France
French police used excessive force during sometimes violent demonstrations since late 2018, causing injuries to protestors who were not engaged in violence. An April 2019 protest law risks undermining the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The government failed to pursue necessary reforms to tackle discriminatory police identity checks. Asylum seekers and migrants sometimes face police abuse. Flawed age assessments of unaccompanied migrant children exclude many from care. Counterterrorism powers remain open to abuse. A November 2017 security law grants the authorities emergency powers without judicial safeguards that undermine the rights to liberty, freedoms of movement, association, expression, privacy and security.
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United NationsFrance is running on a closed slate with the United Kingdom to be elected to a three-year term on the Human Rights Council at the United Nations. As the self-declared country where the concept of human rights was born one would expect France to bring a principled voice and role to the Council. Yet, operating from the margins of the Council, France of late has been neither active nor constructive in defending human rights– quite the opposite.
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France: Children Left in Limbo despite COVID-19
Unaccompanied Migrant Children Deprived of Basic Services in Marseille and Gap
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France: Police Crowd Control Methods Maim People
Review Use of ‘Instant’ Tear Gas Grenades and Rubber Projectiles
News
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What China’s Foreign Minister Should Expect in Europe
Beijing’s Growing Repression Needs a Global Response
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Forty-Nine Migrant Children Moved to Safety in France
Over a Thousand Still Stranded in Hellish Conditions on Greek Islands
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Another Youth Drowns Trying to Row to Safety in the UK
The Death Should Prompt Policy Change in London and Paris
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Averting a Mushroom Cloud of Impunity in Lebanon
Independent International Investigation Needed for the Beirut Blast
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Unaccompanied Migrant Children Sleeping Outside in Paris
Authorities Should Urgently Protect Them, Give Them Shelter
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Body Cameras Alone Won’t Stop Discriminatory Policing in France
Key Reforms Urgently Needed to End Ethnic Profiling
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Macron’s Selective Indignation over Libya
Void between Words and Deeds Harms French Credibility and Fight Against Impunity
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Iran Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Iranian-French Academic
Dual Nationals, Foreigners Used as Bargaining Chips
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France Should Speed Efforts on Workplace Violence
Ratify ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, Make National Reforms
