Members of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
ECRI’s Statute provides that it should consist of members “with a high moral authority and recognised expertise in dealing with racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance”. Each Member State of the Council of Europe has the right to appoint one ECRI member and has the legal duty to appoint an independent and impartial member.
Bertil COTTIER (Switzerland)
Chair
Term of office expires 31 December 2028
Member since 1 January 2019
2nd Vice-Chair from January to December 2023
GHIDEI BIIDU Domenica (the Netherlands)
1st Vice-Chair
Term of office expires 7 October 2025
Member since 8 October 2015
Vice-Chair from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021
Bureau member from January 2022 to December 2023
ILIEVA Irena (Bulgaria)
2nd Vice-Chair
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
Bureau member from January 2022 to December 2023
EMİNOĞLU Nihal (Türkiye)
Bureau member
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2023
Biography
KEYTSMAN Els (Belgium)
Bureau member
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
ŠIMONOVIĆ EINWALTER Tena (Croatia)
Bureau member
Term of office expires 1 July 2029
Member since 2 July 2014
Bureau member from January 2020 to December 2021
2nd Vice-Chair from January to December 2022
VEDSTED-HANSEN Jens (Denmark)
Bureau member
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
AGHDASI-SISAN Arzu (Azerbaijan)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
ANTONIJEVIĆ PRILJEVA Mladen (Serbia)
BRIGHIDIN Andrei (Republic of Moldova)
Term of office expires 5 June 2029
Member since 6 June 2024
BUCHHOLTZ Gabriele (Germany)
Term of office expires 5 April 2029
Member since 6 April 2024
Biography
DAVOST Patrice (Monaco)
Term of office expires 6 December 2025
Member since 7 December 2015
DOBARDŽIĆ Nerma (Montenegro)
Term of office expires 9 December 2028
Member since 10 December 2023
FARRELL Michael (Ireland)
Term of office expires 29 November 2026
Member since 24 November 2011
Bureau member from January 2018 to December 2019
2nd Vice-Chair from January 2020 to December 2021
Bureau member from January 2022 to December 2023
GAMBINO Alberto (Italy)
Term of office expires 13 September 2028
Member since 14 September 2023
GIMÉNEZ GÍMENEZ Sara (Spain)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
HOFMANNOVÁ Helena (Czechia)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
Helena Hofmannová is a lawyer and associate professor of constitutional law and theory of state at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague. She also serves as an advisor to the Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.
From 2012-2016, Ms Hofmannová was a member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe. She was also a fellow and visiting professor at the New York University School of Law and the Michigan University School of Law.
She teaches and writes about Czech constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, human rights, minority law and the issues of democratic governance.
JONASSON Ögmundur (Iceland)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
JUHÁSZ Imre (Hungary)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2013
JURA Cristian (Romania)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2018
Bureau member from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 and from April 2021 to December 2023
KAMENSKA Anhelita (Latvia)
KILADZE Sophie (Georgia)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2023
KOCHARYAN Vigen (Armenia)
Term of office expires 11 February 2025
Member since 12 February 2020 (Former member from 26 November 2001 to 30 April 2015)
KOGOVŠEK ŠALAMON Neža (Slovenia)
KUKK Aet (Estonia)
KULYK Volodymyr (Ukraine)
Term of office expires 10 December 2028
Member since 11 December 2013
Bureau member from April 2019 to April 2021
LAIVIERA Renee (Malta)
Term of office expires 17 November 2024
Member since 18 November 2014
LEHNERS Jean-Paul (Luxembourg)
Term of office expires 8 February 2026
Member since 9 February 2011
Member of the Bureau from January 2014 to December 2015
Vice-Chair from January 2016 to December 2017
Chair from January 2018 to December 2019
LIND Anna-Sara (Sweden)
LUARASI Iris (Albania)
Term of office expires 20 February 2029
Member since 21 February 2024
Biography
MAROUDA Maria Daniella (Greece)
Term of office expires 4 November 2025
Member since 5 November 2015
Vice-Chair from 22 June 2017 to 31 December 2019
Chair from January 2020 to December 2023
MIHAJLOVA STRATILATI Elena (North Macedonia)
Term of office expires 25 September 2029
Member since 10 May 2019
NICOLATOS Myron (Cyprus)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2023
PARDALOS Kristina (San Marino)
Term of office expires 11 December 2028
Member since 12 December 2018 (Deputy from 16 June 2004 to 2 November 2009)
PEREIRA da SILVA Jorge (Portugal)
Term of office expires 25 September 2029
Member since 26 September 2024
Biography
RIBERAYGUA CAELLES Jacint (Andorra)
Term of office expires 26 September 2026
Member since 27 September 2006
Member of the Bureau from 21 March 2013 to 20 March 2015
TISSIER Anne-Françoise (France)
Term of office expires 15 February 2026
Member since 16 February 2022
TOIVANEN Reetta (Finland)
Term of office expires 1 July 2029
Member since 18 September 2013
Bureau member from January 2021 until December 2021
First Vice-Chair from January 2022 until December 2023
VAŠEČKA Michal (Slovak Republic)
WÆRSTAD Tone Linn (Norway)
Term of office expires 31 December 2027
Member since 1 January 2023
WHINE Michael (United Kingdom)
Term of office expires 25 September 2028
Member since 18 September 2013
Bureau member from January 2020 to December 2021
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