Number of cases where ethnic discrimination was found/established by Equality Body/Agency/Court

Code:: S5
Key Area:: Discrimination Statistics
Strand(s):: Statistics

02/01/2012 - 13:37

Short Answer

In 2010 567 condemnations were pronounced for racist, anti-Semitic or discriminatory offences by Penal Courts. In 2010 HALDE found there was discrimination on the ground of origin in 5 cases.

Qualitative Info

Number of condemnations pronounced for racist, anti-Semitic or discriminatory offences by Penal Courts in 2010:

- Condemnations including a racist offence - 567

- Condemnation related to racist offence, as main offence - 397

- Condemnations related to racist offence only - 298

In 2010 HALDE found there was discrimination on the ground of origin in 5 cases. In 4 cases the HALDE made the observations to courts and an on-site inspection by the regional delegate was made in one case.

French FRANET Annual Report 2011; HALDE Annual Report 2010

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Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism

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09/02/2013 - 16:34

Short Answer

In 2011 431 condemnations were pronounced for racist, anti-Semitic or discriminatory offences by Penal Courts.

In 2010 567 condemnations were pronounced. In 2010 HALDE found there was discrimination on the ground of origin in 5 cases.

Qualitative Info

Number of condemnations pronounced for racist, anti-Semitic or discriminatory offences by Penal Courts in 2010/2011:

- Condemnations including a racist offence - 567/431

- Condemnation related to racist offence, as main offence - 397/285

- Condemnations related to racist offence only - 298/210

In 2010 HALDE found there was discrimination on the ground of origin in 5 cases. In 4 cases the HALDE made the observations to courts and an on-site inspection by the regional delegate was made in one case.

Sources:

CNCDH questionnaire for reporting on the fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, 2012, not available on-line
HALDE, 2011, Annual report 2010, http://www.assfam.org/IMG/pdf/Halde2010.pdf, Accessed on 22.01.2013