The Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was founded in 1992 by Kati David. ARIS was accorded Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council

United Nations Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations constitutes one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and it is responsible for the coordination of the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions...

 in 1997. The service aims to make the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a United Nations convention. A second-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races...

 better known and to publicize the work of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which monitors the application of the Convention. Its head is Eya Nchama

Cruz Melchor Eya Nchama

Cruz Melchor Eya Nchama is a Swiss politician, writer and Human Rights activist.Eya Nchama studied at the Complutense University of Madrid...

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External links

• What is ARIS ?, Anti-Racism Information Service