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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> LEHMANN Sylvia [mailto:Sylvia.LEHMANN@coe.int]
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<b>Sent:</b> 25 September 2012 10:41<br>
<b>Subject:</b> EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGAINST RACISM AND INTOLERANCE/COMMISSION EUROPEENNE CONTRE LE RACISME ET L'INTOLERANCE (ECRI) - News September 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 – 2</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033;text-transform:uppercase">5 SEPTEMBER
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<p><span class="auto-style11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">ECRI published two new reports on the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Croatia and Sweden. ECRI’s Chair, Mr. Jenö Kaltenbach, welcomed positive
 developments in the two countries, but regretted that a number of concerns persisted.</span></span><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">CROATIA</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"><br>
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</span><span class="auto-style11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">According to ECRI there are issues of concern in Croatia, such as the impact on inter-ethnic relations of the under-representation of persons belonging to national minorities in the public administration
 and the courts, and in particular the low number of Serbs in the police at local level, and the fact that many Roma still do not have personal identity or citizenship documents.
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">[<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/118-25_09_2012_Croatia_en.asp">more</a>]<b><br>
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</span><span class="auto-style11"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In its report on Sweden, ECRI finds that that a number of problems persisted, such as continuing de facto residential segregation and the ground gained by xenophobic and islamophobic discourse
 and political parties over the past few years. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">[<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/119-25_09_2012_Sweden_en.asp">more</a>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">Conclusions on the implementation of priority recommendations in respect of Greece<br>
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</span><span class="auto-style21"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">ECRI published its conclusions on the implementation of three priority recommendations made in its country report on Greece, which was released in 2009. Through the new interim follow-up
 procedure, ECRI seeks to assist Council of Europe member States in fine-tuning their response to the recommendations made in its country reports.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"> [<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/121-25_09_2012_Greece_en.asp">more</a>]
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</span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">New guidelines to combat discrimination in employment</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"><br>
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</span></b><span class="auto-style21"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">ECRI issued its General Policy Recommendation No.14 which calls the Council of Europe’s 47 member States to stop racism and racial discrimination in employment. [<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/120-25_09_2012_RPG14_en.asp">more</a>]</span></span><span lang="EN-GB">
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">L'ECRI a publié deux nouveaux rapports sur la lutte contre le racisme, la discrimination raciale, la xénophobie, l’antisémitisme et l’intolérance
 en Croatie et en Suède. Le Président de l’ECRI, M. Jenö Kaltenbach, a déclaré que s’il y a eu des progrès dans les deux pays, des préoccupations demeurent.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CROATIE</span></strong><br>
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Selon l’ECRI, des problèmes subsistent en Croatie comme l’incidence sur les relations interethniques de la sous‑représentation des personnes appartenant à une minorité nationale dans l’Administration et les instances judiciaires et, en particulier, le nombre
 restreint de Serbes dans la police au niveau local et le fait que de nombreux Roms n’ont toujours pas de papiers d’identité, ni de document attestant leur nationalité. [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"><a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/118-25_09_2012_Croatia_fr.asp"><span lang="FR">suite</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">]<br>
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<span class="auto-style11">Dans son rapport sur la Suède, ECRI déplore la persistance d’un certain nombre de problèmes tels que la ségrégation de fait dans le logement et le terrain gagné, ces dernières années, par le discours et les partis politiques xénophobes
 et islamophobes.</span> [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"><a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/119-25_09_2012_Sweden_fr.asp"><span lang="FR">suite</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">]</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span class="auto-style11"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt">Conclusions sur la mise en œuvre des recommandations prioritaires concernant la Grèce</span></b></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73"><br>
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<span class="auto-style11">L'ECRI a publié ses conclusions sur la mise en œuvre des trois recommandations prioritaires formulées dans son rapport concernant la Grèce, paru en 2009. Avec cette nouvelle procédure de suivi intermédiaire, l’ECRI souhaite aider
 les Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe à mieux adapter leurs réponses aux recommandations faites dans ses rapports pays-par-pays. [<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Library/PressReleases/121-25_09_2012_Greece_fr.asp">suite</a>]</span></span><span lang="FR"><br>
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</span><span class="auto-style11"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt">Lignes directrices pour lutter contre la discrimination dans le monde du travail</span></b></span><span lang="FR"><br>
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</span><span class="auto-style11"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt">L’ECRI a publié sa Recommandation de politique générale n°14 qui appelle les 47 Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe à mettre fin au racisme et à la discrimination raciale dans le monde
 du travail. [<a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/library/pressreleases/120-25_09_2012_rpg14_fr.asp?">suite</a>]</span></span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="coetitre"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663A73">Pour plus d’informations, retrouvez le
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 concernant l'ECRI. </span></b><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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