1. Information about the Publisher
Company name: Agir défendre contre le racisme et l’islamophobie
Address: 10 boulevard de l’Empereur, 1000 Brussels – Belgium
Phone number: +32 2 315 11 10
Email address: contact@equitas.site
Legal form: ASBL (Non-Profit Association)
Company registration number: BE 0760.873.740
2. Information about the Host
Host name: Contabo GmbH
Address: Aschauer Strasse 32a, 81549 Munich, Germany
3. Publication Director
Name: Jean-Jacques Megaides
4. General Terms of Use (GTU)
General Terms of Support by Equitas
The legal service of Equitas provides, free of charge, information, advice, and assistance to Petitioners who consider themselves victims of a situation of discrimination related to Islamophobia, namely all acts of discrimination or violence due to actual or presumed affiliation to the Muslim religion, as provided for and punishable by law.
The Petitioner is the person who contacts Equitas electronically or by phone to obtain information about their rights regarding the aforementioned discrimination situation.
Equitas can only intervene following a direct referral by the person considering themselves a victim of discrimination and agreeing to disclose their identity. Equitas does not act based on anonymous reports.
Due to the high number of requests received by Equitas, and despite its best efforts to support victims who contact it, requests from Petitioners affiliated with Equitas partners will be given priority.
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1: In exchange for Equitas’s intervention, the Petitioner agrees to provide the legal service with all necessary elements, documents, and information to ensure quick and effective processing of their request and resolution of their dispute, relevant to the association’s activity. Failure to communicate these elements within 48 hours may result in Equitas terminating the handling of the case without prior notice. The Petitioner is also required to inform Equitas of the progress of the case or any new documents and information that may arise. The Petitioner must also inform Equitas in advance of any steps taken on their own initiative, especially if they have approached other bodies or organizations. If the Petitioner takes steps without informing Equitas beforehand or without seeking legal advice from Equitas, the Association disclaims any responsibility for the consequences that may arise.
The Petitioner can write to us at contact@equitas.site to follow up on their case or submit any possible complaints.
Throughout their exchanges with Equitas, the Petitioner must remain courteous to the association’s staff. If basic rules of civility are not observed, the Association may cease all contact with the Petitioner at any time.
The Petitioner also agrees not to disclose the phone number or email address of the lawyer handling their case to a third party without prior consent.
Article 2: Equitas guarantees the confidentiality of the information and documents communicated by the Petitioner. Any document communicated by Equitas to the Petitioner, as well as all electronic exchanges with Equitas, including forwarded emails written by the lawyers, may not be transmitted to third parties or published on social media or any other platform, under penalty of liability. If the Petitioner has contacted another organization (association, administrative authority…), they must immediately inform Equitas, whether this referral occurs before or after Equitas takes on their case, which will then decide whether to maintain its involvement.
Article 3: If another association wishes to intervene alongside the Petitioner, the latter must promptly inform Equitas, which will decide in agreement with the Petitioner whether to respond favorably.
Article 4: In the event of an unfavorable outcome and a disagreement with the Petitioner, and failing an amicable solution, the terms of Article 17 shall apply.
Article 5: Referral to a Lawyer can only occur after a legal review of the Petitioner’s case. Following this review, the legal service will determine whether it is appropriate to direct the Petitioner to one of Equitas’s network lawyers.
Article 6: If the Petitioner wishes to abandon any steps aimed at restoring their rights, they must promptly inform the legal service, which will close their case.
Article 7: When the Petitioner is put in contact with the Lawyer, a client-lawyer relationship begins. Consequently, they will agree with their counsel on the fees related to the services provided. The Petitioner will nevertheless continue to regularly inform the legal service of Equitas about the progress of the engaged procedure and any new actions or procedures undertaken.
Article 8: When the Petitioner decides to make their case public, directly or through the media and/or any other communication platform, including when this decision is made in agreement with their Lawyer, they must promptly inform Equitas and involve it in this action before undertaking it. Failing this, Equitas will withdraw from the case without prior notice.
Article 9: By agreeing to these terms, the Petitioner consents to the Lawyer communicating to Equitas the actions taken in the context of the aforementioned dispute, without breaching the professional secrecy to which the Lawyer is subject.
Article 10: By ratifying these terms, the Petitioner undertakes to communicate any document related directly or indirectly to the case for which the Lawyer has been mandated and ensures that the documents provided to the Lawyer have been obtained lawfully and fairly.
Article 11: The Petitioner will be received by the Lawyer according to the terms agreed with their counsel. In case of impediment, they must inform the Lawyer by phone, fax, or email 48 hours before the appointment.
Article 12: The Petitioner will refrain from producing in court or before any third party any document not previously submitted to the Lawyer.
Article 13: In the event of a disagreement with the Lawyer, the Petitioner must promptly inform Equitas’s legal service, which may intervene as a mediator without being obliged to achieve a result.
Article 14: If the Petitioner intends to voluntarily replace their initial counsel with another lawyer or any other person, they must immediately inform the Lawyer and Equitas’s legal service and remain bound by the contractual terms established in this hypothesis by the agreement they will have ratified.
Article 15: Any clause in these terms that may be interpreted as contradicting or ambiguous regarding the provisions of the fee agreement concluded with the Lawyer will not prevail over the latter.
Article 16: The Petitioner is informed that any failure of the Lawyer, due to an external and/or insurmountable factor for them and/or Equitas, is not opposable to the Association, and its liability cannot be sought.
Article 17: The Petitioner is informed that any dispute arising in their relations with Equitas, failing an amicable solution, will result in the automatic and informal withdrawal from their case.
Personal Data:
« The information collected from this form and the files created during your report, request for information, or testimony, is subject to computer processing intended for:
- The maintenance and updating of statistics,
- The production of the annual report providing an overview of Islamophobia in Europe.
The recipient(s) of the data is: The legal service.
In accordance with Articles 12 to 21 of the European Regulation 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, you have the right to access and rectify the information concerning you. You can access the information concerning you by contacting: Legal Service.
You can also, for legitimate reasons, oppose the processing of data concerning you. For more information, please consult your rights on the CNIL website for French petitioners. »
