Fighting Discrimination in Europe

Mathias Möschel is Postdoctoral Researcher at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.Costanza Hermanin is Program Officer for OSI-Brussels and the Open Society Justice Iniative, Belgium. Michele Grigolo is FCT Postdoctoral Researcher in the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

• 1. Introduction: How does race ‘count’ in fighting racial and ethnic discrimination in Europe? Mathias Möschel, Costanza Hermanin and Michele Grigolo 2. Race in mainland European legal analysis: towards a European critical race theory Mathias Möschel 3. The paradox of decategorization: deinstitutionalizing race through race-based affirmative action in the United States Daniel Sabbagh 4. Ethnic categories and European human rights law Julie Ringelheim 5. The discrimination discourse in relation to the Roma: its limits and benefits Emanuela Ignăţoiu-Sora 6. Data on discrimination in EU countries: statistics, research and the drive for comparability John Wrench 7. ‘Counts’ in the Italian ‘nomad camps’: an incautious ethnic census of Roma Costanza Hermanin 8. Incorporating cities into the EU anti-discrimination policy: between race discrimination and migrant rights Michele Grigolo 9. Conclusion: Rethinking the fight against discrimination: the case for a race-conscious approach Mathias Möschel, Costanza Hermanin and Michele Grigolo