i-RED

Identity

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:28:03 GMT

Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity

We are very excited to announce the merging of generation 2.0 and the Institute for Rights, Equality & Diversity (i-RED) into one organization--Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity! Based in Athens, Greece, Generation 2.0 (formerly known as Second Generation) was a social and political group founded in 2006 with the goal of pursuing social justice for a new generation of youth in Greece. The group promoted their vision of Greece as multicultural, multiracial, and inclusive of all forms of diversity by bringing together people of Greek and migrant descent for social and political events. i-RED was established in 2008 as an independent research institute in Greece with a European and international orientation and building on EU and international networks.

We have brought the two organisations together to create an energetic and enthusiastic management team with diverse and innovative perspectives. Collectively, we have over fifteen years of experience in activism, social and legal research, program management, and cultural event planning, as well as vast social and political networks in Greece and Europe. Our new strategy combines the passion and motivation that drives social action with the academic rigor and detailed analysis of research in order to develop and implement the most effective programs for social change in Greece and throughout Europe.

Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity is an organization that combines research and social action to promote rights, equality and diversity and to combat racism, xenophobia, and discrimination. We identify social issues, develop culturally specific actions and promote social change in Greece and throughout Europe. g2RED gathers a multi- and interdisciplinary team of members and cooperating experts who are acclaimed scholars in social sciences (sociology, economy, law, anthropology, social psychology, pedagogy) and political activists on anti-discrimination, migration, social equality, human rights and political participation.

We also have a division that specializes in the issues facing youth in Greece and Europe, particularly those of migrant background. We use creative dissemination strategies that are based on the principles of participative democracy, in that we share our research outcomes through social action, capacity building, and knowledge sharing directly to the communities with which we work and to which we also belong. We hold the view that collaboration and collective engagement produces the best social impact for everyone involved; thus each program we develop is culturally, scientifically, ethically, and politically informed and grounded in the African ethical principle of Ubuntu—“the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.”

Objectives

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:47:27 GMT

Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity performs:

research and political intervention through research and social action
public dissemination of research findings and policy recommendations regarding migrants and minorities and the phenomena of migration, racism, discrimination towards equality and participation in Greece and Europe

g2RED includes among its scopes the study and promotion of equal treatment and defence of discrimination victims on all grounds of diversity and social identity.

Objectives

The main objective of the organization is to undertake social and scientific activities and initiatives for fundamental individual and social rights, equality and diversity, equal treatment, migrants and minorities and phenomena of racism and discrimination, in Greece and Europe. In particular g2RED aims at:

studying and promoting equal treatment, and assisting and defending victims of racism and discrimination through research and data collection, as well as public and political intervention and advocacy.
Studying and combating of phenomena of racism and discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or other form of diversity,
studying and promoting social integration of migrants and minorities,
academic, social and legal research, production of studies and providing counseling services on human, fundamental, individual and social rights, equality, equal treatment, migrants and minorities, phenomena of racism and discrimination,
performing and providing data collection and documentation about racism and discrimination and promoting official recording, documenting and efficiently combating those phenomena by public authorities

EU Youth Report 2012

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 20:49:25 GMT

The 2012 EU Youth Report summarises the results of the first work cycle of the EU Youth Strategy (2010-2012) and proposes priorities for the next 3 years. It presents statistics on how the financial crisis has affected the situation of young people in the EU. The next EU Youth Report will be published in 2015.

Working with Young People: The value of youth work in the European Union

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 20:13:37 GMT

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

A new study on youth work: making a difference for young people in Europe

EU-wide study brings together existing evidence to facilitate the understanding and appreciation of youth work.

A new study has been published, providing information about the value of youth work, and how it results in a range of positive outcomes for young people, enabling them to:

develop skills and competences,
strengthen their network and social capital, and
change particular behaviours.

Beyond the individual level outcomes, youth work is an important component of our social fabric, offering a space for contact, exchange, and engagement between young people, as well as between generations.

The study analyses the specific situation of the 28 EU Member States, highlighting the situation of youth work and its contribution to the well-being and development of young people.

Various actors and organisations are delivering youth work in Europe, such as youth clubs, youth centres and youth associations. In addition to street workers' activities, youth workers are providing support within schools, libraries or hospitals.

Despite this diversity, youth work has common core features; it focuses on young people, their personal development, and participation is voluntary.

PRESS RELEASE: EU's external migration policy: a bolder approach

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:59:21 GMT

What progress has been made to better manage migration flows and promote mobility in a secure environment?In a report adopted today the Commission looks at the main developments within the EU's external migration policy in 2012 and 2013. Two years after the launch of the renewed Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) important achievements in strengthening dialogue and cooperation are reported, while recognizing that more should be done to make further progress.

Efforts to address the realities of an increasing international mobility must match the needs and priorities of all stakeholders. This requires a better use of existing tools, such as Mobility Partnerships and common visa rules. There is also a need to reinforce the participation of EU Member States where possible when implementing EU policies.

"Well-managed migration can be truly beneficial for everybody involved, migrants and countries alike. Our success largely depends on our dialogue and cooperation with non-EU countries and international organisations. Mobility Partnerships, visa facilitation coupled with readmission agreements and the common visa rules remain important policy instruments. But we should do even more to secure economic growth and competitiveness and to address jointly with non-EU countries the downsides of migration, such as trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants", said Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström.

The Mobility Partnerships have proven to be useful tools for addressing migration and asylum issues in a mutually beneficial way. They establish a set of political objectives and provide a structure for discussions and cooperation. So far, Mobility Partnerships have been concluded with six countries: Moldova (2008), Cape Verde (2008), Georgia (2009), Armenia (2011), Morocco (2013) and Azerbaijan (2013). Discussions on a Mobility Partnership with Tunisia have been concluded (November 2013) and its signing is imminent. Furthermore, discussions have begun with Jordan (December 2013).

Altogether, in the period from 2012-2013, the Commission has supported more than 90 migration-related projects with more than € 200 million in all regions of the developing world. In addition, EU Member States have invested further financial resources to the implementation of the GAMM.

More work should also be done with regard to refugee protection and human rights. For instance, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) could play a greater role in improving asylum and reception capacities in non-EU countries, including within the framework of Mobility Partnerships. There is also room to improve the use of Regional Protection Programmes, in particular through longer-term engagement and funding.

Better coordination of resettlement activities at EU level and amongst Member States would allow for more efficient and quicker responses to crisis situations. Increased EU funding should also be available to support more resettlement/humanitarian admission places under the new Asylum and Migration Fund (2014-2020).

Taking the GAMM to the next level

The existing external migration and asylum policy and tools could however be better exploited, including to enhance the attractiveness of the EU and strengthen its economy.

The issue of labour migration will become even more prominent in the coming years and the role of the Mobility Partnerships could be emphasised in this regard (e.g. by facilitating the exchange of students or professionals, enhancing migration management capacities in non-EU countries, introducing circular migration programmes, strengthening social protection of legal migrants, addressing where appropriate portability of social rights, etc.).

Facilitating the issuance of short-term visas can produce positive effects for development in non-EU countries such as improving business opportunities and trade ties with the EU, and strengthening people-to-people contacts. Furthermore, the potential offered by the EU visa policy should be used to the fullest to foster economic growth and cultural exchanges. In the coming weeks, the Commission will propose amendments to the Visa Code to further facilitate travel of legitimate travellers while ensuring a high level of security of the EU.

Cooperation on prevention and combatting irregular migration has deepened in recent years. Dialogues, exchange of information and joint actions to fight trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants have been initiated and implemented. Further initiatives are foreseen, as already announced in the report of the Task Force Mediterranean.

Background

The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) is, since 2005, the overarching framework of the EU external migration and asylum policy and defines how the EU conducts its political dialogue and operational cooperation with non-EU countries. It is based on clearly defined priorities which reflect the strategic objectives of the EU, and is embedded in the EU’s overall foreign policy, including development cooperation.

The GAMM aims to foster the dialogue and cooperation with non-EU partner countries in four areas: better organising legal migration and fostering well-managed mobility; preventing and combating irregular migration and eradicating trafficking in human beings; maximising the development impact of migration; and promoting international protection and enhancing the external dimension of asylum.

The GAMM is implemented through regional and bilateral policy dialogues (with policy tools such as Mobility Partnerships); legal instruments such as visa facilitation and readmission agreements; operational support and capacity building; as well as a wide range of programme and project support (available to numerous stakeholders, including civil society, migrant associations and international organisations).

Contacts :

Michele Cercone (+32 2 298 09 63)

Tove Ernst (+32 2 298 67 64)

EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:36:47 GMT

The EU’s commitment to protecting children is underlined in the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child.

Children First and Foremost: A guide to realising the rights of children and families in an irregular migration situation

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:11:09 GMT

PICUM: Platform for International Cooperation of Undocumented Migrants

PICUM created this guide as the result of their "Building Strategies to improve the Protection of Undocumented Children in Europe" project, which aimed to spread understanding of the challenges children in an irregular migration situation face in accessing their fundamental rights to education, healthcare and housing in Europe, and to share and develop good practices to overcome these barriers.

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ: Σχετικά με τον Κώδικα Μετανάστευσης και Κοινωνικής Ένταξης

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 17:00:41 GMT

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ

Σχετικά με τον Κώδικα Μετανάστευσης και Κοινωνικής Ένταξης

Ο Κώδικας Μετανάστευσης και Κοινωνικής Ένταξης ο οποίος ενοποιεί την έως τώρα υπάρχουσα νομοθεσία πρόκειται να κατατεθεί στη Βουλή στις 11 Μαρτίου.

Παρόλο που με τoν εν λόγω Κώδικα γίνεται μια προσπάθεια επίλυσης αναχρονιστικών ζητημάτων που αντιμετώπισαν οι αλλοδαποί και οι αλλογενείς στην Ελλάδα, η απουσία ολιστικής προσέγγισης και επίλυσης των ζητημάτων αυτών είναι έκδηλη. Εισάγει μερικές καινοτομίες (επέκταση της επί μακρόν για τη δεύτερη γενιά και στα παιδιά που πήγαν σχολείο στην Ελλάδα), διευκολύνει (ορισμένες μόνο) διαδικασίες (μείωση εισοδηματικών κριτηρίων για επί μακρόν και κατάργηση για οικογενειακή επανένωση, χρήση βιβλιαρίου υγείας για επαναφορά στη νομιμότητα συγκεκριμένων κατηγοριών μεταναστών) και μπορεί να βελτιωθεί σημαντικά με τροποποιήσεις.

Λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τις ευαίσθητες πολιτικές ισορροπίες στη χώρα τη δεδομένη χρονική στιγμή αλλά και τις γενικότερες συνθήκες στην Ευρώπη, όπως και το γεγονός ότι η επίλυση των προβλημάτων των μεταναστών που ζουν και εργάζονται στην Ελλάδα είναι επιτακτική ανάγκη, υποστηρίζουμε τις προσπάθειες που γίνονται προς αυτή τη κατεύθυνση. Ωστόσο, θα υπενθυμίζουμε σε κάθε ευκαιρία ότι ο συγκεκριμένος Κώδικας δεν περιλαμβάνει ολιστικές αλλαγές που θα συνέβαλλαν στην εξασφάλιση επίλυσης προβλημάτων όλων των κατηγοριών των μεταναστών. Και ιδιαίτερα της ευαίσθητης και σημαντικής κατηγορίας των νέων που γεννήθηκαν και μεγάλωσαν στην Ελλάδα στους οποίους στερείται ακόμα το δικαίωμα στη ιθαγένεια. Θα περιμένουμε στο μέλλον νομοθετικές πρωτοβουλίες –όπως δεσμεύτηκε και ο ίδιος ο Υπουργός- προς αυτή τη κατεύθυνση.

generation 2.0/i-RED

News

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:09:26 GMT

a dream allowed.... support our campaign for Ithageneia (www.ithageneia.org)

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:10:18 GMT

a dream allowed...

Support our campaign for Ithageneia! (www.ithangeneia.org)

In Greece, up to 200.000 children and young adults born to immigrant parents are considered and treated as “aliens” with no official documentation and no rights at all. Those children, born or raised in Greece, within the European Union, have no access to a formal citizenship, providing them with the basic means to get a sense of belonging and build a life filled with rights and duties like regular people.

We are generation 2.0, the New Generation of Greek People, which includes the diverse people of migrant and Greek origin that were born and raised in Greece.

We stand up for our right to be all equal citizens of the country we were born and/or raised.

Sign our petition at www.ithageneia.org to challenge Europe and the Greek Government to provide access on citizenship to all children born and/or raised in Greece.

One year after Utoya in a troubled Europe: Chimeras and Erinyes

Miltos Pavlou — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:09:33 GMT

Miltos Pavlou of i-RED gives his own bleak assessment of the current political context in Europe, based on xenophobic and racist attitudes taking place recently in Greece, France and Norway, among others. He focuses on increasing hate speech and crimes against minorities, and on the unfulfilled promises of an inclusive Europe. This raises attention to the need to be cautious of passive acceptance of ‘othering’ techniques used by some to maintain hierarchies and positions of power.

RAXEN - Human rights issues and debates during the 2009 EU Parliament election campaign

Miltos Pavlou — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:15:24 GMT

Overview

[1]. In Greece the issues of racism, xenophobia, related acts of intolerance and other relevant human rights issues had never been in the focus of the debates during election campaigns. Despite the volume of migration inflows in Greece, the issue has never even been raised by the political leaders during the debates of the past national elections (1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007). The only exception was the 2007 leaders’ debate, when only the far-right political party leader introduced the issue of migration with xenophobic terms.

[2]. This changed with the 2009 EU election. In a spectacular shift of public discussion, the issue of irregular migration gained major attention by national and local media during the election campaign. Nonetheless, the public debate did not focus on human rights issues of migrants and refugees. Instead, it developed around negative stance towards migrants and intolerance of their presence in Greece.

[3]. The main actors contributing to this shift were the media representatives and the far-right political party of LA.O.S. In some cases media publications in major quality newspapers (especially Kathimerini and To Vima) or freesheets were blatantly intolerant and xenophobic using traditional wording of racist inspiration. It is significant that the free tabloid ‘City Press’ published very often numerous articles on the degradation of the city of Athens and on migration debate in general, devoting regularly publication space despite the very small number of its pages containing news and actuality. These actors managed to turn the media attention to migration while fomenting related intolerance. As some put it the far-right wing political party achieved an ‘ideological-political hegemony’ over the election debate as made clear from the post-election period and developments. LAOS gained high percentages in the elections 2009 and there is widespread public acceptance of its xenophobic arguments and rhetoric. A far-right extra parliamentary political group, Chryssi Avgi (‘Golden Dawn’) doubled its popular vote at the euro-elections. As such, public debates of intolerance and xenophobia had a significant impact on the outcome of the election, by benefiting the far-right political party which promoted such discourse.

[...]

[7]. The issues brought forward mostly by LAOS and media, had a major impact on the outcome of the election. This however became clear just after the election since the post-election period was marked by the continuous predominance of xenophobic debates on migrants and ghettos in the media and the central political and public sphere. In a very short period of time, the government undertook a number of strict and controversial legislative initiatives and administrative measures regarding, or allegedly violating human rights of migrants and refugees, under the pressure of the LAOS electoral success due to its blatantly xenophobic and anti-migrant discourse. LAOS achieved high percentages in the downgraded areas of Athens, where the so-called migrant ghettos were created (Aghios Panteleimonas Aharnon).

[8]. Similarly, the political parties (mostly the left coalition SYRIZA) which most supported migrants during the pre-election period suffered from decreasing percentages and electoral power.

[9]. The starting point of all relevant public debates which became more or less central during the election campaign was the increased inflow of undocumented migrants mostly from Middle-East countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan). In 2008, the number of incoming migrants through the sea borders of Greece amounted to 146.000 persons.Opinion polls and surveys implemented during this period have shown that Greek citizens are afraid of crime, and in their overwhelming majority they attribute the alleged rise of criminality to the increased presence of migrants in Greece. This is consistent with the findings of this report, which show the contemporary creation of a media-driven ‘crime-wave’ at the expenses of migrants. Additionally, for the first time, a serious Islamophobic incident has been recorded in Greece. The tearing apart of the Koran by a police officer during a control after stopping a Muslim migrant was followed by Muslims’ protests in Athens and by public discourse about cultural conflict and incompatibility of Islam and Muslim migrants with the Greek culture. The related intolerance and xenophobia fed into the discussion about the presumably overburdening high numbers of Muslim migrants, and provided an additional argument in favour of the reactions and of the presumed consequent need to remove them violently from the Athens areas they reside in.

[10]. Finally, it is noteworthy that the political context of spring 2009 which introduced the pre-election period was marked by heavy economic and political crisis, low popularity of the government and negative polls against its general policies. In the same period, a legislative proposal for a citizenship code presented by the Hellenic League for Human Rights was introducing jus soli for children of migrants born in Greece, and received a rather positive welcome by political and social actors and stakeholders. A citizenship legislation reform would transform a significant number of migrants to full rights’ citizens and voters, bringing a major change in the Greek political arena.

[11]. In the post-election period instead the main political debate remained focused on the issue of migration dealt as a major ‘problem’ and on the presumed need to expel large numbers of irregular migrants. The operations of police arrests and mass evacuation of migrants from the centre of Athens are considered in the public debates as measures to improve the image of the capital and of the islands, and therefore to support the suffering tourism industry. July 2009 found the legislative framework of Greece amended in more strict terms concerning asylum and migration. Controversial new provisions abolish second instance examination of asylum applications, while they allow 18 month administrative detention and expulsion of migrants if penal action is started against them, even for petty misdemeanours. No initiative is undertaken or announced regarding citizenship code reform.

Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:03:09 GMT

Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/02/10/abused-and-expelled

Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems

Miltos Pavlou — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:04:06 GMT

Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems

07/06/2012 - June 2012

This report, based on fieldwork in nine EU Member States, summarises the experiences of involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems.

Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems affects the most fundamental of rights, including the right to liberty and the right to freedom from torture. Strict safeguards at United Nations and European level attempt to limit undue interference with such rights. The legal approach to this field is evolving rapidly, driven in part by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), to which the European Union (EU) and 20 EU Member States have acceded and all Member States have signed. Far more than a repackaging of existing rights, the CRPD represents a sea-change, a move from a charity-based to a rights-based approach characterised by non-discrimination, autonomy and inclusion.

This report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) analyses the shifting legal panorama and, informed by fieldwork in nine EU Member States on the actual experiences of those involuntarily placed and treated and other stakeholders, points to the need for a renewed discussion of compulsory placement and treatment in the EU.

Document(s)

(Report) Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems (PDF File 559 KB)
(Factsheet) Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems (PDF File 124 KB)

Choice and control: the right to independent living

Miltos Pavlou — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:04:06 GMT

Choice and control: the right to independent living

07/06/2012 - June 2012

This report examines how persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems in nine EU Member States experience autonomy, inclusion and participation in their lives.

Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities establishes the right to live independently and be included in the community. Drawing on the findings of interview-based research with persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities, this report examines how they experience the principles of autonomy, inclusion and participation in their day-to-day lives.

The results show that although much has been done, more efforts are needed to ensure that persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities have more choice and control over their lives and are included in the community on an equal basis with others. Most efforts to date have focused on deinstitutionalisation, but to achieve true independent living they should be accompanied by a range of social policy reforms in the areas of education, healthcare, employment, culture and support services. Key initiatives in policy, law and practice, identified in this report, can facilitate progress towards realising the right to independent living of persons with disabilities throughout the European Union.

Document(s)

(Report) Choice and control: The right to independent living (PDF File 19884 KB)

Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:55:45 GMT

Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary

Crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia and related intolerances, the mainstreaming of elements of extremist ideology in political and public discourse, and ethnic discrimination all persist throughout the European Union. Growing alarm has been expressed at the national, EU and international levels with regard to manifestations of violent racism and other forms of intolerance especially in two EU Member States: Greece and Hungary. An additional important concern is the substantial parliamentary representation of parties that use paramilitary tactics or are closely associated with paramilitary groups and use extremist rhetoric to target irregular migrants in Greece, and the Roma and Jews in Hungary.

In this context, FRA took the initiative to collect data and compile the present thematic situation report. It examines the effectiveness of responses by public authorities, statutory human rights bodies, and civil society organisations to racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism in these two EU Member States.

Despite the fact that this report focuses on two countries, the identification of barriers to counter such phenomena is of relevance to the EU as a whole. The proposals contained in the report on issues such as tackling racist and related crime, increasing trust in the police, and countering extremism could therefore be considered for use in all EU Member States.

http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2013/racism-discrimination-intolerance-and-extremism-learning-experiences-greece-and

When you don't exist - Amnesty International campaign

Miltos Pavlou — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:39:47 GMT

When you don't exist is Amnesty International's campaign for the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and at its borders.

People move to Europe for different reasons. Some flee persecution or war. Others leave because of chronic poverty. They hope to find a safer, better future in Europe. But too often they find a different reality.

Europe is failing migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. Negative attitudes to asylum-seekers and migrants are widespread. European countries are stepping up measures to control migration. This can cause serious human rights violations. People on the move have their rights violated, often out of the public eye. They are effectively made invisible.

To learn more about Amnesty International's campaign, please visit:http://www.whenyoudontexist.eu/

Greek neonazi leader gives Hitler-style speech after the elections

Miltos Pavlou — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:51:57 GMT

Greek neonazi leader gives Hitler-style speech after the elections

the Far-right violent organisation, inspired by Hitler, entered the Parliament after receiving 6,97% of the votes in the Greek National Elections 6.5.2012

Thousands in Norway Sing Peace Song Children Of The Rainbow Against Right-Wing Terrorism

Miltos Pavlou — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:44:44 GMT

Tens of thousands of people have protested in Norway against the anti-immigration views of Anders Behring Breivik, as they sang a peace song derided by the terrorist.

A crowd of around 40,000 in the capital Oslo chose 'Children of the Rainbow' which celebrates the type of multi-cultural society Breivik has said he despised and one he dismissed during his trial as Marxist propaganda.

Thousands of Norwegians also held similar musical demonstrations in squares across the country.

Breivik mentioned the tune as an example of how he believes "cultural Marxists" have infiltrated its schools and weakened its society. He claimed the song had been used to brainwash the country's youth into supporting immigration.

Breivik has admitted carrying out twin attacks on July 22 last year - including a bomb he planted outside government offices in the capital which killed eight people.

The other atrocity was a shooting rampage at the ruling Labour Party's annual youth camp on Utoya island that left 69 others dead, mostly teenagers.

He said he was targeting the party because he claims it has betrayed the country by opening its borders to Muslim immigrants.

But he has denied criminal guilt, saying he did so in defence of Norwegian ethnic purity.

After singing, people in Oslo then walked along several streets to the court where Breivik is on trial, close to the site of the bombing.

Most left roses, a symbol of the Labour Party, on the security fence around the building.

The musical protest came on the ninth day of Breivik's trial, where survivors of the two attacks began giving evidence.

Children of the Rainbow

A sky full of stars.
Blue sea as far as you can see.
A land where flowers grow.
Could you want more?
Together we will live
every sister and every brother.
Small children of the rainbow
and a flourishing world.

Some believe there is no point.
Others waste their time with talk.
Some believe that we can live on
plastic and synthetic foods.
And some steal from the young,
who are sent out to fight.
Some steal from the many
who will come after us.

Refrain:

Say it to all the children!
And tell every father and mother.
We still have a chance
to share our hope for this world.

Refrain:

Say it to all the children!
And tell every father and mother.
We still have a chance
to share our hope for this world.

Roma in pre-election Athens - by Velika Karavaltsiou - Protagon.gr

Miltos Pavlou — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:24:04 GMT

«Θα κάνουμε δικό μας κόμμα και θα το ψηφίζουν και οι μπαλαμοί»

Στην Αττική οδό, στο ύψος του Ασπροπύργου, μόλις 10 χιλιόμετρα από την Ομόνοια έχουν βρει καταφύγιο 200 οικογένειες τσιγγάνων. Ο πρόεδρος περιμένει τις «προσφορές» των κομμάτων για να αποφασίσει τι θα ψηφίσει ο καταυλισμός. Οι τσιγγάνοι όμως έχουν πάρει ήδη τις αποφάσεις τους. ΠΑΣΟΚ, ΝΔ, ΚΚΕ … όποιος και αν είναι ο εκφραστής, τα αιτήματα παραμένουν τα ίδια: φως, νερό, σχολεία. Γυναίκες που πλέκουν τα μαλλιά τους, άνδρες που στοιβάζουν τα εμπορεύματα στις καρότσες και παιδιά που ζητούν άλλη μία φωτογραφία. Με το σούρουπο οι πρώτες φωτιές άναψαν κι εμείς πήραμε τον δρόμο της επιστροφής.

i-RED Annual Activity Report 2011

Miltos Pavlou — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:32:42 GMT

FOREWORD

In the fourth year of operation i-RED entered a new phase of research and intervention. A notable number of research products performed in the past years by i-RED were published in 2011. Research topics ranged from racism and xenophobia to unaccompanied minors and diversity in the workplace.

An unprecedented acute financial crisis has hit for the third consecutive year Greece and Europe leading to negative stereotyping, widespread xenophobic and hate speech, while physical racist violence has been more frequent and more dangerous, organised by extremist groups, but tolerated by the police and majority.

Most and foremost, in 2011 we were honoured to lead and to launch, the RED Network Combating Racism & Xenophobia through EU co-funding and with the efforts of 18 organisations in 17 Member States. Since early 2011 the RED Network has been working hard on the RED Early Warning System and Atlas of Racism and Discrimination, to go public on the RED portal by March 2012.

A series of key RAXEN reports (by HLHR-KEMO/i-RED) were published in 2011. They do represent a wide range of reporting activity in Greece on issues of racism, and discrimination against minorities and the situation regarding equality and integration.

A new website for i-RED offered us the capacity of dealing with more information and providing more interesting and user friendly interface for the research, the events and the work of i-RED and of important EU bodies and international institutions.

As each year, i-RED has made efforts in promoting at EU level, research and policies on fundamental rights, through networking, supporting migrants and minorities and through public intervention and communication.

This is one more Annual Report published in times of heavy economic crisis in Greece in a situation where the latter brings down decades of social rights as breaking through a glass door and leads to serious threats of social implosion, rupture of social cohesion, clashes and loss of political and democratic orientation to the respect of human rights. The increase of racist violence, as well as of the widespread and diffused aggressive xenophobic and anit-migrant/anti-minority hate speech, constitute the fertile ground for the rapid rise of violent far-right wing groups and representatives into the centre of the political arena and threaten the very democratic debate and confrontation based on reliable scientific and factual data and documented arguments. This occurs In a vacuum of rights’ oriented policies and solutions to the serious economic and political shortcomings, urging us to an even more demanding research and public intervention role.

Once more i-RED affirms its committment to contribute reliable and documented research findings to the public sphere and therefore to promote productive and inclusive societies which are based on knowledge and reliable information, mutual respect and solidarity and have no fear for the future.

10 Facts on Migration - URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE

Miltos Pavlou — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:49:31 GMT

ΕΚΤΑΚΤΗ ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΥΠΟΥ - 10 Αλήθειες για τη Μετανάστευση

Υπογράφουν και παρουσιάζουν οι:

Αχμέτ Μοαβία - Ελληνικό Φόρουμ μεταναστών
Γιονούς Μοχαμάντι - Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Προσφύγων
Νικόδημος Μάινα - Ασάντε
Νίκο Άγκο - Δημοσιογράφος
Έντα Γκέμι - Κοινωνική Ερευνήτρια
'Αννα Τριανταφυλλίδου - European University Institute, Florence
Μίλτος Παύλου - Διευθυντής i-RED

Η πρωτοβουλία:

Αυτή είναι αρχικά μια πρωτοβουλία 7 προσώπων, σκεπτόμενων ελλήνων και μεταναστών που πιστεύουν ότι απέναντι στα ψεύδη και στις διαστρεβλώσεις που κατακλύζουν το δημόσιο λόγο χρειάζεται να αντιπαρατεθούν τα δεδομένα, οι αλήθειες και η ίδια η φωνή των μεταναστών, των προσφύγων, των πολιτογραφημένων ελλήνων και των ερευνητών.
Αυτή ΔΕΝ είναι μια πρωτοβουλία του i-RED που απλά προσφέρει το χώρο - φυσικό και διαδικτυακό - ούτε την υπογράφουν φορείς, προς το παρόν μόνο πρόσωπα.
Είναι μια πρωτοβουλία που θα συνεχισθεί από μετανάστες, ερευνητές και σκεπτόμενους συμπολίτες μας με αποκλειστικό στόχο να ενημερωθεί το αποπροσανατολσιμένο κοινό και να διαφυλαχθεί η κοινή μας δημοκρατική συμβίωση.
Θα ακολουθήσει συλλογή υπογραφών, καθώς και άλλες εκδηλώσεις εμβαθύνοντας σε όσα τόσα χρόνια δεν συζητήσαμε ούτε αντιμετωπίσαμε όπως θα άξιζε και έπρεπε, και σήμερα κινδυνεύουν να μας διχάσουν απειλώντας την κοινωνική συνοχή.

10 ΑΛΗΘΕΙΕΣ για τη ΜΕΤΑΝΑΣΤΕΥΣΗ

1. Ο νόμος περί ιθαγένειας ενθάρρυνε νέες μεταναστευτικές ροές;

2. Φράκτες στα σύνορα και αποτροπή

3. Συνδέεται η εγκληματικότητα με τη μετανάστευση;

4. Έγκλημα και υποβάθμιση στο ιστορικό κέντρο της Αθήνας;

5. «Λαθρομετανάστες» και «παράνομοι» μετανάστες ;

6. Ρατσιστικός λόγος, αλλοίωση ειδήσεων και media

7. Άσυλο και ειδικές ομάδες;

8. Ελληνική μεταναστευτική πολιτική στο πλαίσιο διεθνών υποχρεώσεων και χρηματοδοτικές δυνατότητες (Ταμεία Συνόρων Προσφύγων Επιστροφών Ένταξης)

9. Απελάσεις, επαναπροωθήσεις και Δουβλίνο ΙΙ

10. Εμβάσματα μεταναστών

Γραφεία i-RED - Λ.Ριανκούρ 64 - Μετρό Πανόρμου

Racist violence and crisis: is Greece a special case? - Ρατσιστική βία και κρίση: είναι η Ελλάδα ειδική περίπτωση;

Miltos Pavlou — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:30:21 GMT

Ρατσιστική βία και κρίση: είναι η Ελλάδα ειδική περίπτωση;

Στις 4 Απριλίου 2012 παρουσιάζονται για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα:

--> το σύστημα RED - ένα καινοτομικό και ανεξάρτητο εργαλείο έρευνας καταγραφής του ρατσισμού και των διακρίσεων

--> τα αποτελέσματα της Έκθεσης του RED για το 2011 με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης

Πώς αντιμετωπίζει η Ευρώπη το ρατσισμό και την ξενοφοβία σε καιρούς έντονης οικονομικής κρίσης;
Ποιές είναι οι σημαντικές εξελίξεις και τάσεις όσον αφορά στο ρατσισμό και τις διακρίσεις;
Υπάρχουν βιώσιμες και αποτελεσματικές πολιτικές πρωτοβουλίες που να προωθούν την ισότητα στην πράξη;

Το i-RED παρουσιάζει το Ευρωπαϊκό Σύστημα RED για την καταγραφή και έγκαιρη προειδοποίηση του ρατσισμού και των διακρίσεων.

Ειδικότερα παρουσιάζονται και συζητιούνται:

Το σύστημα έγκαιρης προειδοποίησης RED Early Warning System και ο Άτλας Ρατσισμού, διακρίσεων και Ισότητας (Atlas of Racism, Discrimination and Equality), που υλοποιήθηκαν στα πλαίσια τουΔικτύου RED για την καταπολέμηση του Ρατσισμού και της Ξενοφοβίας, το οποίο διευθύνεται από το i-RED.
Τα αποτελέσματα της Ετήσιας Έκθεσης του Συστήματος RED – RED Annual Report με το ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον που έχει για την Ελλάδα

Τετάρτη, 4 Απριλίου 2012 στις 12:00

Γραφεία του i-RED

Πύργος Αππόλων, Λουίζης Ριανκούρ, 11523, Αθήνα. 6^ος όροφος, Γραφείο Β3

Εγγραφή

Επιβεβαιώστε την παρουσία σας στέλνοντας μήνυμα στο red@i-red.eu.
Και στο τηλέφωνο 2121 026 960.

RED Network - FRC Project - interim progress & financial report

Miltos Pavlou — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:38:37 GMT

generation 2.0

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:41:00 GMT

Articles

Sofia Ioannou — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:04:33 GMT

generation 2.0

Ανδρομάχη Παπαιωάνου — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:29:48 GMT

Director

Sofia Ioannou — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:13:11 GMT

i-RED is headed by Miltos Pavlou, a sociologist with legal and interdisciplinary scientific formation.
Currently he is heading i-RED, Institute for Rights Equality & Diversity, and leading the RED network combating racism & xenophobia aiming to cooperate in socio-legal and socio-economic research, by exchanging views and methods and by participating in joint research on racism, discrimination, migration and minority and excluded groups’ rights.
In 2007-2010 he has been the Director of HLHR-KEMO/i-RED, as the RAXEN National Focal Point on Racism and Xenophobia. He is member of the Hellenic League for Human Rights [HLHR], the Research Centre for Minority Groups [KEMO], as well as Senior Investigator of the Greek Ombudsman for Children Rights [GO].
His research activities include a high number of publications and public presentations on migration, racism and discrimination at national international conferences in Europe and Central Asia as international and Council of Europe human rights expert, fluent in 4 EU languages and basic user of another two. He is a national press columnist and co-editor of landmark collective volumes and publications on immigration and discrimination in Greece: ‘Migrants in Greece’ (2001), ‘Greece of Immigration’ (2004), Racism and Discrimination against Immigrants and Minorities in Greece: the State of Play (2007,) and the ‘Migrants & Minorities: Discourse and Politics’ (2010). His blog - the Crossing towards Equality and Liberty - gathers some of his public interventions.
He is a long standing partner of the EUMC and FRA and he has been active in designing and implementing research and institution building projects in Europe and Central Asia, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, University and Ombudsman institutions, as well as with research and human development centres, agencies and major civil society organizations. He created the first Database on racist violence & crime in Greece providing on line reporting capacity, while monitoring and reporting of court cases concerning the legislation against racism, has been introduced by the authorities for the first time in 2010 upon his request and encouragment as RAXEN NFP Director.
He is active in supporting the Fundamental Rights civil society Platform since its early stages. As Rapporteur of the Interim Fundamental Rights Platform Panel he reported the outcome and suggestions of the 1st Platform’s Consultation to the FRA Management Board on October 2008. He was elected member of the 1st Advisory Panel to FRA in 2009.

RED network members

Miltos Pavlou — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:55:28 GMT

Greece (coordinator)	Institute for Rights Equality & Diversity (i-RED)
Austria	Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
Bulgaria	Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)
Cyprus	Symfiliosi
Denmark	Documentation and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination (DACoRD)
Finland	Finnish League for Human Rights
France	Centre d'Etudes des Discriminations, du Racisme et de l'Antisémitisme (CEDRA)
Germany	European Forum for Migration Studies (EFMS) - Institute at the University of Bamberg
Hungary	Institute for Legal Studies
Ireland	Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI)
Italy	Initiatives and Study on Multiethnicity Foundation (ISMU Foundation)
Portugal	Númena - Research center on human and social sciences
Romania	Centre for Legal Resources (CLR)
Spain	Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad- MPDL
Slovenia	Mirovni inštitut – Inštitut za sodobne družbene in politične študije (Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies)
Sweden	Centre Against Racism (Centrum mot racism, CMR)

i-RED, Institute for Rights Equality & Diversity, is a research institute established in 2008 with the aim to become and consolidate as the first and only completely independent research centre in Greece with a clear European and international orientation approaching issues under a holistic, global and EU dimension, and building on EU and international networks aiming to maximize the impact of socio-legal research on public attitudes and policy-making. While being a young institution, i-RED gathers among the most highly acclaimed and productive scholars and researchers inGreece and Europe on racism, discrimination, intolerance migrants and social minorities’ issues. i-RED experts provide also proof of expertise in successful coordination and management, financial-administrative and implementation, of high budget EU projects and research transnational networks.
i-RED has a strong research record despite its young age and experience and expertise through its research and administrative staff . It aims to consolidate as a centre of excellence on racism, discrimination, intolerance, migration and integration issues. i-RED has financially managed the socio-legal research activity of HLHR-KEMO, in implementing the Greek National Focal Point of RAXEN, a network run by the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency. The i-RED staff has high level of competence, project management and leadership experience. Moreover, i-RED gathers a multi- and interdisciplinary team of members and cooperating experts who are acclaimed scholars in social sciences (sociology, economy, law, anthropology, social psychology, pedagogy) and political activists on anti-discrimination, migration, social equality and political participation.
Additionally, i-RED has built a selected team of junior and young socio-economic and legal experts, in order to encourage and to lead the creation of a research culture, the development of skills of young and promising researchers engaging them to EU and transnational projects and public intervention.
Within less than two years from its establishment until today, i-RED has been extremely productive implementing numerous important and groundbreaking research work and issuing socio-legal reports on fundamental rights and citiznehsip, some of which are done for the first time in Greece (e.g. Homophobia in Greece, Racism in Sport in Greece, the Asylum system through the eyes of AsylumSeekers) or represent the first systematic approach on highly debated issues such as Roma Housing: Vicious Circles & Consolidated Myths. Moreover, its Director has been a key figure in reporting the Fundamental Rights Platform recommendations to the FRA Management Board in 2008, and elected member of the Advisory Panel of the FRPlatform. i-RED is headed by Miltos Pavlou, socioeconomic & legal researcher and political analyst. He is a sociologist with legal and interdisciplinary scientific formation. The i-RED Director is assisted by a the Public Communication, Administration Units and the Pool of experts headed by the Senior legal expert in coordinating and promoting i-RED research work and public intervention. i-RED has a strong research record and experience. It is a centre of excellence on racism, discrimination, intolerance, migration and integration issues.

The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM), founded in 1992, is an independent human rights research institution under the umbrella of the Ludwig Boltzmann Society, a leading Austrian research association. The institute is co-directed by Manfred Nowak, Hannes Tretter (scientific directors) and Fiona Steinert (managing director). Manfred Nowak is professor at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law of the University of Vienna and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Hannes Tretter is professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Vienna and Vice-chair of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
The primary focus of the BIM is on research activities in the field of human rights, on the national, European and the international level. It is the BIM’s main objective to offer a link between academic research and legal practise. Therefore, a considerable amount of work is devoted to empirical research and project implementation. Through co-operation with international, European and national institutions – like UN, OSCE, CoE, EU, ICTY, Austrian and foreign ministries – as well as other human rights research institutes and NGOs, the BIM strives to provide relevant studies, analysis and data on human rights issues in areas such as international, European and national law, politics, education and the media.
The BIM also coordinates the activities of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform "Human Rights in the European Context" at the University of Vienna. The platform assembles representatives of 12 departments of the University of Vienna with the purpose of strengthening the inter-disciplinary research on the topic of Human Rights in Europe. In addition, the Association for the Promotion of Research of the Institute (“BIM-Forschungsverein”) was established to enable the Institute to pursue additional human rights projects (in particular, empirical and training projects). Besides that, the BIM serves as the Racism and Xenophobia Network (RAXEN) National Focal Point for Austria of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
The BIM is a member in various national and international networks, like e.g. the Litigation Association of NGOs against Discrimination, the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), the COST-Action “The Role of the EU in the UN Human Rights Reform”, the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC), and the Anna-Lindh-Foundation, as well as in various child rights networks (Austrian National Coalition, ECPAT Austria, HIV/AIDS and children, CRIN, etc). BIM staff is also engaged extensively in human rights teaching and training and is involved in various university courses and post-graduate programmes at several European universities.

Symfiliosi cooperates with a pool of researchers whom it contracts from time to time in order to carry out specific tasks in its various projects. Its work is mainly research based, although it has in the past carried out training courses and organised conferences and seminars. Its areas of focus include anti-discrimination, anti-racism, trafficking, gender based violence, migration, integration, asylum and free movement of workers across Europe. Symfiliosi is the main partner of the consortium that forms the national focal point of the RAXEN network for the period 2007-2010 and the Cypriot team of legal experts under the FRALEX program. The experts of Symfiliosi were also experts of the Cyprus NFP for the period 2004-2007 and authors of all RAXEN deliverables. We are in close contact with all other NFPs, the vast majority of which have also belonged to this network for several years. The experts of Symfiliosi are also the national experts for Cyprus of the European Network of Legal Experts in the Anti-discrimination Field, managed by Human European Consultancy in partnership with the Migration Policy Group, and authors of the Cyprus country reports since 2003. The experts of Symfiliosi are the national experts for Cyprus in various European Networks such as the European Network for the Free Movement of Workers in Europe as well as in various other EC funded projects on gender violence (DAPHNE), equality bodies, integration of female migrants etc
The Centre d’Etudes des Discriminations, du Racisme et de l’Antisémitisme (CEDRA) is a research centre (non profit organisation) composed of several institutions that are competent in the fields of human rights issues and the struggle against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance (such as the French National Advisory Commission on Human Rights and five academic and research institutes).

CEDRA is the French focal point for the EU-RAXEN network since 2005. It has also experience as a FRALEX contact point in the framework of the FRA activities. It provides scientific expertise, by collecting and analysing data on racism, xenophobia and related intolerance or other human rights violations in France, as well as by conducting studies and researches on these matters. As a FRA national focal point, CEDRA collaborates on a daily basis with the French National Advisory Commission of Human Rights (CNCDH) and is in permanent contact with civil society actors and research institutions. In this context, CEDRA has recently become a member of the FRA Fundamental Rights Platform.

The european forum for migration studies (efms) is a research institute, founded in 1993; its research work focuses on a broad variety of issues related to immigration, integration and discrimination due to ethnic origin and religion. Since its very beginning, the efms has aimed to contribute to an informed and objective discourse on migration, integration and exclusion and racism in Germany and Europe with a broad array of activities such as primary and secondary research (both qualitative and quantitative), documentation, publication as well as systematic evaluation of integration measures, policy-oriented consultative services, organisation of expert workshops and conferences and providing information to the public. Furthermore, interdisciplinary and international cooperation has been established aiming at the exchange of information between researchers, politicians, administrators, educators, NGOs, the general public and those working in the media. The efms is an independent research institute affiliated with Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, Germany. The director of the efms is Friedrich Heckmann, Professor of Sociology, and the managing director is Wolfgang Bosswick.

The “Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad”- MPDL, is an organisation that is managed by a board of directors that is presided by the president of the MPDL, Mrs Francisca Sauquillo. The president, the Secretary General and the rest of the members are elected in the member’s General Assembly, which is the main governing body of the organisation. MPDL is structured in four departments: Social Action, International Action, Economic and Financial Affairs and Communication. A Coordinator leads each department. Each Department is divided in to areas (geographically for International Action, functionally for Social Action. Nationally, the organisation is divided in to Autonomous Communities and Province offices. MPDL has 22 offices open in the Spanish territory. Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad, Spain (MPDL) is a non-profit organisation that was created in 1983. Our social aims are dissemination, apology and advocacy of the principles of Peace, Disarmament, Liberty, Solidarity and the living together of individuals and peoples (Article 3 of the Statutes). MPDL, through its actions, aims to eradicate in Spanish society and internationally Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance, violent nationalism and sectarian fundamentalism and achieve the maximum concession for the respect of Human Rights and the principle of non-discrimination for reasons of race, gender, religion or any other difference that might be subject to discrimination. MPDL is present in 32 countries and develops programmes of International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid.

The Centre for Legal Resources is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, established in 1998 by the Open Society Foundation (nowadays Soros Foundation), which actively advocates for the establishment and operation of a legal and institutional framework which safeguards the respect for human rights and equal opportunities, free access to a fair justice and which contributes to the capitalization of its legal expertise for the general public interest. CLR has a Steering board: Valerian Stan - legal professional; Eva Forika - lawyer; Ivan Fiser - human rights activist, Radu Motoc - sociologist, Eugenia Crangariu - legal professional. Executive director: Georgiana Iorgulescu – lawyer. CLR has two strategic areas: promotion of rule of law and respect of human rights including five programmes supported by a training department. The programmes are: Anti-discrimination, Advocate for Dignity (defending the rights of persons with mental disabilities especially from protected institutions), Public Integrity, Justice Reform and Strategic Litigation. All programmes include monitoring and research activities, training activities, advocacy and lobbying, NGO and/or institutional capacity building, strategic litigation, etc… which have been implemented through various projects. CLR also collaborates with a large number of experts and partners for the fulfilment of its objectives. Through its advocacy and lobbying activities but also through its public declarations and press releases sanctioning human rights violations and infringements of the law or of the principles of democracy in Romania, CLR is a well established and respected actor in its field in Romania.

EWORX S.A. is a privately held company that was established in Athens in 2001. The company is governed by the Board of Directors and daily operations are overseen by the Managing Director. Eworx offers ICT consulting, digital communication and software development services, leveraging on the convergence of electronic media and answering to the growing need for innovation to organisational and corporate challenges in the digital economy. The company employs highly trained and skilled professionals who blend experience with multi-disciplinary expertise in consulting, technology, project management, marketing, branding, content and design. Eworx is amongst the early adopters of an agile development methodology closely involving its clients in the service development life-cycle and allowing for early testing and user feedback. It is also an avid design-for-all advocate promoting equal access to information and electronic services to all citizens.

Founded on January 2001, Númena is a non-profit making scientific association devoted to research and development in the area of social sciences and humanities. Composed mainly of social science researchers, editors and other collaborators, Númena usual activities are the development and application of scientific research methodologies, the study of Portuguese society, the collaboration with organisations at national and European level in the application of social and human sciences theories and methods, the formation of partnerships in order to exchange knowledge and jointly carry out research work and the promotion of the publication and dissemination of the results of its research. Migration, social discrimination (on grounds of disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion and beliefs), social integration processes and public policies for equality are some of the main subjects developed in research, public awareness and action-research projects funded both at national and European level.
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank. The IPA was established in 1995 to support modernisation reforms and to provide a forum for informed debate on social and political issues. It conducts research as well as societal analysis and presents policy recommendations. The Institute of Public Affairs has prepared reform proposals for the key areas in society and politics. The Institute has a network of associates, which consists of scholars from different academic institutions as well as numerous social and political actors. The IPA publishes the results of its activities in the form of books and policy papers. It also organises seminars, conferences and lectures. Its publications are distributed to members of parliament, government officials, the media and non-governmental organisations.

The Finnish League for Human Rights (FLHR) is a religiously and politically non-aligned general human rights organisation. FLHR was founded in 1979 and pursues the work of the League for Human Rights, established in 1935. FLHR’s principal objective is to monitor and improve the human rights situation in Finland. Its work aims to make human rights known and to prevent and oppose human rights violations in Finland and abroad. The ideological base of FLHR’s activities is founded in UN human rights covenants and the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. FLHR receives support from the Finnish government, which covers a part of its expenses. Its activities are also funded by grants from foundations and organisations such as the European Union and the Finnish Slot Machine Association. Membership fees and donations also compose a significant proportion of FLHR’s funding. FLHR has approximately 600 members.
The predecessor of the Institute for Legal Studies was founded in 1941 by an Order of the Prime Minister; since 1955 it has belonged to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Institute's research activity covers a wide range of legal topics i.e. administrative law, civil law, comparative law, constitutional law, European law, international public and private law, legal philosophy, criminal law, etc. The current research work of the Institute is based on a three-year research programme approved by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The main concern of the Institute is to promote legal sciences in Hungary; in addition it assists in various form the legislation, legal practice and legal education. The Institute takes part in the work of the RAXEN NFP since 2004, since 2007 the Institute provides project management in the NFP.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is an independent human rights organisation that advocates for the rights of migrants and their families and acts as a catalyst for public debate and policy change. The ICI is also an Independent Law Centre. The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) was established by Sr Stanislaus Kennedy in 2001. ICI is an organisation where migrants and Irish work together to provide information, support and legal advice to immigrants and their families. Two important principles underpin the work of ICI: that immigration is a permanent and positive reality in Ireland and that individuals' human rights must be respected, protected and upheld. ICI believes immigration is a permanent and positive reality in Ireland, will continue to lobby for integrated, transparent, rights-based immigration and integration legislation and policies which reflect this reality.

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) was founded in April 1990 as a non-partisan, independent organisation fostering the reform process in Bulgaria through impact on policy and civil society. CSD is an interdisciplinary public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. CSD’s mission statement is Building Bridges between Scholars and Policy Makers. CSD focuses on economic, institutional and legal reform, as well as European integration by providing decision-makers with independent expertise. In the field of institution building, CSD carries out research and feasibility studies, and provides comparative legal information and expertise from other countries in an attempt to promote the ability of the Bulgarian legal community to raise the level of legislation and its implementation in accordance with the European standards. CSD develops studies in key areas of EU accession and has established a considerable record in facilitating exchanges among policy makers and experts from the EU member states and Bulgaria.

Documentation and Advisory Center on Racial Discrimination (DACoRD) is a non profit organisation providing free legal aid for victims of racial discrimination (including racist crimes). DACoRD has assisted in cases on national and international level. Furthermore, DACoRD is documenting racial discrimination in all parts of public life, labour market, housing, education etc. as part of being the National focal Point In Denmark on behalf of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna.
Initiatives and Study on Multiethnicity Foundation (ISMU Foundation) is an autonomous and independent organization promoting studies, research, projects and initiatives concerning multiethnic and multicultural society, focusing in particular on the phenomenon of international migration flows. The studies, the research activity, the projects and the inquiries carried out focus on the different sides of the migratory phenomenon, such as those related to social and demographic aspects, education, labour market, law, health, housing, culture and religion. Among the numerous inquiries carried out every year, ISMU regularly edits and publishes an annual national Report on Migrations, now in its 15th year, which is spread and circulated in the most important scientific and institutional circles worldwide. In addition to several important studies and inquiries carried out on a national scale, the attention of the Foundation centres in particular on the phenomenon of migrations in Lombardy. In this connection, it is important to note that ISMU is the only accredited organization entitled by Lombardy Region to monitor the migratory phenomenon.

The Centre Against Racism (Centrum mot racism, CMR) is an NGO that was created as an umbrella organisation in 2003. It consists of nearly 90 national and local member associations representing a wide spectrum of civil society. The Board of Centre Against Racism consist of a chair, 8 members and 3 alternate members, together representing 12 different NGOs. The director supervises the work of the secretariat. Centre Against Racism work mainly with two core issues: to monitor and to affect the development of discrimination and racism. It means that we map, formularize problems and action plans against discrimination and racism and survey authorities, organizations, institutions and political parties. In addition we spread knowledge and information and strive to change racist attitudes and behaviour.

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L. Riencourt 64
11523 Athens, Greece
Tel-fax +30 2121 026 960
e-mail: info[at]i-red[dot]eu

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EU Youth Report 2012

Working with Young People: The value of youth work in the European Union

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

A new study on youth work: making a difference for young people in Europe

PRESS RELEASE: EU's external migration policy: a bolder approach

EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child

Children First and Foremost: A guide to realising the rights of children and families in an irregular migration situation

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ: Σχετικά με τον Κώδικα Μετανάστευσης και Κοινωνικής Ένταξης

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a dream allowed.... support our campaign for Ithageneia (www.ithageneia.org)

a dream allowed...

Support our campaign for Ithageneia! (www.ithangeneia.org)

One year after Utoya in a troubled Europe: Chimeras and Erinyes

RAXEN - Human rights issues and debates during the 2009 EU Parliament election campaign

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Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco

Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems

Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems

Choice and control: the right to independent living

Choice and control: the right to independent living

Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary

When you don't exist - Amnesty International campaign

Greek neonazi leader gives Hitler-style speech after the elections

Greek neonazi leader gives Hitler-style speech after the elections

the Far-right violent organisation, inspired by Hitler, entered the Parliament after receiving 6,97% of the votes in the Greek National Elections 6.5.2012

Thousands in Norway Sing Peace Song Children Of The Rainbow Against Right-Wing Terrorism

Roma in pre-election Athens - by Velika Karavaltsiou - Protagon.gr

«Θα κάνουμε δικό μας κόμμα και θα το ψηφίζουν και οι μπαλαμοί»

i-RED Annual Activity Report 2011

10 Facts on Migration - URGENT PRESS CONFERENCE

ΕΚΤΑΚΤΗ ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΥΠΟΥ - 10 Αλήθειες για τη Μετανάστευση

Racist violence and crisis: is Greece a special case? - Ρατσιστική βία και κρίση: είναι η Ελλάδα ειδική περίπτωση;

RED Network - FRC Project - interim progress & financial report

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