European experts arrive on an evaluation mission in our country
10 November 2013 News
In the period 11-15 November 2013 representatives of the two monitoring bodies of the Council of Europe - European Commission against Racism and Intolerance ( ECRI ) and the Advisory Committee ( AC ) of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ( FCNM ) - will participate in a joint evaluation visit to Bulgaria.
The visit was agreed in early summer this year and represents an another stage of the 5-year monitoring cycle through which the implementation of the Framework Convention is evaluated and analysis of the legislation, policies and specific measures relating to racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance is made.
During the visit, there are planned meetings with representatives of national institutions on human rights , the executive and the civil society. The results of the visit will be presented in reports of the two monitoring bodies.