2026年欧盟反种族主义会议：背景文件

2026 European Anti-Racism Conference 17 March 2026 “Europe’s independence is about protecting our freedoms. The freedom to decide. To speak out. Tomove around the whole continent. The freedom to vote. To love. To pray. To live in a Union of equality” -President Ursula von der Leyen.September2025, State of the Union- Introduction On 20 January 2026, the European Commissionintroducedits firstAnti-Racism Strategy 2026-2030, asoutlinedin the2024-2029 political guidelines.The StrategyreaffirmstheCommission’sdedication tocombating racism and racial discrimination across the EU, focusing on addressing racism inall forms,usingawhole-of-societyapproach.It supports the Union ofEqualityandaims to ensure a discrimination-free environment for all EU residents. The Strategy highlights that racism goes beyond personal biases or isolated events, pointing to structuralbarriers that limit access to education, jobs, housing, and healthcare, leading to long-term inequalitiesaffecting communities and even generations.Data from theEU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)illustratesthat structural racism can manifest in patterns that translate into social exclusion,overqualification, material deprivation, and even shorter life expectancy. Furthermore, structural racismis often deeply embedded in our societies’ historyand intertwined with its cultural roots and norms. The Strategy stresses the importance of addressing racism with an intersectional approach, consideringhow racial or ethnic discrimination intersects with gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion toenhance understanding and response effectiveness. Building on theEU Anti-racism Action Plan 2020-2025, which highlighted racism as a threat to Union values and contributed to increased equality,institutional coordination, and support for civil society, the Strategy addresses widespread racism in manyareas of European life. To launch the Anti-Racism Strategy and mark the International Day for the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination, the European Commission and the CyprusPresidency of the Council of the EU will hostthe 2026 European Anti-Racism Conference on 17 March 2026. This event will initiate the Strategy’simplementation, gathering representatives from EU institutions, Member States, international bodies, civilsociety actors, academia, equality bodies and grassroot organisations to discuss concrete implementationmethods and enhance anti-racism efforts at EU, national and local level. From the Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 to the first Anti-Racism Strategy 2026-2030 The EU’s journey towards an inclusive Union has been characterised by several key milestones. The EUAnti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 laid critical groundwork by addressing structural racism andemphasising intersectionality across domains such as education, employment, and health. The action planintroduced key measures to safeguard individuals from racial discrimination, increase public awareness,and enhance the capacity of civil society organisations to advocate for equalityawareness in the EU at alllevels, including stronger institutional coordination, enhanced support for civil society, and the adoptionof national action plans by a growing number of Member States. TheRacial Equality Directivehas ensured the legal protection against discrimination on the grounds ofracial or ethnic origin for over two decades. It prohibits direct and indirect discrimination on the groundsof racial or ethnic origin in the areas of employment and occupation, education, social protection includinghealthcare, social advantage, and access to and supply of goods and services available to the public,including housing. TheFramework Decision on Combating Racism and Xenophobiaby means of criminal law aims to ensurethat serious manifestations of racism and xenophobia are punishable by effective, proportionate anddissuasive criminal penalties throughout the EU. Its effective implementation is essential to guaranteethat hatespeech and hate crimes receive an effective criminal response and that victims of crimes arerecognised and provided with an effective remedy. The Framework Decision is complemented by theVictims’ Rights Directive, which amongst other things aims to ensure justice, protection and support forvictims of hate crimes and hate speech. InDecember 2022,the European Commission proposed Directives to strengthen the role andindependence of national equality bodies. The proposed Directives entered into force in June 2024. Thenew binding standards aim to enhance the independence, resources, and powers of equality bodies,enabling them to better assist victims and enforce anti-discrimination legislation. They also highlight therole of equality bodies in preventing discrimination, highlighting the significance of intersectionality, andencourage equality bodies to improve the outreach to groups with limited access to information. To support national efforts, the European Commission established the Expert