We welcome today's general approach on Sustainable Corporate #DueDilence reached in the @EUCouncil.
Addressing human rights & environmental challenges is urgent. At the same time, it is necessary to support the companies who are to carry out the sustainability transition.
RT @EU2022_CZ: #COMPET | 👏 Ministers agreed a common position on the #DueDiligence directive.
The @EUCouncil is ready for negotiations with the @europarl_en on reducing the negative impact of …
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Justice/status/1598269523467333637
Women should not have to experience violence at home, from the people closest to them.
End violence against women regardless of its perpetrator!
#SayNoStopVAW
#OrangeTheWorld
#16Days 7/16
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Justice/status/1598215822735904768
Today @EU_Commission presented different options to 🇪🇺EU Member States to make sure that 🇷🇺 Russia is held accountable for the atrocities & crimes committed during the war in 🇺🇦 #Ukraine.
Read more: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7311
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Justice/status/1597969803930918914
Women should be able to go to work without fear of experiencing sexual harassment.
#SayNoStopVAW
#OrangeTheWorld
#16Days 6/16
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Justice/status/1597860481426853888
Experiencing violence is traumatic.
The EU advocates for every woman’s right to receive help according to their individual needs.
Breaking the silence is difficult but an important step towards #SayNoStopVAW.
Don’t be a passive bystander.
Speak up if you witness violence.
#SayNoStopVAW through concrete action!
#OrangeTheWorld
#16Days 3/16
Women can be in fatal danger in their own homes.
This year we mark #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence with 16 key statistics, which show that violence against women is still happening far too often.
More action is needed!
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women we can also announce that:
more #EUfunding opportunities for projects to #SayNoStopVAW are COMING SOON
as part of the CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights & Values) Programme
Stay tuned to @EU_Justice for updates!
Commissioner for Equality @helenadalli visited Sexual Assault Centre @ChuSaintPierre in Brussels to learn more about their work.
Projects like these are vital for combatting violence against women on-the-ground.
We need more of them in the EU!
This year we mark #16DaysOfActivism against gender-based violence with 16 key statistics, which show that violence against women is still happening far too often.
More action is needed!
Today @EU_Commission publishes a new report on steps taken by 🇷🇴Romania to meet its commitments to judicial reform & fight against corruption, as part of the Cooperation & Verification Mechanism (CVM).
Read more: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_7030
Europe needs more #WomenOnBoards!
Today the EU adopted rules to improve #GenderBalance on corporate boards.
By June 2026, large listed EU companies will need to have at least 40% of the underrepresented sex among non-executive directors.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_22_7074
On #TransDayOfRemembrance we honour the memory of all people killed by acts of transphobic violence.
No trans person should have to face violence, discrimination or hate because of who they are.
No trans person should have to live in fear because of who they are.
↪️ #WorldChildrensDay 2/2
We also reaffirm our commitment to implementing the #EUChildRights Strategy and concrete actions to protect, promote & fulfill #ChildRights in an ever-changing world🌍
Read more about the strategy here ➡️https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/rights-child/eu-action-rights-child_en
#ChildRights are universal human rights!
Ahead of #WorldChildrensDay, we reaffirm our commitment to making sure that all children fully enjoy all of the rights they are entitled to.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_22_6991
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RT @EUHomeAffairs: 📅 Today is the is the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.
The new 🇪🇺 EU law will make detecting child sexual abuse mandatory while respecting #OnlinePrivacy #EUvsChildSexualAbuse
More details➡️ https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/campaigns/legislation-prevent-and-combat-child-sexual-abuse_en
RT @AnaGallegoEU: My message to participants at #EUForumCombatAntisemitism
Civil society organisations are the backbone of healthy democratic society.
Your actions can make a real difference in the fight against antisemitism.
@EU_Commission fully supports your efforts to #SayNo2Antisemitism!
RT @EUAntisemitism: We continue fruitful discussions at #EUForumCombatAntisemitism on:
👉Fighting #antisemitism as part of combating all forms of racism & discrimination
👉Responding to antisemitic incidents
👉Research & Education on Jewish life, contemporary antisemitism & Holocaust
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