The Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS) is a non-profit,

non-governmental organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from g ...

based in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It was founded in 1992 by Kati David. ARIS was accorded Special Consultative Status with the

United Nations Economic and Social Council The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; french: links=no, Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields ...

in 1997. The service aims to make the UN

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a United Nations convention. A third -generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discri ...

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.Geneva Humanitarian Forum
The NGO acts as a liaison for other NGOs to assist with the collection of information and preparation of reports.

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Anti-Racism Information Service Anti-racist organizations in Europe Organizations established in 1992 Organizations established in 1997 {{charity-org-stub