Anti-Rasicm / Anti-Discrimination

La propia crisis de derechos humanos de Europa

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:10

Un ensayo separado en el informe 2012 analiza las tendencias a largo plazo en materia de derechos humanos en Europa. El ensayo concluye que el menguante respeto por los derechos, la débil aplicación de la ley cuando ocurren las violaciones, la creciente influencia de los partidos extremistas y el distanciamiento de la idea de que los derechos se aplican por igual a todas las personas han llevado a una crisis que exige una acción urgente.

L’Europe et sa propre crise des droits humains

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:08

Un chapitre spécifique du rapport 2012 analyse les tendances à long terme en matière de droits humains en Europe. Ce chapitre conclut que la détérioration du respect des droits humains, la faible application de ces droits lorsque des violations se produisent, l’influence croissante de partis extrémistes, et le recul de l’idée que les droits s’appliquent également à chacun équivalent à une crise qui réclame une action urgente.

Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:06

In a separate essay in its World Report 2012, HRW analyses long-term trends on human rights in Europe. It concludes that declining respect for rights, weak enforcement when violations do occur, the growing influence of extremist parties, and the retreat from the idea that rights apply equally to everyone amount to a crisis that demands urgent action.

What do Europeans think about immigration?

Date: 17/12/2011 - 10:23

The reliable Transatlantic Trends survey shows that scepticism about immigration is strong, but the picture is not all negative

Immigration arouses passion and debate like no other issue. Across Europe, human rights groups, flamboyant populists and tabloid media jostle over every new bit of data or opinion poll. The issue doesn't look set to fall off the political landscape either. With elections fast approaching in France, the US and Germany, candidates on both the left and right are thinking hard about how to connect their campaigns with public anxieties over immigration.

Press statement on the racist murders in Italy

Date: 14/12/2011 - 17:00

The murderous attack against Senegalese street vendors by a far right supporter in Florence, Italy, yesterday reveals the extent of the climate of intolerance and hatred against migrants and ethnic minorities across Europe.

Press statement attached

Migrant workers feeling the economic squeeze in Greece

Date: 14/11/2011 - 13:16

While Greek political leaders were still working frantically to form a new coalition to save the country from bankruptcy last Sunday afternoon, dozens of Asian and African street hawkers scattered in a panic in the central Athens neighbourhood of Metaxourgeio.

"The police, they just catch us for nothing. Life is very difficult here for us," said Rasul, a young immigrant from Bangladesh, gesturing at two policemen strolling down the crowded street, seemingly oblivious of the illegal petty trade and the undocumented immigrants.

Social exclusion of ethnic minorities and migrants: lost in translation?

Date: 18/10/2011 - 07:59

As the 1st Annual Convention of the ‘European Platform on Poverty and Social Inclusion’ kicks off today, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) wants to see both the EU and national governments show more commitment to the social inclusion of ethnic and religious minorities. This is all the more important in an economic crisis since the most disadvantaged groups in society, including ethnic minorities and migrants, tend to suffer both economically and as scapegoats in populist discourses and also often bear the brunt of austerity measures.

Taking Racism Seriously: Migrants’ Experiences of Violence, Harassment and Anti-social Behaviour in the Dublin Area

Date: 04/10/2011 - 14:17

The report of the racism research commissioned by the ICI and undertaken by Professor Bryan Fanning (University College Dublin) has been launched on October 4^th 2011, in the Civic Offices at Wood Quay.

The research, funded by Dublin City Council, explored the experiences of people accessing the ICI’s anti-racism support services, a number of case studies and focus group interviews with Asian healthcare workers, Dublin Bus drivers and the LUAS’s revenue protection officers

To read and download the research, please click on the following link:

Unions tell UN and governments to step up action against racism

Date: 23/09/2011 - 07:04

Trade unions are calling on the UN and its member countries to step up action against racism and xenophobia at today’s UN High-Level General Assembly event on racism. The ITUC and Public Services International have submitted a joint statement to the meeting, which takes place ten years after the adoption of the “Durban Declaration”.

Reflections and Resources for Justice

Date: 11/09/2011 - 09:15

As the 10th anniversary nears of the events now known simply as "9/11", we pause to reflect on that tragedy, and both the compassionate and hateful responses it triggered. We remember all the innocent lives lost then, and also in the years since, due to the consequences and violence in the "war against terrorism."