France - 2012
Sanctions imposed / compensations / awards attributed-received
- Code:
- S7
- Key Area:
- Discrimination Statistics
- Strand(s):
- Statistics
Short Answer |
Outcomes of the Halde's decisions: mostly observations to courts. The Criminal Court issued decisions concerning mainly imprisonment and fines regarding racist, anti-Semitic and anti-religious matters. |
Qualitative Info |
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. In 2010 the Criminal Court issued decisions ordering mainly imprisonment and finess (from 200 to 8000 euros) regarding racist, anti-Semitic and anti-religious matters. There were 567 condemnations including a racist offence; 397 condemnations related to racist offence as main offence; 298 condemnations related to racist offence only. FRANET Annual Report 2011 |
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Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
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