Is there a direct participation of anti-racist, anti-discrimination and victim group organisations in consultation and development, promotion, implementation of anti-racist and anti-discrimination law and/or policies?

Code:: RED42
Key Area:: Anti-racist Policies & Organisations
Strand(s):: Racism

29/12/2011 - 12:55

Short Answer

Yes

Qualitative Info

Anti-racist NGOs take part in official deliberations and projects of the CNCDH and took part in the activities of the HALDE. They are regularly consulted by official research and evaluation commissions, namely the High-Level Working Group on Discrimination in Schools established by the Ministry of Education from October 2009 to March 2010. The oldest NGOs such as LICRA, the Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and for the Friendship of People (MRAP for its acronym in French), the League of Human Rights (LDH for its acronym in French) were the leading civil society organizations that advocated for the adoption of the law of 1972 against racism.

The Ministry of Education launched new initiatives to fight against racism and other related violence in 2009 such as the strengthening of the partnership with the HALDE, LICRA, SOS-Racisme and LDH to work on the introduction of new "sensitive" (slavery, genocides, etc) topics in school programmes and curses.

Groups affected/interested

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism

External Url

Situation(s)

Library

20/01/2013 - 19:14

Short Answer

Yes

Qualitative Info

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH for its acronym in French), the League of Human Rights (LDH), the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), the Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP) and SOS Racism are members of the French National Consultative Commission of Human Rights (CNCDH). The oldest NGOs such as LICRA, the MRAP, the LDH advocated for the adoption of the law of 1972 against racism.

The Ministry of Education launched new initiatives to fight against racism and other related violence in 2009 such as the strengthening of the partnership with the LICRA, SOS-Racisme and LDH to work on the introduction of new "sensitive" (slavery, genocides, etc.) topics in school programs and curses. In 2011 the convention aiming to fight racism, discrimination and anti Semitisme at school was signed between the Ministry of Education and the LICRA.

Source:

Ministry of Education and LICRA, 05.07.2011, Partnership convention, http://media.eduscol.education.fr/file/Valeurs_republicaines/03/9/Convention_LICRA_2011_185039.pdf, Accessed on 07.01.2013