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CM(2024)193 |
19 December 2024[1] |
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1518th meeting, 5 February 2025 4 Human rights
4.1 Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI) Abridged report of the 10th meeting Item to be considered by the GR-H at its meeting on 23 January 2025 |
Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
The Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI) held its 10th meeting in Paris on 27-28 November 2024 with Erik ADELL HELLSTRÖM (Sweden) as Chair.
The agenda of the meeting is contained in Appendix 1. The full report of the meeting including the list of participants and other appendices, is available here.
List of items for decision by the Committee of Ministers
At this meeting, CDADI decided to invite the Committee of Ministers to take note of this abridged report of the 10th meeting of the CDADI (27-28 November 2024).
List of items for information of the Committee of Ministers
CDADI:
· thanked the French authorities for having co-organised with the Council of Europe the High-level Event “Curbing hate speech and hate crime” at the Arab World Institute on 26 November 2024 to mark the 5th anniversary and the 10th meeting of CDADI;
· elected for the calendar year 2025 the Chair Erik ADELL HELLSTRÖM (Sweden), the Vice-Chair Dominique STEIGER-LEUBA (Switzerland) and the Bureau member Kristina VYŠNIAUSKAITĖ-RADINSKIENĖ (Lithuania);
· took note of the report of the 10th ADI-ROM meeting; adopted the Feasibility study on desegregation and inclusion policies and practices in the field of education for Roma and Traveller children and expressed the intention to prepare a draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on this topic; took note of the preparation for the final evaluation of the Strategic Action Plan for Roma and Traveller Inclusion (2020-2025) and the development of a Council of Europe strategy for Roma and Traveller inclusion 2026-2030; and took note of the preliminary conclusions in respect of the thematic visits on combating antigypsyism in Berlin, (Germany) and on National Roma Inclusion Strategies - Design, Monitoring and Implementation in Zagreb (Croatia);
· exchanged views with intersex persons and organisations working with intersex persons; took note of the report of the 2nd meeting of the ADI-SOGIESC and of the work on the report on the comprehensive review of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity and on the development of a Council of Europe strategy for the equality of rights of LGBTI persons; provided guidance to the ADI-SOGIESC and its drafting group for the completion of the draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on the equality of rights of intersex persons and its explanatory memorandum, invited its members, participants and observers to submit written comments to the explanatory memorandum by 13 January 2025 and agreed to carry out a consultation on the draft Recommendation, including with the CDBIO in the light of the Oviedo Convention;
· took note of the updated work plan for 2024 and 2025 and the outlook on the years 2026 and 2027;
· took note of the management response to the CDADI evaluation; approved the stakeholder analysis of CDADI; provided guidance to its Secretariat on communication about CDADI and its deliverables; and called on its members, participants and observers to continue their efforts for the distribution, explanation and promotion of the outcomes of CDADI work, including by translating into their languages and disseminating the standards, studies and tools adopted by CDADI and the Committee of Ministers relating to the mandate of CDADI;
· took note of the draft conceptual framework and methodology on equality mainstreaming and agreed to map and further develop elements of equality mainstreaming at national and European level;
· took note of the Briefing note on environment and equality and agreed to further explore this topic; and invited its members, participants and observers to provide comments on the Briefing note by 31 December 2024;
· took note of the report of the 6th meeting of the Committee of Experts on Intercultural Inclusion (ADI-INT); took note of the work on the Tool on multilevel governance for intercultural integration, which is aimed at supporting the implementation at the national level of CM/Rec(2022)10, and provided guidance for the further work on this deliverable; took note of the state of play in the preparation of a Guidance document on strategies for inclusion in the fields under the responsibility of CDADI, provided guidance to the ADI-INT for the further work on this deliverable and asked its members, participants and observers to provide written comments on the draft Guidance document by 31 December 2024; and adopted the updated Compendium of good practices on intercultural integration and multilevel governance and requested the Secretariat to publish it on the CDADI website;
· admitted the European Pride Business Network (EPBN) as an observer to the ADI-SOGIESC; and noted for the remaining request for observer status to ADI-ROM (European Yenish Council) that it was neither accepted nor referred to the Committee of Ministers (cf. paragraph 8 of Resolution CM/Res(2011)24);
· provided guidance to the Committee of Experts on Artificial Intelligence, Equality and Discrimination (GEC/ADI-AI) for the completion of the draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on equality and artificial intelligence, and its explanatory memorandum; asked its members to provide comments on the draft Recommendation by 13 December 2024; and agreed to carry out a stakeholder consultation on the draft Recommendation;
· provided guidance to its working group on intersectional discrimination on the development of the feasibility study on preventing and combating intersectional discrimination;
· exchanged on the revised concept note; and provided guidance to its working group on deliverables regarding national minorities on the development of the Study on recurrent problematic areas in the field of regional or national minority language protection and identification of good practices in member States;
· provided guidance for the further work of the CDADI working group on hate speech and hate crime;
· adopted the present abridged meeting report.
Resource implications
The financing of the activities described in this report is assured.
Evaluation of completed activities
The Committee expressed its satisfaction about its work and the work of its substructures. It considered that it is advancing well with the implementation of its ambitious work plan and that everything is on track to ensure that all deliverables foreseen in its terms of reference for the current biennium can be finalised within the timelines. It expressed its deep gratitude to the relevant expert committees and working groups and to its Secretariat.
Other observations
None.
Appendix I
AGENDA
1. High-level event ‘Curbing hate speech and hate crime’
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Roma and Traveller – Overview of the work and finalisation of the Feasibility study on desegregation and inclusion
4. Exchange of views on challenges faced by intersex persons
5. LGBTI persons – Draft Recommendation on the equality of rights of intersex persons and full review of CM/Rec(2010)5
6. CDADI mandate and work plan
7. CDADI evaluation, stakeholder analysis and communication
8. Equality mainstreaming
9. Equality and the environment
10. Intercultural inclusion – Tool on Multilevel Governance and Guidance document on strategies for inclusion
11. Cooperation with civil society and requests for observer status
12. Elections
13. Draft Recommendation on equality and artificial intelligence
14. Intersectional discrimination
15. Regional or Minority Languages – Draft study
16. Hate speech and hate crime deliverables – Compilation of resources regarding CM/Rec(2022)4 and work programme
17. Adoption of the Abridged Report and any other business