New Project MELINC
We are happy to announce the start of our latest European Commission project MELINC, as the follow up of the previous EduLAw. MELINC aims at helping Mongolia implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the UN OHCHR i...
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Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU- Fundamental Rights Implications: Bulletin #4
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 arising from the adopted emergency measures.
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New VUB Press Release on Developing New Tool to Tackle Modern Slavery
The VUB press release has just published a new item on the findings of the doctoral research of FRC member, dr.
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Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU- Fundamental Rights Implications: A Focus on Elderly People
The Third Bulletin of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) analyses how the EU Member States addressed the Covid-19 pandemic between 1 May – 31 May 2020.
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EXIT Europe: Webinar on Data Protection in Exit Work
On 2nd July 2020, FRC member, Carlotta Rigotti, will hold a webinar on data protection in exit work, as part of the EXIT Europe project. In this session, Carlotta will begin with a brief analysis of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) no.
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Guest Lecture during the IES Summer School on EU Policy Making
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.
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Renewal of the Research Foundation, Flanders fellowship (FWO)
The Research Foundation, Flanders fellowship (FWO) has been renewed to FRC member, Sibel Top.
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FRC Member Presents at the First International Workshop on Gender Based Approach to the Law and Juris Dictio in Europe
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 to the Law and Juris Dictio in Europe, hosted by the Universitá di Pisa. &n...
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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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