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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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
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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
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France Repatriates More Children from Northeast Syria
Government Should Bring Home All Children and their Mothers from ISIS Camps
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France Should Halt Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Arms Sales to Rights-Abusing Countries Fuel Atrocities Against Civilians
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France: End Discriminatory Police Checks and Fines
Take Concrete Steps to End Biased Police Behavior, 24 Groups Say
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