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France Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) 2017 CJEU - C-188/15 / Judgement / Asma Bougnaoui v. Micropole SA Religion Muslims The case concerns the Micropole Univers SA's (‘Micropole’) dismissal of Ms Bougnaoui because of her refusal to remove her Islamic headscarf when she was sent on assignment. Ms Bougnaoui considered the dismissal to be discriminatory. The Tribunal ordered Micropole to pay compensation in respect of her period of notice because it had failed to indicate in its letter of dismissal the gravity of Ms Bougnaoui’s alleged misconduct, and dismissed the remainder of the action on the ground that the… View more
France European Court of Human Rights– Grand Chamber 2014 ECtHR / Application no. 43835/11 / S.A.S v. France Religion Muslims The case concerned a law from 2010 which states that concealing the face in public arises from radicalisation and extremism, rather than from religious practices and is therefore prohibited. S.A.S., a Muslim French national, challenged the ban on the basis that it infringed her rights. She asserted that she was not coerced into wearing the burqa and that, although she did not do so 'systematically', her rights under the Convention afforded her the protection to wear them as she… View more
France European Court of Human Rights– Grand Chamber 2015 ECtHR / Application no. 64846/11 / Ebrahimian v. France Religion Muslims The case concerned the decision not to renew the employment contract of a hospital social worker because of her refusal to stop wearing the Muslim veil. Christiane Ebrahimian was recruited on a fixed-term contract within the public hospital service. The Director of Human Resources informed the employee that her contract would not be renewed, on account of her refusal to remove her headgear and following complaints from patients. The Administrative Court found that the decision not to renew… View more
France Bobigny Court (Tribunal de grande instance de Bobigny) 2016 France / Bobigny Court / Criminal judgment Nationality Third country nationals Ms. Zhang was followed by three people and was struck on the head; she fell to the ground and her bag was stolen from her. One of the perpetrators punched her brother-in-law in the left eye. View more
France Council of State 2020 France / Council of State/440757 Religion Muslims In a request of 20 May 2020 the Association for the Defence of Human Rights - Collective against Islamophobia in France (ADDH-CCIF) and Ms B. A. asked the judge for summary proceedings of the Council of State to immediately enjoin the Prime Minister to take all necessary measures to allow the exercise of freedom of worship in Muslim religious establishments, throughout the country and in compliance with the necessary health regulations, on the day of Eid al-fitr, on 24 or 25 May 2020, in… View more
France Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) 2019 France / Cour de cassation/18-85299/ECLI:FR:CCASS:2019:CR01530 Religion Muslims During the programme "C à vous" (Over to you) broadcast on the France 5 television channel on 6 September 2016, during which he gave an interview, Mr H. made the following remarks at four different points during the conversation with a journalist: first passage, the answer "No" to the question whether "there are Muslims in France who live in peace, who do not interpret the texts of the Koran to the letter, who are totally integrated"; second passage, "the… View more
France Court of cassation (Cour de cassation) 2013 France / Court of cassation / Decision No. 12-84790

ECLI:FR:CCASS:2013:CR03515
Race/Ethnicity Migrants On 20 September 2009, Mr. Z. and Mr. A. committed a violent assault on Mr. X, leading to his incapacity to work for over eight days. The investigating judge, after having charged the perpetrators with the offence of aggravated violence, in particular because of the membership of Mr. X . of a particular race, finally ordered them to be sent before the criminal court without retaining the aggravating circumstance. Mr. X. appealed this decision. The pre-trial chamber of the Toulouse Court of… View more
France Court of cassation (Cour de cassation) 2016 France / Court of cassation / Decision No. 15-25.873

ECLI:FR:CCASS:2016:C101245
Race/Ethnicity Muslims Pursuant to the requests of the public prosecutor, the police services carried out an identity check on Mr. X. which led to no legal or administrative proceedings. Citing failings of the public justice service resulting in the discriminatory nature of the identity check on grounds of his origin, his physical appearance or his membership of an ethnic group, Mr. X. filed legal proceedings against the State legal authority claiming compensation for non-material damages. The Paris Court of Appeal… View more
France Court of cassation (Cour de cassation) 2016 France / Court of cassation / Decision No. 15-83070

ECLI:FR:CCASS:2013:CR03515
Religion Muslims Upon the request of the public ministry, Mr. X. was ordered to appear before the criminal court because of the remarks he made on 18 December 2010 at a public meeting called 'International meetings on the Islamization of our countries'. The criminal court found him guilty of the offence of inciting discrimination, hatred or violence towards a group of people on the grounds of their membership of a given religion. The ruling of the Court of Appeal upheld this judgement on 9 April 2015… View more
France Court of cassation (Cour de cassation) 2016 France / Court of cassation / Decision No. 15-83619

ECLI:FR:CCASS:2017:CR00492
Nationality Migrants On 30 March 2014, in Montbéliard, at the end of the second round of the local elections, at a private evening which took place at the headquarters of the socialist party in the presence of about fifty people, Mr. X., lead candidate and outgoing mayor, who was not re-elected, on several occasions called Mr. Ulker Z., one of his opponents, as "Turkish filth". Due to these comments the latter took Mr. X. before the police court on the grounds of non-public racial insult. The court… View more
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