Call for a Co-chair and Experts contributing to the Expert Group on Fundamental Rights

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement (CEPOL) is looking for a Co-chair and experts contributing to the Expert Group on Fundamental Rights.

Fundamental rights are one of the core values of the European Union. CEPOL has always ensured that training on fundamental rights for law enforcement receives proper attention and features high on the CEPOL agenda. The European Commission recently has issued several EU strategies and action plans on fundamental rights, including hate crime, racism, victims’ rights and child protection, which must be reflected in CEPOL’s training strategy and products on fundamental rights and related issues.

Based on its 2021 work programme, CEPOL establishes the Expert Group on Fundamental Rights whose mandate will be to support CEPOL’s strategy for training on Fundamental Rights, Hate Crime and related issues and help promote the integration of fundamental rights and related issues as a horizontal topic in the CEPOL training portfolio.

The Expert Group will meet 4-5 times online and, if possible, in one physical meeting in the second half of 2021. The outcomes of this Expert Group’s work will be reported to the CEPOL Management Board at the beginning of 2022.

The issues to be considered under Fundamental Rights at present are the following (not concluding):

• Police ethics and integrity in daily law enforcement practice and leadership;
• Fighting hate crime and hate speech, including the reporting and recording of Hate Crime, and other types of discrimination and racism;
• Protection of victims’ rights and vulnerable groups, with a particular focus on victims of hate crime, terrorist attacks and domestic violence;
• Data protection;
• Fundamental rights in the context of other areas, e.g. intelligence-led policing, cyber-investigations, artificial intelligence; immigration, domestic violence, child protection, sex workers etc.
• Cooperation with CEPOL’s stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) as CEPOL’ key partner agencies and with the High Level Group on combating Racism, Xenophobia and other Forms of Intolerance.

Submission of application:

Candidates are requested to complete their Europass CV in English. Nominations must be submitted by the nominee’s national employer (sending authority) via the CEPOL National Unit.

Nomination deadline: 29 January 2021

For detailed information please consult the call document:

Call for Co-chair and Experts contributing to the Expert Group on Fundamental Rights