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Racial and ethnic minorities face discrimination and its consequences on a daily basis. The exact scale of the problem is hard to gauge due to a lack of data and general under-reporting of racist incidents. The coronavirus pandemic has seen a major increase in reports of racist and xenophobic incidents, and the crisis it triggered has had a disproportionately large negative effect on racial and ethnic minority groups, in the form of higher death and infection rates. Although since 2000 the European ...

Depuis sa création en 2007, l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne a démontré sa capacité à produire des recherches de qualité et à fournir aux institutions et États membres de l’Union des conseils d’expert en matière de droits fondamentaux dans le cadre de l’application du droit de l’Union. Toutefois, le cadre réglementaire régissant l’activité de l’Agence n’est pas entièrement adapté et ne lui permet pas de remplir efficacement sa mission. Cette étude approfondie, commandée par ...

La population juive d’Europe a diminué au cours des dernières décennies, et de plus en plus d’actes antisémites et de violences à l’encontre de personnes juives ont eu lieu dans l’Union ces dernières années. Pour défendre ses valeurs, notamment le respect des minorités, l’Union européenne entreprend et finance des actions destinées à lutter contre l’antisémitisme. La présente note « en bref » constitue une version mise à jour de celle de janvier 2018

Entre 1933 et 1945, des millions d’Européens ont souffert des crimes nazis et de l’Holocauste. Les survivants qui sont encore en vie vivent souvent dans des conditions sociales difficiles.

The prohibition of discrimination and the protection of human rights are important elements of the EU legal order. Nevertheless, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons persists throughout the EU, taking various forms including verbal abuse and physical violence. Sexual orientation is now recognised in EU law as grounds of discrimination. However, the scope of these provisions is limited and does not cover social protection, healthcare, education and ...

This study specifically focuses on EU action and cooperation concerning equality and the fight against racism and xenophobia. Despite existing EU legislation and action it argues that there are still significant gaps and barriers to equal treatment and to adequate prevention and prosecution of, and compensation for, hate crimes within the European Union. The impact of the gaps and barriers identified – in action and cooperation – at EU level are assessed both in terms of economic impact and their ...

EU Fundamental Rights Agency

En bref 26-03-2018

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights is an independent body which contributes to ensuring full respect of fundamental rights in the EU in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Agency addresses various topics, including discrimination of minorities, hate crime, data protection, access to justice, gender-based violence and fundamental rights of asylum-seekers and migrants. This is an updated edition ...

The issue of sexual harassment has been given significant media attention recently. Vastly under-reported, the true extent and gravity of the problem is not completely known. The most comprehensive survey available on violence against women at EU level (published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights in 2014) also reveals women’s experiences with sexual harassment. The respondents were given a list of 11 possible acts of sexual harassment, six of which were defined as ‘most serious’. It was possible ...

As an EU citizen, you can freely move around the EU with your partner and/or children. The EU has clear rules on which national court has jurisdiction in international divorce and parental responsibility cases. The European Parliament supports amicable solutions through mediation in cross-border family disputes, including parental child abductions.

Le respect des droits fondamentaux dans l’Union

Fiches thématiques sur l’UE 01-04-2017

Au niveau de l’Union européenne, la base juridique relative aux droits fondamentaux a longtemps résidé essentiellement dans la référence faite par les traités à la convention européenne de sauvegarde des Droits de l’homme et des libertés fondamentales. La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a aussi grandement contribué, depuis longtemps, au respect des Droits de l’homme au sein de l’Union européenne. Depuis l’entrée en vigueur du Traité de Lisbonne, la charte des droits fondamentaux ...