- Analysis of the draft bill on Strengthening republican values by Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme - CNCDH, Published in April 2021 In its second opinion on the…
- By the Expert Council on NGO Law, 31/03/2021, accessible here The bill to strengthen respect for the principles of the Republic by all, currently before the French Parliament, seeks…
- Analysis by Amnesty International, published on 8 February, accessible here. France: Authorities silence dissent against controversial global security bill French authorities are using illegal tactics to crush protests and…
- Unofficial translation of press release from Ligue des Droits de l’Homme, accessible in French here. While the state of emergency constitutes an anomaly in a state of law, distorts public…
UPDATE 9 April 2021: The Law is currently discussed in the Senate. On 8 April, associations and trade unions protested against the law. Read the joint letter here. *** Unofficial…
Analysis by ECNL published on 10 December 2020. On 9th December, the French government officially presented a legislative proposal “Strengthening the respect of the republican values”, which President Macron had…
Migrants, journalists and civil society activists suffered disproportionate use of police force Article originally published by French by Liberation on 23 November 2020. With the help of associations and lawyers,…
Update: After protest from civic organisations, media and citizens, on 26 November, the Prime Minister announced that an independent committee will be in charge of rewriting article 24 of the…
ECNL published a brief on permissible limitations on freedom of association under international human rights law on 11 November 2020 Following the murder of Samuel Paty in France, the Minister…
Update: On December 2, 2020, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced in a tweet that the Council of Ministers had notified the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) that it was being…