Fundamental Rights Report - 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 regarding fundamental rights in Belgium in the year of 2019.
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Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – Fundamental Rights Implications
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).
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New publication on "How to Apply Asimov's First Law to Sex Robots"
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 Robots" on Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics.
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FRC contributes to the post 'Sex Workers in the Time of COVID-19'
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 Rigotti, contributes to a brief report on the sex workers' conditions in t...
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FRC emphasises impact on the vulnerable in a collective call from academia for a societal exit from lockdown
Building on the first country overview of the fundamental rights impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, FRC members, Dr. Amy Weatherburn, Prof. Paul De Hert and Prof.
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Assessing the Fundamental Rights Impact of Covid19 Measures in Belgium
Government measures to combat COVID-19 have profound implications for everybody’s fundamental rights, including the right to life and to health, as mapped by a new Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report.
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FRC Research on Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking Featured in the Juristenkrant
Dr Amy Weatherburn’s doctoral thesis on conceptualizing labour exploitation in human trafficking law has been featured in the most recent edition of the Juristenkrant.
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New Policy Brief on the Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence
FRC member, Sergi Vazquez Maymir, and LSTS co-director, Gloria Gonzáles Fuster, published a paper on the "Cross-Border Access to E-Evidence on CEPS website. This paper aims at situating the policy discourse accompanying current European Union (EU) initiatives on facilitating acc...
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FRC Member Presents at Conference on Rights, Dignity and Religion: responding to ‘modern slavery’
On 24 January 2020, Dr Amy Weatherburn will present her doctoral research findings at a conference that considers the responses to modern slavery in the context of ights, dignity and religion hosted by the University of Sheffield.
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FRC Researcher Presents during Artificial Intelligence Conference
On 13 December 2019, FRC researcher Júlia Zomignani Barboza presented at the 2019 BENELUX conference on Artificial intelligence organised by the European Law Students’ Associations of Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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New Blogpost: Fair Trial Rights Undermined in Spain Following ‘Operation Judas’
Following a year-long investigation, a series of raids took place on 23 September throughout Catalonia in the context of ‘Operation Judas’ that resulted in the arrest of nine independence activists and alleged members of the Committees for the Defense of the Republic.
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FRC Member Contributes to Author Workshop for POINCaré Edited Volume on Migration and Diversity
On 8 November, Amy Weatherburn attended the author workshop for the forthcoming Edited Volume on Migration & Diversity as part of VUB POINcaré Initiative (2019-20) organized by the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) a VUB...
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