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Activities associated with institutional representation

European Commission                      of the Council of Europe appoints       through face-to-face interaction            EQUINET organized an online
against Racism and                       a person who should serve as an         or electronic communication. The            round table, together with Mrs.
Intolerance (ECRI), Council              ECRI member.                            contacts are maintained at the level        Alice Bah Kuhnke, member of the
of Europe                                                                        of the annual General Assembly or           European Parliament, about the
                                         European Network of                     at working group level, as well as          future of legislation on equality
European Commission against              Equality Bodies (EQUINET)               through the implementation of a             in Europe. The key objective was
Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) is a                                               regular training scheme, with the           related to discussing the EU legal
monitoring body on human rights,         National Council for Combatting         support of the secretariat of the           framework on equality matters
specialized in issues related to the     Discrimination is a member of           organization.                               and its implementation, as well
fight against racism, discrimination     the European Network of Equality                                                    as promoting the adoption of the
(based on race, ethnic/national          Bodies (EQUINET). EQUINET               Activity of the Equinet                     Horizontal Directive. The round
origin, colour, nationality, religion,   is an international not-for-profit      Legality Group                              table brought together members

language, sexual orientation and         association which implemented an                                                    of the European Parliament and
gender identity), xenophobia, anti-      electronic system for management        The staff of the Legal Department           representatives of equality bodies
semitism and intolerance all over        of knowledge, aiming at creating a      ensured international representa-           in order to assess the current sta-
the European continent.                  relevant source for legislation and     tion of the institution for the events      tus of the legal framework and to
                                         policies in this area, as well as the   organized in an online format by            identify methods for improvement
Mr. Cristian Jura, member of the         development of a batch of instru-       EQUINET in 2020, as well, by pro-           of this framework.
NCCD Steering Board, was elected         ments and procedures which should       viding a number of reviews, answers
in the ECRI Board in 2019.               allow the focus of the dialogue to      and case studies on infringements              • The Compendium: Europe-
                                         the priorities of the members of        of the right to non-discrimination               an Court of Human Rights
ECRI is made up from 47 members          this organization.                      against persons living in Romania,               case-law on article 14, which
appointed based on their independ-                                               as follows:                                      provides a detailed review of
ence, impartiality, moral probity        Another facet of the EQUINET                                                             the recent case-law of this

and knowledge in dealing with            activities is aimed at the imple-         Round table entitled                           Court in relation to article
racism, discrimination, xenophobia,      mentation of the network-based            „Future of legislation on                      14, was published at the end
antisemitism and intolerance-re-         approach, which encourages contacts       equality in Europe”                            of 2020.
lated issues. Each member state          among participants, at all levels,

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