Johan Friestedt is the Executive Secretary of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). He previously worked for other Council of Europe bodies, such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) or the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and the Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul Convention. At the time of drafting of the First Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention, he was a team leader in charge of drawing up a thematic monitoring report on discrimination, racism and intolerance in all Councill of Europe member states, for it to be examined by the Committee of Ministers within the framework of its own monitoring procedures.