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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and the Łódź Cyber Hub research center at the University of Łódź (Poland), I would like to invite you to participate in a <b>special interdisciplinary workshop on human rights methodologies and the effective mitigation of challenges to the rule of law in Europe. </b>As we will be talking about <b>the DSA, intermediary liability, platforms, digital sovereignty, and the impact AI has on the rule of law I felt some of you might be interested to join us in Lodz or online, and am sharing the invitation. Thank you for considering. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>On 1<sup>st</sup> June 2023, at the </span><a href="https://www.wpia.uni.lodz.pl/"><span lang=EN-US>Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Lodz, Poland</span></a> <span lang=EN-US>we will host an interdisciplinary open event on human rights methodologies and their impact on the rule of law. Together with the members of the FRA Scientific Committee, we want to initiate in Łódź an open discussion about contemporary challenges to the rule of law in Europe and ways to tackle them effectively. During the four round table sessions, we hope to engage and encourage a free exchange of views between academics, judges, journalists, representatives of civil society, human rights practitioners, and all those looking for means effectively to mitigate the current challenges to the rule of law in Europe. The event is a continuation of the dialogue on human rights methodologies </span><a href="https://fra.europa.eu/en/event/2022/measuring-human-rights-european-union"><span lang=EN-US>started last year</span></a> <span lang=EN-US>and a reflection of the work in this area carried out by the current Scientific Committee during its five-year term of office which is about to come to an end. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>More information about the event and confirmed participants is available below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.cyber.uni.lodz.pl/fra"><span lang=EN-US>Conference website and agenda</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://fra.europa.eu/en/content/scientific-committee"><span lang=EN-US>FRA scientific committee</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='text-align:justify;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>To ensure the informal nature of our intellectual exchanges, the event will be conducted in English, without translation. Participation is open and free of charge, although limited by room capacity. We will provide lunch and refreshments, while participants are requested to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses during their stay in Łódź.<b> </b>For organizational reasons, we will be grateful if you would complete the registration form before 28<sup>th </sup>May 2023: </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://forms.office.com/e/tzHeSU5eSd"><span lang=EN-US>https://forms.office.com/e/tzHeSU5eSd</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='text-align:justify;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>* Depending on the number of requests received, we will also organise remote participation in the event, although we encourage in-person attendance. Registration is mandatory for remote participants, who will receive a connection link by email before the event. The meeting will not be recorded. Participation certificates are available upon request for students and young scholars (please indicate your preference in the application form).<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We would highly value your participation in this event, and we are at your disposal to answer any questions or queries that you may have, </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>On behalf of the FRA Scientific Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>[Dr. Theodora Kostakopoulou, Chair]</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>On behalf of the Łódź Cyber Hub research center at the University of Łódź, Poland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=xxxmsonormal0 style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>[Dr. Joanna Kulesza, Director]</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>