Combating racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination

This human rights factsheet reviews the Council of Europe’s activities concerning combating racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination. Combating racism is regarded as an integral part of human rights protection. With the aim to combat racism and intolerance it was established the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). Its activities include country by country monitoring, elaboration of General Policy Recommendations, collection and dissemination of examples of good practices, awareness raising and other activities. The factsheet reviews also the Council of Europe’s legal tools that play an important role in combating racism an intolerance.

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http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/en_ecri.pdf

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Combating racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination