Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides a detailed assessment of the first 15 years of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. ECRIs terms of reference deriving from the Vienna Plan of Action were to review member States legislation, policies and other measures to combat racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, and their effectiveness and propose further action at local, national and European level. This book examines how ECRI has developed and fulfilled this mandate. It begins by looking at ECRIs foundational years, which were pivotal to its future character, approach, working methods and activities. It then describes and closely examines the evolution of the three main prongs of ECRIs work program country-by-country work, general themes and relations with civil society. Through this assessment, the author reveals the detailed, far-reaching and progressive body of jurisprudence that ECRI has produced constituting a useful road map for actors seeking to addre
