The records on convicted cases were reported to ODIHR after the publication of the data for 2017. Of the 255 convictions, 80 may include instances of hate speech and, therefore, also fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime.
The police provide data broken down by racism and xenophobia (which also includes anti-religious hate crime) and bias against sexual orientation and gender identity (also including sex-based hate crimes). The anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes presented below have been disaggregated separately by the Ministry of the Interior and are included in the above mentioned two categories.
France amended the Criminal Code to simplify its hate crime provisions. Most specific penalty enhancements were removed and the general penalty enhancing provisions strengthened.
The Ministry of Justice participated in the development of the new National Plan to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism for 2018-2020, which defines four priorities: 1. Fight against hatred on the internet, 2. Educate against prejudices, 3. Protect citizens and support victims, and 4. Invest in new mobilisation fields.
The data provided for racism and xenophobia also relate to actual or perceived membership of a religion.
Incidents in this category have also been reported under the category "Racism and Xenophobia" and may thus be listed here twice.
Incidents in this category have also been reported under the category "Racism and Xenophobia" and may thus be listed here twice.
The data collected by the police relate to discriminatory grounds related to sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.
ODIHR observes that France has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases.