The Development of Legal Instruments to Combat Racism in a Diverse Europe

Isabelle Chopin

ISBN 10: 900413686X / ISBN 13: 9789004136861

Published by Brill Mär 2004, 2004

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Neuware - Europe has come a long way at least in the institutional response to racism. This book describes the responses of the Council of Europe and the European Union to the worrying trends of racism and xenophobia in the 1990s, and considers the prospects for combating discrimination in Europe using tools that have emerged as a result. Part one looks at the evolution of the Council of Europe apparatus to combat discrimination and the anti-discrimination standards prescribed by its institutions. Part two considers the legislative measures recently adopted by the European Union. The contributions in Part three take a comparative perspective of all measures adopted at European level to combat racial and ethnic discrimination.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Development of Legal Instruments to Combat Racism in a Diverse Europe
• Publisher: Brill Mär 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900413686X
• ISBN 13: 9789004136861
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 167H x 26D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 167 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 744 grams

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Synopsis

Europe has come a long way at least in the institutional response to racism. This book describes the responses of the Council of Europe and the European Union to the worrying trends of racism and xenophobia in the 1990s, and considers the prospects for combating discrimination in Europe using tools that have emerged as a result. Part one looks at the evolution of the Council of Europe apparatus to combat discrimination and the anti-discrimination standards prescribed by its institutions. Part two considers the legislative measures recently adopted by the European Union. The contributions in Part three take a comparative perspective of all measures adopted at European level to combat racial and ethnic discrimination.

About the Author

Jan Niessen is director of the Brussels based Migration Policy Group, an independent policy institute on migration and diversity. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Migration and Law and of the Board of Directors of the Journal of International Migration and Integration. For the Council of Europe he wrote the report Diversity and Cohesion new challenges for the integration of immigrants and minorities.
Isabelle Chopin is deputy-director of the Migration Policy Group. For many years, she acted as the Director of the Starting Line Group coalition, leading to the adoption of the Racial Equality Directive of 29 June 2000. She also works with the EU and accession states, focusing on the transposition and implementation of the Racial Equality Directive and the Employment Equality Directive.