorities & immigrants) fieldwork nearly completed – includes questions on criminal victimisation, reporting to police Fundamental Rights Survey (EU28) (on general population) to be in the field in 2017 – includes questions on criminal victimisation, reporting to the police

FRA Working Parties – some examples Working Party on Hate Crime Data Collection to improve reporting and recording of hate crime All MSs covered, with representation from police, prosecution etc. Commission and OSCE/ODIHR involved Victims’ Directive FRA (together with Commission) set up a working group with selected MSs to look at transposition of the Victims’ Directive in the run up to the Nov 2015 deadline (operated under the Chatham House Rule). Data collection component

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