ECRI warns of persistent racial profiling in European law enforcement
In a report published on Wednesday, the ECRI said the practice — which sees officials act on ethnic background, skin colour, religion or citizenship rather than objective evidence — persists both in stop-and-search policing and at border controls.
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00:01Various law enforcement officials across Europe have continued to use racial profiling according to the Council of Europe's Human Rights Monitoring Board, ECRI.
00:12In a report published on Wednesday, the board is said the practice which sees official act on ethnic background, skin color, religion or citizenship rather than objective evidence persists both in stop and such policing and border controls.
00:28Experts are concerned about law enforcement agencies' plans to make extensive use of facial recognition technology.
00:36Despite a strict European framework outlined in the Artificial Intelligence Act, which came into force in August 2024, practices vary across different member states.
00:47French police, for example, have been routinely using facial recognition on the streets for many years, and Belgium is looking into systematically introducing the controversial technology for tracking convicted and suspected offenders.
01:03The Council of Europe pointed to research indicating that such technology risks misidentifying individuals.
01:11For this reason, the ECRI watches over emerging technologies.
01:15For this reason, the ECRI's framework is naive, which is a very important thing to survive.
01:16The CRI who is responsible for human rights is not onlyêuers.
01:17The Office of Europe is a very important thing to remember about thenailles.
