The French Antiterrorist Bill: A Permanent State of Emergency

Catherine Haguenau-Moizard, Fachinformationsdienst Für Internationale Und Interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
2017
In July, a government bill against terrorism was adopted to replace the French state of emergency, which is in force since the terrorist attacks of November 2015. Critics have long complained about the lasting of the etat d'urgence. An analysis of the new bill however reveals that it is still a threat for human rights and in that matter rather a softened version of the state of emergency.
doi:10.17176/20170809-103822 fatcat:maoiola2zrgsffumq2xl4n2a3u