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16.12.2023
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Fundamental Rights Agency 

Sirpa Rautio to become new FRA Director

Press Release 15 December 2023 Sirpa Rautio to become new FRA Director The Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has appointed Sirpa Rautio to be the next Director of the Agency."It is with great pleasure that FRA’s Management Board announces the appointment of Sirpa Rautio as the next FRA Director," says Rick Lawson, Vice-Chair of the Board. "Her breadth of knowledge and experience on human rights at the national, European and international level will steer the Agenc...
Press Release 15 December 2023 Sirpa Rautio to become new FRA Director The Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has appointed Sirpa Rautio to be the next Director of the Agency."It is with great pleasure that FRA’s Management Board announces the appointment of Sirpa Rautio as the next FRA Director," says Rick Lawson, Vice-Chair of the Board. "Her breadth of knowledge and experience on human rights at the national, European and international level will steer the Agency over the coming years at a time when challenges to human rights are many and varied.""I am proud to be chosen as the head of this much-respected EU Agency," says FRA incoming Director Sirpa Rautio. "With human rights under pressure, I look forward to working closely with FRA staff and its Management Board in promoting, protecting and advancing human rights together throughout the EU."Sirpa Rautio is currently Director of the Finnish Human Rights Centre and Chair of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). She also chaired FRA’s Management Board from 2017 to 2020. She has served many years in international and regional human rights organisations such as the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the EU working for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. FRA’s Management Board voted on the appointment of the new Director at its meeting on 14 and 15 December 2023. The newly appointed Director will take up duty in the coming months. The current Director,...

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