{"id":6697,"date":"2024-09-04T17:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equitas.site\/identity-photo-on-official-and-unofficial-documents\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:14:15","slug":"identity-photo-on-official-and-unofficial-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equitas.site\/en\/identity-photo-on-official-and-unofficial-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Photo on Official and Unofficial Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Salima wishes to subscribe to an offer proposed by her region&#8217;s transport company and submits a file where identity photographs are requested. She wants to know if she has the right to provide a photograph with her headscarf. She also wonders about the same issue for her enrollment in a higher education institution, particularly for the creation of her student card.  <\/h5>\n<h4>What does the law say?<\/h4>\n<p>The requirement to provide a bare-headed identity photograph is subject to the existence of a legal text that expressly states this obligation.<\/p>\n<h5>Generally, we distinguish between two types of photographs:<\/h5>\n<h3>1. Official identity photos that require appearing bare-headed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>National identity card<\/li>\n<li>Passport<\/li>\n<li>Residence permit<\/li>\n<li>Health insurance card<\/li>\n<li>Driver&#8217;s license<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Identity photos on unofficial documents that are not governed by any specific provision requiring appearing bare-headed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>University or college enrollment file<\/li>\n<li>Student card<\/li>\n<li>Transport pass<\/li>\n<li>Sports membership card<\/li>\n<li>Any other card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consequently, <strong>the principle is that wearing a headscarf should not pose any problem for the creation of one of these cards<\/strong>. Any refusal based on the grounds that you wish to use a photo where you are wearing a headscarf is therefore illegal and discriminatory. <\/p>\n<p>Any regulation prohibiting the wearing of signs or attire manifesting a religious affiliation is illegal in any higher education institution, as it does not fall within the scope of the law of March 15, 2004. The illegality of such a regulation automatically gives it a discriminatory character as it breaks the equality of individuals in accessing the provided education and violates a fundamental freedom \u2013 guaranteed by the Constitution \u2013 which is freedom of conscience. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, according to Article 225-1 paragraph 1 of the Penal Code: &#8220;Discrimination constitutes any distinction made between natural persons on the basis of their origin, (&#8230;), their belonging or non-belonging, real or supposed, to an ethnicity, a nation, a race or a determined religion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, according to Article 225-2 of the Penal Code, &#8220;Discrimination defined in Article 225-1, committed against a natural person, is punishable by three years&#8217; imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros when it consists of (1\u00b0) refusing the provision of a good or service and (4\u00b0) making the provision of a good or service subject to a condition based on one of the elements referred to in Article 225-1&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Defender of Rights has also ruled in this direction (Decision 2020-134 of October 2, 2020 regarding the obligation to present a &#8220;bare-headed&#8221; photo to obtain a public transport pass and thus travel in the concerned region):<\/p>\n<p><em>The Defender of Rights recalls that, even if neutral, the requirement in question is likely to have a discriminatory impact on people wearing headgear for religious reasons, particularly Muslim women wearing a headscarf. He notes that French administrative courts have rejected on the merits appeals related to the obligation to pose &#8216;bare-headed&#8217; in consideration of security conditions regarding photographs for official documents that also serve as identity documents (identity cards, passports). However, appeals contesting the obligation to pose &#8216;bare-headed&#8217; have been successful when such an obligation had not been provided for by legislative or regulatory provisions and\/or when it had been taken by an authority that was not competent. The Defender of Rights concludes that the obligation to remove one&#8217;s headscarf to obtain a transport pass, in compliance with illegal general terms of sale, characterizes a discriminatory practice based on religion contrary to Article 2-3 of the law of May 27, 2008.   <\/em><\/p>\n<h4>What should I do?<\/h4>\n<p>If, despite everything, a remark is addressed to you about your headscarf in the photo outside of official identity documents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consult the <strong>internal regulations<\/strong> of the organization in question, or the general terms of sale to become aware of the conditions relating to possible restrictions.<\/li>\n<li>If no provision is made in the internal regulations or in the general terms of sale, you can report this discrimination to your interlocutor and <strong>inform the hierarchical superior<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If a provision is included in the internal regulations or in the general terms and conditions of sale, the measure is still illegal and should be contested.<\/li>\n<li>File an appeal with the relevant service or administration.<\/li>\n<li>If your appeal is rejected, you can refer the matter to the Defender of Rights: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseurdesdroits.fr\/demander-de-laide-au-defenseur-des-droits-146\">Contact the Defender of Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Contact Equitas<\/strong> who will provide legal assistance and support you in your efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Applicable references:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Official identity photographs: Decree No. 99-973 of November 25, 1999 amending Decree No. 55-1397 of November 22, 1955 instituting the national identity card; Decree No. 2005-1726 of December 30, 2005 relating to passports; Order of April 10, 2007 relating to the affixing of identity photographs on identity and travel documents, driving licenses and residence permits; Decree No. 2007-199 of February 14, 2007 relating to the health insurance card and amending the Social Security Code.<\/li>\n<li>Issuance of student card: Art. 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