As of 2018, and since the 1972 ratification of the European Convention of Human Rights, French law proscribed hate or violence against, and slander or libel against, people due to their membership of a religious group, nationality, ethnic group, race, sexual orientation or handicap (Art.23, 24, 32).
Hingga 2017, dan sejak 1972 seiring ratifikasi Konvensi Hak Asasi Manusia Eropa, hukum Prancis melarang kebencian atau kekerasan terhadap, dan pencemaran nama baik terhadap, seseorang atas dasar keanggotaan agama, bangsa, etnis, ras, orientasi seks, atau disabilitas (Pasal 23, 24, 32).