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:

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Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination: A new resource for police trainers in the Western Balkans

The Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination translated in the local languages of the Western Balkans is finally out and available for download.

Law enforcement plays a key role in combating racism and racial discrimination, and in promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. In this respect, high standards of professionalism and fairness should be maintained. Well-trained police officers, who can give support to victims of hate crimes, are an asset to every community.

With the aim of supporting law enforcement in protecting societies in all their diversity and complexity, the Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination is tailored to police trainers, police training institutions, or key police partners, including municipal authorities, NGOs, specialised community services. The manual provides training methods, exercises, and practical activities to plan and implement effective training programmes for police officers.

Through six modules, written by experts in the field, the Manual touches upon a variety of topics. It provides an overview of the main equality and non-discrimination concepts and principles, including "racism", "direct and indirect discrimination" and "hate crime". The Manual also explores how to develop open, proactive, constructive, and positive relationships with local communities that are concerned with, and affected by, equality, diversity, and non-discrimination issues in policing.

The Manual is produced within the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” and its action on “Promoting Diversity and Equality”.

Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination in Albanian: link

Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination in Bosnian: link

Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination in Macedonian: link

Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination in Serbian: link

Manual for Police Education on Equality & Non-Discrimination in English: link

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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.