"Country code",Year,"Reference details title","Reference details URL","Main thematic focus",Institution,"Key findings - Short summary","Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)","Sample details and representativeness","Area/location of interest - NUTS3 level" Spain,2018,"Council of Europe, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (2018), ECRI Report on Spain (fifth monitoring cycle), Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 28 February 2018",https://rm.coe.int/fifth-report-on-spain/16808b56c9,"Racism & xenophobia, Discrimination","ECRI | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance | Council of Europe","The ECRI Report on Spain (fifth monitoring cycle) is pleased to note that the Spanish authorities adopted extensive amendments to their Criminal Code in 2015. ECRI again strongly recommends that the Spanish authorities adopt as soon as possible comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation in line with the standards laid down in §§ 4 to 17 of its General Policy Recommendation No. 7. ECRI recommends that the authorities: - Take urgent steps to set up an independent equality body or to ensure that the Council for the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination is fully independent and provided with the competences and powers outlined in ECRI’s General Policy Recommendations No. 2 and 7. - Update and extend their anti-racism strategy on the basis of the evaluation made in 2014 and 2015.","The working methods for the preparation of the reports involve documentary analyses, a visit to the country concerned, and then a confidential dialogue with the national authorities.","ECRI’s reports are analyses based on a great deal of information gathered from a wide variety of sources.","Not applicable - national level"