France

The newly introduced Law no. 2022-92 of 31 January 2022 prohibiting practices aimed at modifying sexual orientation or gender identity created a new offence independently punishing practices known as "conversion therapies". Article 225-4-13 of the Criminal Code provides for a penalty of two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. These new provisions make it a criminal offence to provide consultations or prescribe treatments claiming to be able to modify or repress a person's actual or assumed sexual orientation or gender identity.

As part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on 7 April 2022, France led a joint European day of action to address hate crimes. This continued from the initiative launched in 2020 by Germany. Eleven countries took part in the day of action in 2022, during which 170 individuals were arrested in more than 468 operations.

As part of the decentralized and regular education of judges and prosecutors, two draft agreements were signed in the Paris and Versailles jurisdictions in 2022. The first was an initial agreement between the National School for magistrates (ENM – École nationale de la magistrature), DILCRAH and the Museum of Jewish Art and History. The second agreement was reached between the ENM, DILCRAH and the Shoah Memorial.

In 2022, a study was carried out on the links between online and offline anti-Semitism by a university research institute at the request of the OCLCH.

As reported in the national press, on 12 December 2022, the Paris Criminal Court convicted a number of people of online harassment on the grounds of the victim's sexual orientation and of threatening to commit an offence against a person. The sentences ranged from 3 to 6 months' suspended imprisonment.