Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a role in deciding what unemployment benefits someone gets, where a burglary is likely to take place, whether someone is at risk of cancer, or who sees that catchy advertisement for low mortgage rates. Its use keeps growing, presenting seemingly endless...
The 'EASO practical guide on qualification for international protection', which was published in 2018, discusses the concept of membership of a particular social group in a concise manner. The purpose of this guidance is to provide further assistance in applying the reason for persecution of ‘me...
Everyone in the European Union has the right to be treated equally. 76 % of Europeans polled in 2019 agreed that gay, lesbian or bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexual people, up from 71 % in 2015. However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people can ...
Growing global efforts to encourage responsible business conduct that respects human rights include steps to ensure access to effective remedies when breaches occur. In 2017, the European Commission asked the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to collect evidence on such access in the EU Mem...
Awarded for the first time in 1988 to Nelson Mandela and Anatoli Marchenko, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is the highest tribute paid by the European Union to human rights work. It gives recognition to individuals, groups and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution t...
