website: www.magenta.nl/english/
mandate : based in the Netherlands, "Magenta is a foundation that combats racism, fascism and other forms of discrimination, since 1997 mainly on and through the Internet…"; the group was "founded in 1992 after the violent racist attacks on migrants in Germany." activities : projects include the '‘Don't vote for racism train' ' campaign during the 1994 Dutch parliamentary elections; the "first on-line sailing educational project for students and public debates on Dam square in Amsterdam"; and the founding, in 1997, of the Complaints Bureau for Discrimination on the Internet (MDI). statement on the Durban Review Conference 2009 :Statement of Core Principles for WCAR [UN World Conference against Racism] Follow up ", expressing the need for a corrective movement to reverse the damage of Durban I and reassert the universality of human rights; signatories include Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), Human Rights First , and UN Watch.
Magenta's I-CARE website: I-CARE , "the Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe", a web-portal featuring discussions and live reports on antiracism activities, mainly within Europe . ICARE reported from the 2001 UN World Conference on Racism in Durban , offering critical appraisal of the conference -- which included the judgment "that racism was allowed to run rampant" and that "[w]hat happened in Durban [in 2000] should never happen again."; the website continues to track developments regarding the Durban Review Conference 2009 .
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