Bureau of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

As at 3 April 2021

Back ŠIMONOVIĆ EINWALTER Tena

Croatia - Bureau member

Term of office expires 1 July 2024
Member since 2 July 2014
Bureau member since January 2020

Education and academic and other qualifications

LLB, Magna Cum Laude, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, 2003.
Diploma, International Institute for Human Rights, Strasbourg, 2005.
Croatian State Exam, 2005.
Master’s degree in European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (Comparative Human Rights, EU Law, EU as an Actor in International Law, European Employment and Equality Law), 2007.
Croatian Bar Exam, 2009.
Master’s degree in International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb (thesis “Prohibition of racial and ethnic discrimination in the EU”), 2013.

Professional Activities

a) Present

Ombudswoman (elected by the Croatian Parliament for an eight-year term) 2021-.
Chair, Executive Board, European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET), 2017-.
Coordinator, Policy Formation Working Group, EQUINET, 2014-2015.
Alternate Management Board Member, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (course “Migrations, asylum and foreigners”).
Lecturer, State School for Civil Servants (programme “Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act”).

(b) Past work

Primary posts

Deputy Ombudswoman (elected by the Croatian Parliament for an eight-year term) 2013-2021.
Coordinator, Non-discrimination field, Office of the Ombudsman, 2008-2013.
Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Independent Service for International Legal Affairs, 2005-2008.
Civil servant, Ministry of European Integrations, 2003-2005.

Other activities

Member, Executive Board, European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET), 2011-2017.
Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (course “Anti-discrimination employment and social law”), 2012-2013.
Member of the Working Group for amendments to the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2012.
Member of the Evaluation Committee for choosing civil society regional contact points for PROGRESS 2001-2013 programme project “Equally Diverse” (JUST/2011/PROG/AG/1935)
Deputy Senior Programme Officer (Resident Twinning Advisor (RTA) Counterpart and Leader of the Component 3 “Development of a comprehensive system of assistance to potential victims of discrimination” of IPA 2009 CROATIA project “Establishing a comprehensive system for anti-discrimination protection“ (HR2009-01-36-02).
Member of the Working Group for amendments of the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2010.
Representative of the Office of the Ombudsman as the Croatian A status NHRI, 74th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Geneva, 2009.
Project Coordinator of the PROGRESS 2001-2013 programme project “Supporting the implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act” (VS/2008/0512).
Member of the Working Group for Anti-discrimination Legislation; member of the Expert Working Group which drafted the Croatian Anti-discrimination Act, 2008.
Member of the National Committee of the Republic of Croatia for the Council of Europe campaign “Link diversity” as the Representative of Students and Youth, 2001-2002.
Member of the Steering Committee of the Human Rights Documentation and Training Centre established in Croatia by the OHCHR, 2001-2002.

Publications:

EU Law in the Fight against Discrimination of Roma in Perspectives of anti-discrimination law (editors Potočnjak, Grgurev, Grgić), Zagreb, 2014.
Guide for trade unions: How to recognize discrimination in the field of employment and occupation, Zagreb, 2012 (Co-author).
How to recognize discrimination in the field of employment and occupation: Guide, Zagreb, 2011 (Co-author).
The Significance of the Directive 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC and the Case-law of the ECJ for the Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act, Zagreb, 2011.
Have you been discriminated against? Zagreb, 2011.
How to suppress discrimination? Report on the Implementation of the Anti-discrimination Act in Croatia for 2009 and the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, (editor J. Novak) Zagreb, 2010 (Co-author).
A Guide to the Anti-discrimination Act, Zagreb, 2009 (Co-author and editor).
Far But Not Far Enough: An Idealist Critique of the Racial Equality Directive in Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy Vol. 4, 2008.
Freedom of Assembly with a Special Accent on Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights in Pravnik No. 75/76, 2003.
Violence against Women in the Family in Pravnik No. 71/72, 2001.
Is Male to Female as Culture is to Nature? in Pravnik No. 67/68,1999.