Event Programme
ECRI 2022 annual seminar with Equality Bodies
Prohibition of discrimination: can a focus on intersectionality contribute to effective equality?
Monday, 26 September 2022
Strasbourg – Council of Europe, Agora Building (G.03) *
PROGRAMME
8.45-9.30 Registration and Welcome coffee (and connectivity check)
9.30-10.00 Opening remarks
Introduction and moderation: Maria Marouda, Chair of ECRI
- Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality
- Jeroen Schokkenbroek, Director of Anti-Discrimination and Human Dignity (DG II), Council of Europe
- Petra Bayr, PACE General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance
10.00-10.30 Testimonies
- Nassr Eddine Errami, Muslim Chaplain
- Elena Gorolová, Roma social worker, Ostrava – Czech Republic
10.30-11.00 Keynote speech and Q/A
- Professor Colm O’Cinneide, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
11.00-11.30 Coffee break and networking
11.30-12.45 Session I: Challenges
This session will discuss the challenges in revealing the nature of discrimination that flows from the intersection of multiple social identities and to what extent existing legal and policy frameworks address such intertwined form of discrimination.
Moderator: Domenica Ghidei Biidu, ECRI Bureau member
- Michaela Moua, EU Anti-Racism Coordinator
- Brankica Janković, Commissioner for Protection of Equality (Serbia)
- Nawal Mustafa, SPEAK (the Netherlands)
- Alfiaz Vayia, Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice
12.45-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-15.15 Session II: Approaches
This session will examine the application and limitations of intersectionality across the work and practice of international bodies and how this concept is used to identify and unravel different layers of inequality.
Moderator: Barbara John, Chair of ECRI’s Working Group on relations with Equality Bodies and Civil Society
- Pansy Tlakula, Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Patrycja Pogodzinska, Project Officer, Equality, Roma and Social Rights Unit, Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), European Union
- Wester Meijdam, Policy Officer, Office of the EU Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life
15.15-15.45 Coffee break and networking
15.45-17.15 Session III: Expert insights and ways forward
The objective of this last session is to identify potential avenues for using the intersectionality lens in antidiscrimination law and what specific role equality bodies can play in further developing such a tool.
Moderator: Tamás Kádár, EQUINET, Co-Director
- Margareta Matache, Lecturer and Director of the Roma Program, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, United States of America
- Kim L. Smouter Umans, Director of ENAR
- Neža Kogovšek Šalamon, ECRI member; Head of Department, Office of Advocate of the Principle of the Equality (Slovenia)
- Sophie Vincent, Legal Advisor, UNIA (Belgium)
17.15-17.30 Concluding remarks
- Tena Šimonović Einwalter, ECRI Vice-Chair and Chair of EQUINET Executive Board
*Arrangements are also made for online participation through videoconferencing.