Cour de cassation - 23.05.2018
Case- Case number
- 17-82.896
- Country
- France
- Case Description
Incitement/Boycott (Provocation à la discrimination/ Boycott) – The Court of Appeal justified its decision by stating that the defendants were not guilty of incitement to discrimination, hatred, or violence based on origin, ethnicity, nation, race, or religion – The Facebook post where Mr. X commented on the origin of certain products, pointing out they were Israeli, which the associations argued could incite discrimination against Israeli products, did not contain explicit calls for discrimination and were within the bounds of freedom of expression – The court noted that while the posts might be seen as part of the advocacy against Israeli policies, they did not meet the legal standard for inciting discrimination as defined under French law.
Art. 23 al. 1, 24 al. 7 Loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presse.
- Name of Court
- Cour de cassation
- Date of decision
- May 23, 2018
- Subjects
- Hate Speech and Incitement
- Israel-related Incidents
- Type of Court
- Supreme Court
- Area of Law
- Criminal Law
- Year
- 2018
- Generated ID
- SYI0210-2543
- Geolocation
Latitude: 48.8551330566406
Longitude: 2.345714807510376
- Geolocation
- Source
- Légifrance
- Not present