European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Subtitle: Its first 15 Years
By: Lanna Hollo
Contributors: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789287166302
Subjects: Racism; European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Other titles: ECRI
Description: This book provides a detailed assessment of the first 15 years of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. ECRI's terms of reference deriving from the Vienna Plan of Action were to "review member states' legislation, policies and other measures to combat racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, and their effectiveness" and "propose further action at local, national and European level". This book examines how ECRI has developed and fulfilled this mandate. It begins by looking at ECRI's foundational years. It then describes and closely examines the evolution of the three main prongs of ECRI's work program - country-by-country work, general themes and relations with civil society. The work also examines ECRI's contribution to legal standards to protect individuals against racism and discrimination and its impact on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It concludes with a discussion of ECRI's opinion on three important contemporary issues in European anti-racism work: positive measures, racist expression and the current racist climate.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to ECRI; title: The three prongs of ECRI's work programme; title: ECRI's contribution to legal standards protecting against racism and discrimination; title: ECRI's opinions on important contemporary themes.