The Frontex Management Board has decided today on the composition of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights for a new three-year term after the previous term came to an end. Following a public call launched on 29 June, nine civil society organisations were selected on the basis of the eligibility and selection criteria.
The Frontex Consultative Forum was created in 2012 to assist the Executive Director and the Management Board in fundamental rights matters offering recommendations on how Frontex can structurally improve the respect for Fundamental Rights in all its activities. The forum brings together 15 members from relevant EU agencies and international organisations, as well as from civil society organisations.
The nine civil society organisations chosen to hold a three-year mandate as members of the Consultative Forum until 31 December 2018 are:
- AIRE Centre
- Amnesty International European Institutions (AI- EIO)
- Caritas Europa
- Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)
- European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
- Red Cross EU Office (RCEU)
The Consultative Forum also includes three permanent members as prescribed in the Frontex Regulation: the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
In addition, three international organisations are a part of the Consultative Forum: the Council of Europe (CoE), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). All three have renewed their commitments as members for another three years.
The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights will hold its next official meeting in Warsaw at the beginning of November.