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Prof. Irena Ilieva Elected Member of the Bureau of the ECRN

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The election took place at the 87th meeting of the Bureau in Strasbourg between 7 and 10 December.

Prof. Irena Ilieva, PhD, Director of the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was elected a member of the Bureau of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) for a term of two years, effective 1 January 2022. The election took place at the 87th meeting of the Bureau in Strasbourg between 7 and 10 December.

During the meeting, the ECRI Bureau re-elected Maria Daniela Marouda (member in respect of Greece) as its Chair for a further two years and elected Reeta Toivanen (member in respect of Finland) as First Vice-Chair and Tena Šimonović Einwalter (member in respect of Croatia) as Second Vice-Chair for one year. Together with Prof. Ilieva, PhD, who is a member of the Bureau in respect of Bulgaria, Michael Farrell (from Ireland) and Domenica Ghidei Biidu (from the Netherlands) were also elected as members for two years.

Date of publication: 07.02.2022