EUROPE | A new tool on human rights - bringing together assessments of EU Member States

The EU and its Member States have committed to various international human rights obligations and the EU is founded on a set of values which includes human rights.

However, various EU-level processes would benefit from a more systematic use of assessments of these obligations and values under the various mechanisms. The European Parliament and the European Commission has encouraged the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to develop a tool to provide an overview and to cover the most relevant of these mechanisms together with some analysis.

The European Union Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS) provides an overview of the situation in the EU Member States (as well as Albania, North Macedonia, and Serbia), with EU averages where feasible.

In addition to the assessment of the various mechanisms, the tool also includes commitments by states to human rights instruments. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights continues to expand and improve EFRIS, providing more guidance to users, offering more analysis, and being more user-friendly. To access EFRIS, please click the link further below. 

Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)