Appointment of Ireland’s Member to ECRI

Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy today congratulated Dr James Carr on his appointment as the Irish member of the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). Dr Carr was nominated by the Minister for the position. ECRI is entrusted with combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance across Council of Europe member states.

Dr Carr is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick. He is very familiar with the work of ECRI and has previously worked as a consultant adviser on General Policy Recommendations and has also engaged with members in respect of ECRI’s sixth-cycle monitoring report on Ireland.

In addition, Dr Carr has worked with the European Commission as expert adviser on anti-Muslim hatred and Anti-Racism, and in the Irish context is a member of the Advisory Committee on Racial Equality and Racism, tasked with independently monitoring the implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism.

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