Inclusion and anti-discrimination programmes

The Council of Europe's Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Programmes Division carries out activities to ensure genuine equality and full access to rights and opportunities for all members of society.

The Division is composed of four Units, offering concrete and tested solutions to governmental and non-governmental partners in member States to strenghten inclusion and address discrimination and inequality that undermine the enjoyment of human rights and democracy by everyone:

Back A new pool of trainers on Combating Discrimination in Azerbaijan

A new pool of trainers on Combating Discrimination in Azerbaijan

19-21 June 2022 – Thirty participants, representative of the Ombudsman office staff and representatives of civil society organizations have successfully completed the Training of Trainers on Combating Discrimination, held from November 2021 to June 2022.

The Training, partly taking place online, partly in person, enhanced knowledge and practical competences of newly trained trainers on key concepts and manifestation, international, European and domestic standards relating to the antidiscrimination, hate speech and hate crime. Further, it strengthened trainees’ skills to offer support to victims of discrimination and develop their competences but also to act as trainers during the future activities on promoting equality and antidiscrimination in Azerbaijan. The participants got familiar also with the different  Council of Europe educational resources and tools, such online courses on antidiscrimination, hate speech and hate crime and various relevant recommendations translated into local language, that are not only setting standards in this field but also providing guidelines to member states and other relevant actors for their implementation.

During the evaluation session participant expressed appreciation for this programme and support to this type of events, and also shared the number of ideas for further cooperation in this area, following inclusive approach, involving all relevant actors and promoting antidiscrimination values in whole society by awareness raising and capacity building activities.

At the end of the Training, the participants had opportunity to exchange with Sabina Aliyeva, Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan, regarding the work in the field of equality and antidiscrimination her institution is doing. The Commissioner, together with Angela Longo, Council of Europe Programme Manager awarded certificates to newly trained trainers and encouraged their further activities in this field.

The Training of Trainers was organized in cooperation between the  Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the joint European Union and Council of Europe project “Strengthening access to justice through non-judicial redress mechanisms for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Eastern Partnership countries”, implemented in the framework of the programme “ Partnership for Good Governance II 2019-2022.

Baku, Azerbaijan 19-21/06/2022
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 The four Units' activities are directly based on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the recommendations and findings of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (AC/FCNM), and the Committee of Experts of the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages, as well as relevant Committee of Ministers Recommendations.

 

 The approach of the Division is to establish a direct link between standards, the monitoring processes, the intergovernmental work, such as the Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI) and the implementation of co-operation activities. This allows to identify weaknesses in the implementation of standards where technical cooperation activities can be helpful.

 

 The Division works closely with the existing networks of equality bodies and national human rights structures (ombudsmen and national human rights institutions); other Council of Europe monitoring bodies (such as European Committee of Social Rights, the Group of experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and their secretariats; European networks of NGO’s and national civil society platforms; and international actors, such as the EU Commission and its Agencies (including the Fundamental Rights Agency), the UN agencies (such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Development Programme) and the OSCE/ODIHR.

Division units
ICC

ICC

ICC

The Intercultural Cities Programme (ICC) supports local and regional authorities in reviewing their policies through an intercultural lens and developing comprehensive intercultural strategies to ensure real equality, meaningful intercultural interaction, and positive diversity management to realise the diversity advantage.

Anti-Discrimination Cooperation and Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence Units

Anti-Discrimination Cooperation and Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence Units

Anti-Discrimination Cooperation and Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence Units

The Anti-Discrimination Cooperation (ADCU) and Hate Speech, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence (HSCU) Units run extensive programmes of cooperation activities to help combat discrimination, hate speech and hate crime, as well as support the empowerment of minorities, the positive management of diversity and respect of human rights, including in the deployment of digital technologies, algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems.

SOGIESC

SOGIESC

SOGIESC

The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Caracteristics Unit (SOGIESC) offers tailor made activities aiming to combat discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics, including technical support and expertise to member states to improve their legal and institutional framework, capacity building, sharing of good practices, and awareness raising.