Michael Whine
 Michael Whine      ( “antisemitism”, expert) | |
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| Nationality | UK |
| Member of | Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy |
Drafted the IHRA definition of antisemitism | |
Michael Whine is a Director of the Board of Deputies of British Jews[1] who helped formulate the IHRA definition of antisemitism and have it adopted by the OSCE's European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC).[2]
Whine is Senior Consultant at the World Jewish Congress and was previously the Director of Government and International Affairs at the UK Community Security Trust, where he was based for 35 years and of which he was co-founder.
He is the UK Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a standing commission of the Council of Europe that advises Member States on human rights matters, and inspects their compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights. From 2021 to 2022, he was Chairman of the ECRI Working Group tasked with renewing General Policy Recommendation No. 9 on combating antisemitism.[3]
He is a member of the National Police Chiefs Council Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime, the London Crown Prosecution Service Hate Crime Scrutiny and Involvement Panel, and former Lay Advisor to the CPS Counter-Terrorism Division.
He is also a member of the European Commission Counterterrorism Committee.
He has been a representative of the UK Government at conferences of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) since 2004, and an occasional participant in its National Point of Contact on Hate Crime meetings. He is scheduled to participate at the 2026 Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh, PA (15-17 September 2026).[4]
