European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Standards
ECRI elaborates General Policy Recommendations (GPR) addressed to the governments of all member States.
They provide detailed guidelines which policy-makers are invited to use when drawing up national strategies and policies in a variety of fields.
Recommendations and key topics
- Combating racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.1 - adopted on 4 October 1996 - Equality bodies to combat racism and intolerance at national level
ECRI revised General Policy Recommendation No.2 - adopted on 13 June 1997 and revised on 7 December 2017 + Key Topics - Combating racism and intolerance against Roma/Gypsies
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.3 - adopted on 6 March 1998 + Key Topics - National surveys on the experience and perception of discrimination and racism from the point of view of potential victims
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.4 - adopted on 6 March 1998 - Preventing and combating anti-Muslim racism and discrimination
ECRI revised General Policy Recommendation No.5 - adopted on 16 March 2000 and revised on 8 December 2021 - Combating the dissemination of racist, xenophobic and antisemitic material via the Internet
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.6 - adopted on 15 December 2000 - National legislation to combat racism and racial discrimination
ECRI revised General Policy Recommendation No.7 - adopted on 13 December 2002 and revised on 7 December 2017 - Combating racism while fighting terrorism
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.8 - adopted on 17 March 2004 + Key Topics - Preventing and combating Antisemitism
ECRI revised General Policy Recommendation No.9 - adopted on 25 June 2004 and revised on 1 July 2021 - Combating racism and racial discrimination in and through school education
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.10 - adopted on 15 December 2006 + Key Topics - Combating racism and racial discrimination in policing
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.11 - adopted on 29 June 2007 + Key Topics - Combating racism and racial discrimination in the field of sport
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.12 - adopted on 19 December 2008 + Key Topics - Combating antigypsyism and discrimination against Roma
ECRI revised General Policy Recommendation No.13 - adopted on 24 June 2011 and amended on 1 December 2020 + Key Topics - Combating racism and racial discrimination in employment
ECRI General Policy Recommentation No.14 - adopted on 22 June 2012 + Key Topics - Combating Hate Speech
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.15 - adopted on 8 December 2015 + Key Topics - Safeguarding irregularly present migrants from discrimination
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.16 - adopted on 16 March 2016 + Key Topics - Preventing and combating intolerance and discrimination against LGBTI persons
ECRI General Policy Recommendation No.17 - adopted on 28 June 2023