France - 2012
Are there specialised bodies/agencies/mechanisms which receive, handle/investigate complaints in discrimination cases?
- Code:
- RED7
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
Under the directive 2000/43/EC, the specialised body, the HALDE (French High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality), was created by Act n° 2004-1486 of 30 December 2004. The Constitutional Law n°2008-724 of 23 July 2008 created the institution of the Defender of Rights that integrated the HALDE and its function to fight against discrimination.
|
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, On grounds of disability |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination |
| External Url | http://www.defenseurdesdroits.fr |
| Situation(s) |
|
| Library |
|