Federal Commission against Racism (FCR)

Address

Inselgasse 1
3003 Bern
http://www.ekr-cfr.ch/ekr/index.html?lang=en


Contact person

Doris Angst
031 324 12 83
doris dot angst at gs-edi dot admin dot ch

Further contacts

Tarek Naguib
031 323 36 58
tarek dot naguib at gs-edi dot admin dot ch

Emmanuelle Houlmann
031 322 79 64
emmanuelle dot houlmann at gs-edi dot admin dot ch


Operating range

  • National
  • International

Main work in the human rights field

  • Human rights monitoring
  • Lobbying / Networking / Human rights policies
  • Awareness raising, Campaigning
  • Education
  • Information / Documentation
  • Case work / Counselling

Protection of vulnerable groups

  • Travellers
  • Cultural, religious, linguistic minorities

Issues our organisation works on

  • Antisemitism
  • Prohibition of discrimination
  • Minority rights / cultural rights
  • Racism / xenophobia
  • Freedom of religion / freedom of thougt and conscience

International Reference

UN

  • Human Rights Council
  • Human Rights Committee (HRC)
  • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
  • Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
  • ILO

Council of Europe

  • European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)