Education and academic and other qualifications:
1978- Master of Arts degree in history, geography,
art history at the University of Zurich
2005 Diploma of Advanced Studies in Law, University
of BerneProfessional activities
(a) Present positions:
Director of the Swiss Federal Commission against
Racism, Berne
Docent at the Universities of Applied Sciences Berne
and Lucerne
Owner of Insight Intercultural Management
(b) Work at national level:
Mediator in institutional conflicts; works with
the media and NGOs on questions of Human Rights,
Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Co-founder of an NGO specializing in these issues.
(c) International work:
Deputy Member of ECRI since 1998. Expert to the
Swiss Foreign Ministry. Member of Swiss national
delegations to the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe.
Publications and other works:
Recent publications on: racism on the Internet;
how to monitor racism; racism in social work; review
of the new dynamics in the fight against racism and
for the protection of minorities in Europe within
the last 15 years.
Language skills:
German (native speaker), English, French
(fluent), Italian (medium), Spanish, Hebrew (basic).
Other relevant information:
Member of the International Commission of Jurist,
Swiss Section
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