In its annual report, published on Thursday 20 June by the Council of Europe, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) identifies the situation of people displaced by war and the rise in antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as the main challenges for 2023.
At a press conference, Switzerland’s Bertil Cottier, Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Lausanne and Chair of ECRI, denounced the often electoral...