Slovak National Centre for Human Rights, together with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and six other EU Member States, is implementing a regional project entitled Supporting National Human Rights Institutions in monitoring fundamental rights and the fundamental rights aspects of the rule of law. The project is funded by EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation.
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On 7 December 2023 we prepared a workshop on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for NGOs and other institutions protecting human rights. For example, representatives of the Office of the Public Defender of Rights, the Centre for the International Legal Protection of Children and Youth or the Inakost Initiative took attended the workshop.
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On 29 November 2023 we organized a workshop on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for students of Trnava University as part of the online event Truniversity Debates III. What was it about?
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Slovak National Centre for Human Rights organized a workshop on the topic Use of EU funds in respect and promotion of fundamental rights: a guide to applying the new conditionality on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on 30.10.2023
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The Centre has been actively involved in the universal periodic review process (UPR) within its monitoring activities in relation to implementation of human rights commitments by the Slovak Republic. UPR is a unique UN mechanism monitoring implementation of human rights obligations of the UN member states, which involves periodic peer review of all 193 UN member states. It is a universal procedure covering all areas of human rights irrespective of thematic focus.
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Within the project Supporting National Human Rights Institutions in Monitoring Fundamental Rights and the Fundamental Rights aspects of the Rule of Law (Project website), the Centre took part in a Project Partners Meeting in Oslo on 30 and 31 August 2023.
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Under its mandate as an NHRI, the Centre conducts monitoring of implementation of international human rights instruments in the Slovak Republic. The Centre regularly submits alternative reports to the human rights monitoring mechanisms that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties by State parties and their obligations and address recommendations to improve the human rights situation in Slovakia.
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On 6 July 2023, representatives of the Centre participated in a discussion organized by the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia to present the 2023 Rule of Law Report, which the European Commission publishes annually in July.
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We have submitted our alternative report on the implementation of the European Social Charter (Revised) to the European Committee of Social Rights, which decides whether the national situations comply with the Charter.
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