ECRI held its 91st plenary meeting in Strasbourg, which took place from 28 to 30 March 2023.

As part of its sixth country monitoring cycle, ECRI examined its preliminary draft reports on Iceland, Luxembourg, North Macedonia and Poland, and adopted its reports on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. It also adopted its conclusions on the implementation of priority recommendations addressed to Norway.

ECRI also adopted its annual report on its activities for 2022.

In the context of its thematic work, ECRI examined its preliminary draft General Policy Recommendation No. 17 on preventing and combating intolerance and discrimination against LGBTI persons.

The Working Group on relations with Civil Society and Equality Bodies also reported back to the plenary on its recent activities.

During its meeting, ECRI held an exchange of views with Ralph Kass, Chair of the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Commission (GEC).

ECRI took note of the statement made by Ahmet Yildiz, member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy.
 

ECRI’s exchange of views with Ralph Kass, Chair of the GEC