Indicator history

Severely criticized by the experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in August 2010 for the eviction and expulsion of Roma and Travellers, the French authorities promised to set up a National Action plan against racism. On 1 December 2010, Brice Hortefeux, French Minister of Interior and Alain Jacubowicz, president of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) signed a Framework Convention on the fight against racism and antisemitism. On this occasion, Hortefeux said the fight against racism and anti-Semitism had to be strengthen and presented this convention as part of the National Action plan against racism that the French government would launch in Spring of 2011. But the National Action Plan against Racism has not been adopted yet.

In 2001, France was one of the signatory States of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (World Conference against Racism (WCAR)), and so it engaged to implement a national action plan against racism. Twelve years later, and after several reminders from international institutions such as the CERD, France launched on 15 February 2012 its National action plan against racism and anti-Semitism (PNACRA).

This plan sets out the action programme of the government for the period 2012-2014 and includes the creation of an interministerial director for the fight against racism and antisemitism. The director will be responsible for ensuring the daily coordination of interdepartmental work and the consistency of State action. The director will play a leadership role making proposals to improve fight against racism. Placed under the joint authority of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior, the director will prepare the meetings of the Interministerial Committee for the fight against racism and antisemitism (CILRA) and will ensure the implementation of the national action plan. On 29 February 2012, Régis Guyot was appointed interministerial director for the fight against racism and anti-Semitism, on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior.