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France

France regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Since 2012, DILCRAH has served as an inter-ministerial body and platform for co-operation to address hate crime, including through research and financial support to civil society organizations (CSOs). DILCRAH, along with a number of CSOs, is also involved in the training of judges and prosecutors, as well as police officers and gendarmes. The Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH) is an inter-agency body composed of police officers and gendarmes that is responsible for leading and coordinating the fight against crimes against humanity and hate crimes, assisting and supporting local units in this area, acting as the national contact point for both units and external entities, investigating, providing expertise and preparing threat assessments in its area of responsibility. 

Hate crime data are regularly published by the Ministry of Interior. France conducts regular surveys on hate crime victimization to measure unreported hate crimes.

Hate crime data collection in France
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Download the 2010 hate crime report for France

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 6,211 1,557 1,736
2022 3,807 469 355
2021 3,443 486 425
2020 2672 - -
2019 2640 - -
2018 1838 - 252
2017 1505 Not available 255
2016 1835 Not available 583
2015 1790 Not available Not available
2014 1662 Not available 554
2013 1765 579 Not available
2012 2357 604 550
2011 Not available Not available 431
2010 2 Not available 562
2009 Not available Not available 579

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National developments

The Directorate General of the National Police developed an online-reporting site (www.internet-signalement.gouv.fr) to report cybercrime, including bias-motivated crimes, and to inform the public about what constitute crimes committed via the Internet.

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Jewish Community Protection Service reported one murder, 56 physical assaults (including at least six causing serious bodily injury), eight cases of arson, 66 cases of damage to property and 168 cases of graffiti on property and places of worship. 

The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) reported two serious physical assaults, one of which resulted in charges of aggravated attempted homicide. LICRA also reported one physical assault and one case of graffiti on a synagogue. All of the incidents reported by LICRA were investigated. 

The Stephen Roth Institute reported 134 hate incidents.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Human Rights First reported one physical assault and the desecration of one Muslim cemetery, in which 30 graves were damaged.

The COJEP reported a series of hate incidents against property, one arson attack on a mosque, three cases of damage to property (including the desecration of a cemetery), three cases of graffiti on property and two cases of graffiti on places of worship.

The Collective Against Islamophobia in France reported 152 hate incidents, including 12 physical assaults, four arson attacks on mosques, 11 cases of graffiti on mosques and three cases in which pigs’ heads were left outside mosques.

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Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported a series of cases of desecration of cemeteries taking place throughout the year.

The Holy See reported one threat, one case of arson, five cases of graffiti on Church property, 13 cases of the desecration of cemeteries and another 11 of the desecration of churches or Church property.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

SOS Homophobie reported 125 physical assaults against LGBT people.

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Anti-Roma hate crime

An NGO reported an attack involving shots being fired at a Roma camp and the breaking into and burglary of homes there.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) encouraged France to continue its training for police, prosecutors and judges on criminal-law provisions to combat racism, to improve systematic responses to complainants in racist acts, and to improve recording of racist incidents.

Anti-Roma hate crime

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about the reported increase in racist violence against Roma in France.

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted reports of increased convictions in France in connection with racist and anti-Semitic crimes as indications of an improved response by the court system.

Anti-Muslim hate crime

 The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted that officials in France have taken a firm stance against “Islamophobia.”

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) issued a report in 2010 examining the discrimination and violence experienced by Muslim and non-Muslim youths in France. The report found that victims of violence and discrimination often suffered from feelings of social marginalization.

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