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Emmanuel Achiri
Policy and Advocacy Advisor at ENAR- Empowering Anti-Racism Civic Space in Europe in the Run-Up to the EU Elections - Panel Discussion
- Confronting Racism in Europe’s Migration Policies: Key Questions for EP Candidates
Emmanuel Achiri holds a doctorate in International Relations with a focus on international law and forced migration. He currently works as a Policy and Advocacy Officer at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) as a migration, policing and security expert.
Selina Sene Adedeji-Mortoni
Director of publishing house at Mabiki
Marc Angel
Vice-President at European ParliamentMarc Angel is a member of the European Parliament since 10 December 2019 for the "Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois", which is aligned with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Angel is elected on behalf of Luxembourg.
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Sedra Arab
Anti-Racism Facilitator at Dokustelle
Brando Benifei. S&D
MEP at European ParliamentBrando Benifei is an Italian member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). He was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 and is a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. He was a Shadow Rapporteur of the EU AI Act.
Milan Brglez, S&D
MEP at European ParliamentMilan Brglez is a Slovenian political scientist, politician, and the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He is a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists.
Saskia Bricmont, Greens EFA
MEP at European ParliamentMEP Saskia Bricmont
Saskia Bricmont is a Greens/EFA Member of the European Parliament since May 2019.
She is an active member of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Commission (known as “LIBE”) where she works mainly on police and justice cooperation as well as migration issues. She is also a member of the International Trade Commission (INTA) and used to be a member of the inquiry committee on Pegasus. She is vice-coordinator for the Greens/EFA group in the LIBE committee.
In 2007, she started her first job as political advisor on European, international and development cooperation issues in the Federal Parliament for Green deputies. After an experience in the Cabinet of Minister Huytebroeck (Brussels Minister in charge of the environment and the fight against poverty), she became responsible for the Study Service of the Belgian green party in 2009. She also worked for the territorial development of Picardy Wallonia. In 2012, she got elected local councillor in Ath. She finally became a MEP in 2019.
She is running again for the June 2024 EU elections as head of list for Belgian French speaking Greens (Ecolo).
Onur CEVIK
Policy Officer at Kif Kif vzwOnur Cevik holds a phD in Communication Sciences, along with a Bachelor's degrees in Law and a Master in Sociology. WIth experience in various sectors, including legal practice and local government, Onur currently works part time as a Policy Officer at Kif Kif, an anti-racist NGO in Antwerp. He also takes on external projects on topics like disinformation, economic discrimination and European elections. He is passionate about promoting inclusivity and justice in both his academic and activists pursuits
Patricia Caro Maya
MEP at European Parliament, the Left- “Where do we stand? The EU Anti-Racism Action Plan and National Action Plans Against Racism?
- Press Conference: European Elections – What future for anti-racism in Europe
MEP Patricia Caro Maya is a member of the European Parliament for the 11th legislature. She graduated from UNED with degrees in Psychology and Research Psychology and specializes in exploring the intricate link between racism and sexism. Her research spans emotional well-being, gender-based violence, and intersectional dynamics. Notably, she led the European Parliament's historic declaration against violence targeting Romani women and girls. Additionally, she is part of the United Nations – Women's Europe and Central Asia Civil Society Advisory Group. As an Expert at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, she collaborated with women's rights organizations such as Women's Link World Wide and Veus Gitanes. Patricia's advocacy for Rromnja/Kalis rights is evident in her contributions to platforms such as Más de la Mitad, Eldiario.es, El Salto, and Píkara Magazine. She was the first finalist for the "Avanzadoras" award by Oxfam and 20Minutos and co-authored the groundbreaking book "Antigitanism: 13 Perspectives," shedding light on Antigypsyism in Spain.
Allayne Cassidy
Administrative Officer at International Protection Accommodation Policy and Anti-Racism Policy Unit, IrelandAllayne Cassidy is an Administrative Officer in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Working in the Anti-Racism Policy Unit, along with colleagues in her team, Allayne is supporting the implementation of Ireland’s National Action Plan Against Racism which was published on 21st March 2023.
Sarah Chander
Co-founder of EquinoxSarah Chander is an expert in EU fundamental rights and equality policy with several years of experience organising with European grassroots movements on racial justice, feminism and LGBT rights.
Helena Dalli
Commissioner for Equality at European CommissionHelena Dalli became the first commissioner for equality on December 1, 2019. In her role, Dalli is responsible for strengthening Europe’s commitment to inclusion and equality in all of it senses, irrespective of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as well as tackling discrimination on multiple grounds. Previously, she held several political positions in Malta including minister for European affairs and equality from 2017 to 2019, and minister for social dialogue, consumer affairs and civil liberties from 2013 to 2017.
Georgine Dibua
curator, lecturer and expert on the Congolese contribution to the two world wars
Cornelia Ernst, the Left
MEP at European Parliament- Opening Plenary
- Side Event: Film Screening "Shifting Powers"
- Confronting Racism in Europe’s Migration Policies: Key Questions for EP Candidates
Cornelia Ernst is a German politician from Die Linke. Ernst was involved in regional politics in Saxony for more than ten years, where she was a member of the Saxon state parliament. Since the 2009 European elections, she has been a Member of the European Parliament as part of the Left group in the European Parliament. She is Co-President of the ARDI Intergroup and a long standing Member of LIBE Committee, where she works on migration and asylum policies, but also data protection policies, artificial intelligence an police cooperation. She is also a Member in ITRE and Chair of the European Parliaments Delegation for the relations with Iran.
Ana Gallego
Director-General for Justice and Consumers (JUST) of European Commission,
Davide Gnes
Researcher at IntegrimLabDavide Gnes is a Brussels-based researcher at Integrim Lab. He previously worked on migration and EU policy as an academic researcher at the University of Amsterdam and as policy advisor for civil society organizations. He’s currently a part-time project officer with PICUM, the platform for undocumented migrants. He holds a PhD in political science and an interdisciplinary MSc in migration studies from the University of Amsterdam
Sacha Guttman
Collective Golem - Belgium
Rima Hassan
MEP CandidateRima Hassan, founder and President of the Refugee Camps Observatory (OCR), an NGO that operates independently to inform, investigate, and raise awareness about the administration and management of refugee camps worldwide. Born in the Neirab refugee camp in Syria, she moved to France at the age of 10 and earned a Master's degree in International Law and International Organizations from the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. After completing two years of doctoral research on the law applicable in refugee camps, she founded the OCR in September 2019.
Rima Hassan has served as a Reporter at the National Court of Asylum Law and as Co-director of the International and Comparative Law Seminar in the Mediterranean and Middle East at iReMMO. She is also a member of the Expert Committee of the Observatory for Integration and Access to Rights of Migrant Persons of ISM Interpreting. She is currently a candidate in the European elections on the Popular Union list led by Manon Aubry.
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Greens/EFA
MEP at European Parliament- Opening Plenary
- Commemoration of forgotten Black Heroes in the Nazi Era (1933-1945)
- Coalition building: From Competing Pains to Collaborative Healing
- Press Conference: European Elections – What future for anti-racism in Europe
Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana is the first woman of African descent elected as a Member of the
European Parliament for Germany (Green/EFA). She was awarded the Helene Weber Prize for her
commitment to human rights and fight against gender-based violence in Germany. She’s decidedly
committed to address racism and diversity and build bridges between communities in Germany,
Europe and globally.
Valentina Iacono Quarantino
Legal Officer at PRESEVERE – Preventing Racism and Discrimination – Enabling the effective implementation of the EU anti-racist legal framework
Evin Incir, S&D
MEP at European ParliamentEvin Incir is a Swedish Social Democrat with Kurdish roots. Grown up in the suburb of Bergsjön in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
She is a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 and is serving on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Committee on Development and Committee on Foreign affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, Evin is part of the Parliament’s delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur in charge of the relations with Palestine and a member of the LGBTI Intergroup.
Alba Kapoor
Head of Policy at Runnymede TrustAlba Kapoor leads the policy team at Runnymede Trust, delivering policy and research projects across sectors and defining the organisation’s anti-racist agenda. She works with a broad spectrum of partners to propose and advocate for progressive policies on racial equity and justice. Alba leads the organisation in its role as secretariat to the UK Parliament's APPG on Race and Community.
Waliyat Kola-Aderoju
Consultative Board Member at DiasporaVoteWaliyat Kola-Aderoju is an advocate for intersectionality in gender and migration policies, as well as sustainable education policies. She serves as a Consultative Board Member at DiasporaVote. Currently, she is enrolled in the European Master in Transnational German Studies, specializing in German migration literature. Waliyat's personal passions include fiction writing and DEI policy research.
Marion Lalisse
Anti-Muslim Hatred Coordinator at European Commission
Marie-Colline Leroy
Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity at Belgium- Commemoration of forgotten Black Heroes in the Nazi Era (1933-1945)
- Coalition building: From Competing Pains to Collaborative Healing
Marie-Colline Leroy trained the teachers of tomorrow before joining the House of Commons in 2019. As President of the Committee on Social Affairs, she has put her ardour at the service of a fair and equitable social security. Among other things, she was very involved in the reform of the status of arts and culture workers. His fight was clear: to fight poverty. Leave no one behind.
An activist with Ecolo since 2009, first in Brussels (where she studied), in the local of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing from 2012, then more broadly as co-president of Ecolo Picardie from 2015 to 2017, this mother remains very attentive to issues of education, gender and inequality.
In 2023, she replaced Sarah Schlitz as Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity.
Priscillia Ludosky
MEP Candidate for the Greens/EFA at European ParliamentPriscillia Ludosky is a french and caribbean activist. She advises and supports NGOs in their citizen mobilization campaigns. She co-founded the Environmental and Social Struggles Coalition dedicated to the so-called French overseas territories. In 2018, she launched a petition that opened a public debate on social inequalities and led to the rise of the Yellow Vests movement in France. She is a member of the coalition behind the Citizens' Climate Assembly and has co-written " Together, we call for justice - to end environmental violence" (Ed Massot-05 2020) and "WIN, so that politics (really) changes our lives" (Ed Au Diable Vauvert - 01/2024). She is running for European Elections on Green List as "civil society" candidate.
Tina Magazzini
researcher at IntegrimLABTina Magazzini is a political scientist and co-director of INTEGRIM Lab, a non-profit organisation that provides evidence-based research on migration, integration and social justice.
Her research expertise is in inclusion/ exclusion policies from a comparative perspective, anti-discrimination, and how categories of belonging are created, maintained, and institutionalized in different settings. Her work has been published in International Migration; the Journal of Intercultural Studies; Policy & Politics; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Religion, State and Society, as well as edited volumes with Routledge and Springer.
Dr. Magazzini holds a PhD in Human Rights (University of Deusto, Bilbao), an MA in International Relations (CCNY) and a BA in Political Science (University of Florence).
Outside academia she has worked with UNESCO, UNDP, the European Commission and the Council of Europe on social inclusion and cultural diversity.
She is currently based in Lisbon, carrying out a research project that aims to provide a greater understanding of the relational nature of identity formation, social classifications and citizenship recognition of Romani, Jewish, and migrant minorities from former Portuguese colonies.
Nourhene Mahmoudi
Policy and Advocacy Advisor at ENARNourhene is a Policy and Advocacy Advisor at the European Network Against Racism,. In her role, she focuses on monitoring the implementation of National Action Plans Against Racism (NAPARs) and supports Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in amplifying their advocacy work both nationally and across the European Union. Her core responsibilities include advancing the organization's advocacy strategies, vigilantly observing EU policy shifts, and managing projects related to the EU Elections, Anti-Racism Action Plan (ARAP)/NAPARs and associated portfolios.
Roberta Metsola
President at European ParliamentRoberta Metsola is the President of the European Parliament.
She was first elected as an MEP for Malta and Gozo in 2013, being re-elected in 2014 and 2019. Roberta is also the Head of the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) Delegation within the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament. She is a lawyer by profession, specialising in European law and politics.
Isabela Mihalache
Senior Advocacy Officer at ErgonetworkIsabela Mihalache is a Senior Advocacy Officer at ERGO since January 2020 where she advocates for policies, standards and funding for fighting antigypsyism and other forms of racism against Roma and other racialised minorities and is supporting the capacity building of Roma CSOs at grassroots and national level to actively participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of relevant national policies. She has over 20 years of experience in addressing human rights violations and racial discrimination against minority groups as she has previously worked with the Council of Europe, the European Network Against Racism, European Roma Rights Centre and Open Society Foundations. She has an MA in Gender Studies from the Central European University.
Michaela Moua
Anti-Racism Coordinator at European Commission- “Where do we stand? The EU Anti-Racism Action Plan and National Action Plans Against Racism?
- Press Conference: European Elections – What future for anti-racism in Europe
Michaela Moua is the first European Commission Anti-Racism Coordinator. She held a number of senior roles in NGOs in her native Finland combatting racism and discrimination. Before joining the European Commission, she worked at the Non-discrimination Ombudsman’s office and at the Ministry of Justice in Finland working on developing equality data collection and developing the Finish National Action Plan Against Racism. She has extensive experience and expertise in combatting racism and racial discrimination and in promoting an equal and diverse society on the local and member state level. In addition, she is a solution-focused brief therapist with expertise in the effects of racism and discrimination on mental health.
H.E. Mr Christian Ndongala Nkuku
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo at Belgium
Oyidiya Oji
Policy and Advocacy Advisor at ENAROyidiya Oji is Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). She focuses on advocacy on the AI Act and related digital rights portfolios. She defends a transversal and sustainable relationship with EU institutions with a racial equality lens. Previously, she researched and mapped projects of resistance and reappropriation of technology, with a special focus on AI. She was also part of artivism and digital community building collectives and organised monthly meetings with people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech from across the globe.
Nyanchama Okemwa
Board member at Hand in Hand tegen Racisme vzwNyanchama Okemwa is a decolonial expert, Pan-Africanist, anti-racism activist, and
defender of human rights. She is particularly engaged in campaigns to raise awareness
and mobilise bottom-up initiatives that are focused on decoloniality. She has more than
30 years of experience in activism in many civil organisations
Julie Pascoet
Policy and advocacy coordinator at ENAR
Javier Pascual
Policy Officer at Ministry of EqualityJavier Pascual is working with the Spanish Directorate for Equal Treatment and against Racism. He holds a Master’s Degree in Compared Law by the University of Córdoba, and works with the Spanish Administration since 2007. He has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others with the Secretariat of State for the EU and in the Spanish Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Mila Paspalanova
Anti-Racial Discrimination Advisor at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Mila Paspalanova is a doctor in social and political sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven. She has served for over 16 years with the UN, first with UNHCR in Mexico and then with OHCHR Mexico where she was in charge of implementing OHCHR indicators framework in Mexico and numerous Latin American Countries; in the design of human rights policies and monitoring human rights.
She is an expert on public policy, human rights indicators and measuring the level of implementation of human rights. Under her coordination OHCHR indicators framework, and particularly the right to justice (administration and prosecution); life liberty and security; health; education; violence against women; water and sanitation; freedom of expression and opinion (among others) was implemented by over 120 institutions at the federal and local level in multiple Latin American Countries.
Supported the draft and implementation of numerous human rights action plans; human rights monitoring and statistical systems for the judiciary and executive branches, as well as contextualized SDG indicators at the national level.
During all her professional work she has been in charge of mainstreaming equality and non-discrimination in both social and justice and security policy; supporting states in implementing their international human rights obligations and establishing statistical monitoring systems as well as strengthening administrative registries for measuring human rights and non-discrimination. She has over 20 publication on abovementioned topics.
Arno Pedram
copresident at Association des Journalistes Antiracistes et Racisé·e·s
Michael Phoenix
Head of Research at Office of the UN Special rapporteur on HRDsMichael Phoenix is Head of Research and Campaigns in the team of UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor, and has been part of the Special Rapporteur's team since June 2020. He has previously worked with the OHCHR, FIAN Belgium and Front Line Defenders. He is from Belfast in the north of Ireland.
Doros Polykarpou
co-founder and executive director of KISAWith a Social Science background, Doros Polykarpou is co-founder and for almost 10 years Executive Director of KISA. Doros is a recognised human rights defender and expert on migration, asylum, discrimination, racism and trafficking. He worked for several years in the welfare services, especially in the area of the protection of children and women who experienced domestic violence.
Kahina Rabahi
Policy and advocacy coordinator at EAPNKahina Rabahi is the Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). She has previously worked as director for the European Network on Religion and Belief and as an advocacy officer at the European Network Against Racism and the Collective Against Islamophobia in France. Kahina has a strong background in Economics, Public policy, and International Security. She is interested in Human Rights and advocacy for equality and justice with radical intersectionality as a compass.
Ahmad Reshad Jalali
Senior Policy Officer at European Council on Refugees and ExilesReshad Jalali, born in Afghanistan, currently resides in Belgium, where he works as a Senior Policy Officer at the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). He dedicates himself to advocating for refugees and asylum seekers through collaborations with refugee rights NGOs and refugee-led organisations. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations with a specialization in the role of the EU in the protection and promotion of human rights from Liverpool Hope University, UK, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Delhi, India. Reshad is also a member of the Expert Group on the Views of Migrants at the European Commission.
Monica Semedo, Renew
MEP at European Parliament
Björn Siffer
Deputy Mayor at Mechelen
Kim Smouter
Director General of ENARKim L. Smouter Umans joined ENAR in March 2022. He previously worked as ESOMAR’s Head of Public Affairs and Professional Standards, having joined in 2012. While there, he led a team of professional standards and public affairs experts championing the value of market, opinion and social research and data analytics, whilst leading advocacy efforts on major policy dossiers including the General Data Protection Regulation and ePrivacy Regulation. Kim also served a stint as Secretary General of the European Network of National Civil Society Associations.He has also served in various policy roles working for the North East England Office in Brussels and in the European Parliament working in the fields of equalities, social policy, education, and employment.
Irina Spataru
ternYpe - International Roma Youth Network
Monique Steijns
Jurist at The Dutch section of Internatinal Comittee of Jurist on Human Rights (NJCM)Monique Steijns is a legal expert and represents the Dutch Section of the International Commitee of Human Rights Lawyers (NJCM). She also works at the scientific counsel for government policy as a research fellow.
Monique was involved in drawing up Opgave AI, a recommendation and report on the opportunities and consequences of artificial intelligence for society. In the same context, she wrote AI van repliek gediend, a working paper on the involvement of civil society organisations in the development and application of AI. Monique is deeply committed to human rights and the combination of this commitment with innovative technology is the driving force behind her work.
Monique studied law at the University of Amsterdam and specialised in Information Law at the Institute for Information Law (IVIR). After graduating, she went on to become a corporate lawyer in the field of intellectual property law, working mainly for commercial clients. Later she joined the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), where she primarily concerned herself with Technology Transfers.
In 2014, Monique moved to the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. As a senior legal advisor, she provided the Constitutional Affairs and Legislation Directorate (CZW) with expert advice on topics such as privacy, freedom of expression and other human rights issues. Between 2014 and 2018, she served as an expert member of the drafting group of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights.
Chiara Tamburini
Head at Equality, Inclusion and Diversity UnitIT
Ines Tielas da Silva
Independant researcherInes is a writer, researcher and consultant. She has dedicated most of her life to the study of the makings and unmakings of racial capitalism, focusing specifically on the spatial technologies, infrastructures and discourses sustaining it. She is particularly interested in the role of border regimes in producing (imperial forms of) citizenship, and in exercises of reconstructing alternative Histories by attending to unthinkable timelines, unsung archives, and what is hidden in footnotes.
Milla Vidina
Senior Policy Officer at European network of equality bodies (Equinet)Milla Vidina (Co-Investigator, Government/third sector partner): leads Equinet’s work on AI and algorithmic discrimination, authoring Equinet’s responses to the EU’s AI Act and leading its engagement with the Council of Europe Committee on AI. She was previously the Bulgarian Equality Body international affairs unit lead, having worked for civil society organizations, the UN World Food Programme and political campaigns in Bulgaria and the USA. She is a prize-winning RAI Impact Accelerator AIE by DDO 2 Master’s graduate from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, and is completing a doctoral thesis on the interaction between the EU’s AI Act and non-discrimination law.
