ECRI 2022 annual seminar with Equality Bodies

 

Prohibition of discrimination: can a focus on intersectionality contribute to effective equality?

 

Monday, 26 September 2022

 

Strasbourg – Council of Europe, Agora Building (G.03) *

 

PROGRAMME

 

8.45-9.30       Registration and Welcome coffee (and connectivity check)

 

9.30-10.00     Opening remarks

 

Introduction and moderation: Maria Marouda, Chair of ECRI

  • Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality
  • Jeroen Schokkenbroek, Director of Anti-Discrimination and Human Dignity (DG II), Council of Europe
  • Petra Bayr, PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance

 

10.00-10.30  Testimonies

 

  • Nassr Eddine Errami, Muslim Chaplain
  • Elena Gorolová, Roma social worker, Ostrava – Czech Republic

 

10.30-11.00 Keynote speech and Q/A

 

11.00-11.30 Coffee break and networking

 

11.30-12.45 Session I: Challenges

 

This session will discuss the challenges in revealing the nature of discrimination that flows from the intersection of multiple social identities and to what extent existing legal and policy frameworks address such intertwined form of discrimination.

 

Moderator: Domenica Ghidei Biidu, ECRI Bureau member

12.45-14.00  Lunch break

 

14.00-15.15  Session II: Approaches

 

This session will examine the application and limitations of intersectionality across the work and practice of international bodies and how this concept is used to identify and unravel different layers of inequality.

 

Moderator: Barbara John, Chair of ECRI’s Working Group on relations with Equality Bodies and Civil Society

  • Pansy Tlakula, Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • Patrycja Pogodzinska, Project Officer, Equality, Roma and Social Rights Unit, Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), European Union
  • Wester Meijdam, Policy Officer, Office of the EU Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

 

15.15-15.45  Coffee break and networking

 

15.45-17.15 Session III: Expert insights and ways forward 

 

The objective of this last session is to identify potential avenues for using the intersectionality lens in antidiscrimination law and what specific role equality bodies can play in further developing such a tool. 

 

Moderator: Tamás Kádár, EQUINET, Co-Director

 

17.15-17.30 Concluding remarks

 

  • Tena Šimonović Einwalter, ECRI Vice-Chair and Chair of EQUINET Executive Board

 

*Arrangements are also made for online participation through videoconferencing.