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France: Amnesty International report: Public Outrage: Police officers above the law in France

01 March 2009

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Amnesty International report (pdf):

"the problems identified in 2005 [report] persist four years on. Amnesty International’s current research has uncovered continuing allegations of human rights violations by law enforcement officials in France. The procedures for investigating such allegations are still failing to live up to the standards required by international law, and people in France expect better.

Furthermore, Amnesty International is concerned at what appears to be an increasing trend for individuals who protest or attempt to intervene when they witness apparent ill-treatment by law enforcement officials to find themselves subjected to criminal charges of outrage (insulting a law enforcement official) or rebellion (violently resisting a law enforcement official in the course of his/her duties). In other instances, individuals who have complained about ill-treatment they have suffered have been charged with defamation by the officers concerned."

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