Created in 2012,
the Consultative Forum brings together key European
institutions, international and civil society organisations to advise the European Border and Coast Guard
Agency in Fundamental rights matters.
The European
Border and Coast Guard Regulation, under which the Consultative Forum operates,
provides that the Agency and its Management Board should consult the Forum on
the fundamental rights strategy, the functioning of the complaints mechanism,
the codes of conduct, the common training curricula and any other fundamental
rights matters.
The Agency shall
also provide the forum with timely and effective access to information
concerning the respect for fundamental rights, including by facilitating on the
spot visits to its operations, as well as of the follow up to the
recommendations made by the Forum.
From September 2025, the Forum is composed of the following
fifteen organisations:
- Churches' Commission for
Migrants in Europe (CCME)
- Conference of
International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) of the Council of
Europe (CINGOs)
- Council of Bars and Law
Societies of Europe (CCBE)
- European Union Agency
for Asylum (EUAA)
- European Union Agency
for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- International
Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Jesuit Refugee Service
Europe (JRS)
- Office for the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights)
- Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe - Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights (OSCE-ODIHR)
- Save the Children (SC)
- The Council of Europe
(CoE)
- The Global Campus for
Human Rights
- The Rule of Law
Institute Foundation
- United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
The Forum is led by two chairs elected by its members for a two-year term and works in a spirit of transparency, mutual respect, informed participation and collegiality. More details on how it functions can be found in its working methods.
Its
activities are planned in an annual Program of Work and it publishes an Annual Report, which
covers the main activities undertaken during the year and includes observations
and recommendations made to Frontex and its Management Board.
For further information, please contact the Secretariat of the Frontex Consultative Forum (
Consultative.Forum@frontex.europa.eu) and consult the Consultative Forum annual reports.