The commission adopted the final text of its General Policy Recommendation No. 17 on preventing and combating intolerance and discrimination against LGBTI persons.
As part of its sixth country monitoring cycle, ECRI examined its preliminary draft report on Liechtenstein and adopted its reports on Iceland, Luxembourg, North Macedonia and Poland.
During its meeting, ECRI held a series of exchanges of views with:
-    a delegation of the European Court of Human Rights composed of Marko Bošnjak, Vice-President of the Court, and Judges Maria Elósegui and Ana Maria Guerra Martins;
-    Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe; 
-    Leyla Kayacik, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees.

ECRI took note of the statements made by Petra Bayr, General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on combating racism and intolerance, and Clarence Lusane, observer in respect of the United States of America.

The Working Group on relations with Civil Society and Equality Bodies reported back to the plenary on its recent activities. Shortly before the ECRI plenary meeting, the group had held online meetings with Daniel Guéry, Chair of the Migration Committee on the rights of persons who are migrants of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, Fabrizio Filice, member of the European association entitled “Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés” (MEDEL), and Michaela Moua, Anti-Racism Co-ordinator of the Commission of the European Union.

Marko Bošnjak, Vice-President of the Court, and Judges Maria Elósegui and Ana Maria Guerra Martins

Exchange of views with Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

Exchange of views with Leyla Kayacik, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees