Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia and Transphobia

Racism and xenophobia are a widespread problem in Europe today, with anti-immigrants attitudes on the rise. Across the EU, LGBTI persons and other vulnerable groups continue to face discrimination, violence and exclusion.

The course covers in an interactive way the European non-discrimination law (from the Council of Europe and EU) and the impressive body of case law of the European Court of Human Rights and of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in addition to decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights.

The course has been initially developed within EU-CoE “HELP in the 28” Project. It was updated in 2021 under the EU-CoE “HELP in the EU II” project to contain the most recent developments, especially in terms of the case-law of the European courts. The update process involved several representatives of relevant CoE services, namely from the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Unit (SOGI), European Committee against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), as well as from the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The course is freely available in self-learning format. The overall length of the online course is approximatively six hours and those who complete it online can obtain an electronic ‘Statement of accomplishment’.

Course brief (2021 Edition)

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2021 Edition: eng | fra | aze | bos | bul |  deu | ell | hrv | ita | mkd | mne | pol | ron | spa | srp | ukr

2017 Edition:  rus