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All different, all equal
ECRI: 10 years of combating racism - 18 March 2004
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Combat racism through moral principles, the power of speech and the law, says Catherine Lalumière (more...)
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Terrorism must be combated without stigmatising certain groups, says Rita Verdonk (more...)
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Peter Schieder: “Racism and intolerance are the quislings of terror” (more...)
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Alvaro Gil-Robles calls for an all-out effort to combat intolerance and hatred (more...) |
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Walter Schwimmer praises ECRI's role in helping to build ''One Europe''
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Launch of the publication “ECRI – 10 years of combating racism in Europe ”. (more...)
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ECRI's task is to combat racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in greater Europe from the perspective of the protection of human rights.
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Barbara Hendricks at the launching of the campaign "All different, all equal" in 1994 |
On 18 March 2004 the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), celebrated its 10th anniversary with its long-standing partners in the fight against racism and intolerance with a major conference.
The aim of the conference was to take stock of ECRI's contribution to the fight against racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Europe in the past ten years, and to provide ECRI with fresh ideas for its ongoing and future work.
ECRI's 10 th Anniversary Conference was opened by Mr Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe. At the opening session, Ms Rita Verdonk, Dutch Minister for Immigration and Integration, Mr Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly and Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe addressed the conference.
The key-note speech of the eminent philosopher and sociologist Professor Zygmunt Bauman on the topic "Insecurity and fear of the stranger in liquid-modern times" also provided for food for thought and discussion.
Furthermore, the conference addressed in more detail the following themes:
"Combating racism while fighting terrorism";
"Combating racism in the context of migration in Europe";
and "Racism: a ''mutating bacillus'' - islamophobia, antisemitism and ''cultural'' racism as new challenges in our societies".
Renowned experts in these fields have been invited to prepare discussion papers on these topical subjects of public debate, which were discussed in more depth in three separate workshops in the afternoon. |
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Dimitrina Petrova: ''The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance is a driving force for us''