Racial Profiling Still Rife Across the EU, Council of Europe Says

The Council of Europe's Commission against Racism and Intolerance motifies Racial Profiling, Transphobia and Separate School Lessons for Roma Children in Europe.

ECRI warns of persistent racial profiling in European law enforcement

In a report published on Wednesday, the ECRI said the practice — which sees officials act on ethnic background, skin colour, religion or citizenship rather than objective evidence — persists both in stop-and-search policing and at border controls.

The definition of the concept of structural racism is described by academics and refers to racial discrimination rooted in institutions, practices and social norms, which, as a consequence, perpetuates inequalities and privileges.

Council of Europe Calls Use of Facial Recognition Software “Racial Profiling”

A new report by the Council of Europe’s human rights monitoring body, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), warns of “racial profiling” in Europe in its latest findings, published Wednesday, May 28th.“We’ve noticed that no member state of the Council of Europe is really immune when it comes to racial profiling,” said Bertil Cottier, chair of the ECRI. The Council determined that using facial recognition AI technology to …

Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission: Racial profiling by police, segregation of Roma pupils and transphobia among key challenges

Strasbourg, 28.05.2025 – In its annual report for 2024, published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-racism body, the European Commission

The European Commission's annual report on racism and intolerance identifies four critical areas: discrimination in the security forces, school segregation of children from smoking, transphobia and fragility of equality promotion agencies