European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
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European Commission against Racism and Intolerance is the Council of Europe
’s independent human rights monitoring body specialised in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance. It consists of 47 experts, one from every CoE member state. ECRI publishes periodic reports on CoE member states and general policy recommendations. The decision to found ECRI was adopted in 1993. Current chair of the commission is a Latvian scientist and former minister for integration Nils Muižnieks (as at November 2011).
Former ECRI chairs include Nikos Frangakis Michael Head, Eva Smith Asmussen.
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
’s independent human rights monitoring body specialised in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance. It consists of 47 experts, one from every CoE member state. ECRI publishes periodic reports on CoE member states and general policy recommendations. The decision to found ECRI was adopted in 1993. Current chair of the commission is a Latvian scientist and former minister for integration Nils Muižnieks (as at November 2011).
Former ECRI chairs include Nikos Frangakis Michael Head, Eva Smith Asmussen.