France - 2012
Does the national law cover all grounds of discrimination as in the International Conventions and EU law or additional discrimination grounds?
- Code:
- RED3
- Key Area:
- Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
The national law covers all grounds of discrimination as in the International Conventions and EU law. The Constitutional Council decided that the list of grounds of discrimination was open. Article 55 of the Constitution of 1958 specifies that Treaties and International Conventions ratified by France are of superior value to national law, which therefore includes all criteria of discrimination enumerated therein. France has ratified all major anti-discrimination conventions except the Protocol 12 to the ECHR. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Religious minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-racism |
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