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Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU- Fundamental Rights Implications: Bulletin #4
July 30, 2020 - The Fourth Bulletin of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) examines how the EU Member States addressed the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2020, having special regard to the fundamental rights implications...

New VUB Press Release on Developing New Tool to Tackle Modern Slavery
July 27, 2020 - The VUB press release has just published a new item on the findings of the doctoral research of FRC member, dr. Amy Weatherburn . "As labour exploitation is a systemic problem in a globalised market...

Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU- Fundamental Rights Implications: A Focus on Elderly People
July 1, 2020 - The Third Bulletin of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) analyses how the EU Member States address ed the Covid-19 pandemic between 1 May – 31 May 2020 . In particular, this edition focuses on the...

Guest Lecture during the IES Summer School on EU Policy Making
June 25, 2020 - On 7 July, FRC member, Sibel Top , will give a class on Justice and Home Affairs in the EU at the IES summer school on EU Policy-Making .

Renewal of the Research Foundation, Flanders fellowship (FWO)
June 25, 2020 - The Research Foundation, Flanders fellowship (FWO) has been renewed to FRC member, Sibel Top . Accordingly, she will work for 2 more years on her PhD project entitled "Definitional difficulties with...

FRC Member Presents at the First International Workshop on Gender Based Approach to the Law and Juris Dictio in Europe
June 17, 2020 - On 19 June 2020, Carlotta Rigotti will present her paper Prostitution Laws across the European Union: To Go beyond the Existing Dichotomy, at the First International Workshop on Gender Based Approach...

Fundamental Rights Report - 2020
June 11, 2020 - On 10 June 2020, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its Fundamental Rights Report 2020. FRC, as FRA’s national contractor , contributed to the report by providing information...

Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – Fundamental Rights Implications
May 28, 2020 - The Covid-19 pandemic still affects everyday life in the EU in unprecedented ways, as mapped by the Second Bulletin of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) . Yet, as governments are gradually lifting...

New publication on "How to Apply Asimov's First Law to Sex Robots"
May 5, 2020 - After having given gave a presentation during the 4th International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots , FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti , published her paper "How to Apply Asimov's First Law to Sex...

FRC contributes to the post 'Sex Workers in the Time of COVID-19'
April 20, 2020 - Government measures to combat COVID-19 have profound implications for everyone, including sex workers. Accordingly, on behalf of the Italian Research Group on Prostitution and Sex Work, Carlotta...