US EditionEurope Rights Court Condemns France over Police Racial Profiling
- On Thursday, the European human rights tribunal ruled against France for conducting racially biased police identity checks on a French citizen in 2011.
- The ruling followed legal action initiated over a decade ago by 13 French men who claimed unjustified stops based on appearance.
- The court found France violated Articles 14 and 8 forbidding discrimination and protecting privacy, ordering 3,000 euros damages to Karim Touil.
- A 2024 study reported young Black or North African men are four times likelier to be stopped and 12 times likelier to face intrusive searches.
- The ruling highlights ongoing concerns about racial profiling, prompting calls for better police check traceability and protection against discrimination.
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In an unpublished decision issued on Thursday, 26 June, the supranational court acknowledged the existence of checks in France, but did not see it as a "structural failure".
France Condemned by European Court Over ‘Racial Profiling’
In a ruling likely to fuel debate over national sovereignty and judicial overreach, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday found France guilty of racial profiling during police identity checks—the first such ruling against the country. The case centred on Karim Touil, who was stopped three times in ten days by police in the eastern city of Besançon in 2011. The court said the French government had failed to provide “objective and…
Europe's top rights court rules against France in racial profiling case
PARIS - Europe's top human rights court ruled on Thursday that French police had carried out discriminatory checks on a Frenchman of African descent, the first such verdict in a case of racial profiling brought against France. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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