Advisory Committee

Chaired by Marie-Thérèse LANQUETIN, the Advisory Committee is composed of 18 members, all prominent figures recognised for their involvement in the field of anti-discrimination. By selecting its members on this basis, the Commission guarantees its openness to civil society.

The Council may request the opinion of the Advisory Committee which it has appointed, to clarify its debates.

Current Membership

Jean-François AMADIEU

  • Professor of management science (University of Paris I), director of the Observatoire des discriminations (Discrimination Research Centre)

Mouloud AOUNIT

  • Secretary general, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP − Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples)

Arnaud DE BROCA

  • Deputy secretary General, FNATH, Association des accidentés de la vie (accident victim’s rights association)

Françoise COCUELLE

  • Chair, Association entreprises et diversité (Business and Diversity Association)

Régis DE GOUTTES

  • First Advocate General, Cour de Cassation (French Court of Cassation)

Laurent EL GHOZI

  • Chair, Association de soutien et d’aide aux gens du voyage (ASAV − Association Providing Support and Assistance for Travellers/ Gypsies)

Khalid HAMDANI

  • Member of the Haut conseil à l’intégration (HCI – High Council for Integration)

Anousheh KARVAR

  • National secretary of the Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT).

Marie-Thérèse LANQUETIN

  • Legal expert , researcher

Jacqueline LAUFER

  • Professor, HEC Group

Françoise LAURANT

  • Présidente du Mouvement Français pour le Planning Familial (MPF)

Véronique LOPEZ-RIVOIRE

  • Head of the legal department at Force ouvrière (FO)

Francis MESSNER

  • Head of research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS − National Scientific Research Centre)
  • Specialist in religions

Michel MINE

  • Professor of labour law (CNAM)

Catherine TEULE

  • Vice-president of the Ligue des droits de l’homme (League of Human Rights)

Samuel THOMAS

  • President of the « Fédération Nationale des Maisons des Potes »
  • Vice-chair, SOS racisme (antiracism association)

Catherine TRIPON

  • Spokesperson for the federation L’Autre Cercle

Carole Da SILVA

  • Chair, Association pour favoriser l’intégration professionnelle (AFIP – Association Promoting Professional Integration)

Richard SERERO

  • Secretary general of the Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme (LICRA – International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism)