Article Tag : France

Three challenges for the codification of Enforced Disappearance

 I. Introduction The adoption of the crime of enforced disappearance as one of the underlying acts for crimes against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998 and the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) in 2006 were major milestones for countless… Lire la suite »

The indirect criminalization of sex work in France

Élaborée en réponse à l’appel à contributions de la Commission internationale des juristes de Janvier 2019 portant sur l’« Élaboration de principes visant à lutter contre les effets néfastes de la loi pénale sur la santé, le droit à l’égalité et les droits de l’homme, dans le contexte de la sexualité, la reproduction, la consommation de… Lire la suite »

Half-Day General Discussion in preparation for a General Comment on Article 21 (Right of Peaceful Assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Palais Wilson, 20 March 2019

In view of the Half-Day General Discussion in preparation for a General Comment on Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the present document provides an analysis of some of the issues selected by the rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Committee. It does so with reference to French and international… Lire la suite »