Antisemitism
IHRA Executive Secretary condemns antisemitic displays at Aalst and Campo de Criptana Carnivals
Dr. Kathrin Meyer, IHRA Executive Secretary, comments: “The annual carnivals in Aalst and Campo de Criptana, featuring antisemitic and Nazi-themed displays and floats, are deeply offensive to the...
High-level conference on combating antisemitism kicks off Albanian OSCE chairmanship
Many of the IHRA’s core areas were discussed at the Conference on Combating Antisemitism in the OSCE Region, which took place today and yesterday in Tirana. The high-level conference was arranged by...
Thirty-five countries adopt IHRA Ministerial Declaration
A world that remembers the Holocaust. A world without genocide On Sunday evening, ministers and representatives of 35 countries gathered in Brussels to reaffirm their commitment to this vision with...
Chelsea Football Club adopts working definition of antisemitism
Chelsea FC have announced that the club will officially adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, becoming the first sports team in the world to...
IHRA Executive Secretary statement on knife attack in New York State
Dr Kathrin Meyer, Executive Secretary of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) said: “It was with deep shock that I learned of the knife attack at a rabbi’s house in New York State...
IHRA Chair Statement on threats against Liliana Segre
Ambassador Georges Santer, Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), said: “We are outraged at the barrage of threats made against Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, which...
Antisemitism today: discussion with Dr. Felix Klein in Luxembourg
On Monday, 16 September 2019, the Institute Pierre Werner (IPW) hosted a discussion on modern forms of antisemitism in Luxembourg with Dr. Felix Klein, Commissioner of the Federal Government for...
Luxembourg Parliament adopts resolution on Working Definition of Antisemitism
On 10 July, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted by 58 votes in favor (Christian Democrats, Liberals, Socialists, Green, Alternative Democratic Reform Party/ADR, Pirates) and 2 abstentions (The Left) a...
High-level Event of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU
On 18 June, 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted in Bucharest the first International High-Level meeting reuniting Special Envoys for Combatting Antisemitism and the World...
Citizen Dialogue: Forgetting – A Threat to Peace in Europe?
Ahead of the European elections, a public debate organized by the Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg entitled “Citizen Dialogue: Forgetting – A Threat to Peace in Europe?” dealing...