Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic urged the French government to ‘show more respect for human rights’ and asked them to ‘refrain’ from ‘restrictions to freedom of peaceful assembly’
Demonstrators walk through a cloud of teargas on the Trocadero plaza during scuffles with police, in Paris, on Feb. 23, 2019.A top European official is criticizing French authorities for their handling of the anti-government protests that have rocked the country in recent months, urging them to “show more respect for human rights.”
She acknowledged the complexity of police operations but encouraged alleged victims of police misconduct to systematically report it in order to avoid impunity. Mijatovic recommended that “the introduction of an administrative ban on demonstrating should be avoided as this would constitute a serious interference in the exercise of this right, especially as there is already provision in the internal security code for the judicial authorities to impose a ban on demonstrating.”
The French government considers the current version of the anti-troublemakers bill is “compliant” with France’s Constitution.
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