Discrimination
Discrimination is characterized by three elements:
- Unequal and unfavorable treatment of a person or group of people.
- In connection with a criterion defined by law (there are 25 of them, including: origin, physical appearance, family name, real or supposed association with a race, ethnic group, nation or religion, ability to express oneself in a language other than French).
- Taking the form of an act, practice or rule in a professional context or in access to a public or private good or service (e.g. refusal to hire, difference in remuneration, refusal of an internship, refusal of access to university premises).
All discrimination criteria are available on the website
service-public.fr.
Discrimination is a criminal offence, as well as a disciplinary offence at university.
Racism, anti-Semitism
Racism and anti-Semitism are ideologies based on stereotypes and prejudice, i.e. shared opinions about a group or an individual belonging to a group.
Racism and anti-Semitism are manifested in the form of a
continuum acts ranging from insults to physical violence, exclusion, intimidation, harassment and threats, including digital threats. Racist and anti-Semitic behavior includes all acts directed against a person or a group of people, motivated by their origin, or their real or supposed membership or non-membership of an ethnic group, an alleged race, a nation or a religion.
Racist and anti-Semitic acts and remarks are criminal offences, as well as punishable by disciplinary sanctions at the university. The racist or anti-Semitic nature of a criminally reprehensible act constitutes an aggravating circumstance which increases the penalty incurred.
Racist or anti-Semitic discrimination is also legally recognized.
Anti-LGBTI+ hate
Anti-LGBTI+ hatred, or LGBTI+ phobias, include lesbophobia, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.
Anti-LGBTI+ hate phobias take the form of any negative attitude, any act of contempt, hatred, exclusion, physical or verbal violence against a person because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, whether real or assumed.
Anti-LGBTI+ hatred can take many forms: insults, degrading remarks, exclusion, harassment, physical violence,
outing (revealing a person's gender identity or sexual orientation without their consent)...
Discrimination on the grounds of appearance, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation is recognized and sanctioned by law.
Anti-LGBTI+ hatred can constitute criminal offences. Such behavior is subject to disciplinary sanctions at university.
Sexist and sexual violence
Sexist and sexual violence (SGBV) is any act, comment or behavior imposed by a person on another person, which is sexist or sexual in nature. This type of violence has many causes, and many manifestations: comments, behaviour, harassment, aggression.
What all SSVs have in common is their compulsory nature: the individual's consent is neither sought nor respected.
The term "gender-based violence" refers to acts, comments and behavior directed at a person because of their gender identity or sex.
The term "sexual violence" is used when acts, words and behavior are aimed at sexuality, the imposition of a sexual act, or an attack on areas identified as sexual (thighs, breasts, buttocks, sex, mouth).
Report sexist or sexual violence, discrimination or harassment
We have set up an online form for students and staff.
