Basu v. Germany and Muhammad v. Spain: Why the first European Court of Human Rights’ judgments on racial profiling in identity checks are disappointing

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Julie Ringelheim is Senior Researcher with the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) and Professor at the Law Faculty of Louvain University (Belgium) where she teaches international human rights law and sociology of law. Information on her research and publications can be found at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie-Ringelheim/research and https://uclouvain.academia.edu/JulieRingelheim.

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Basu v. Germany and Muhammad v. Spain: Why the first European Court of Human Rights’ judgments on racial profiling in identity checks are disappointing

February 7, 2023

Julie Ringelheim

Racial profiling by the police is a mounting concern in Europe. It has been defined by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) as “the use by the police, with no objective or reasonable justification, of grounds such as race, colour, language, religion, nationality or national or ethnic origin in control, surveillance or investigation activities” (ECRI…