N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to protect the rights of all migrants, regardless of their situation and status.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to foster social integration and reinsertion of recidivist minors.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the feasibility of conducting a national consultative exercise on a national plan of action to follow up on the Vienna Conference on Human Rights and the Durban Conference on Racism
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying declarations made by the Government regarding articles 13 and 14, paragraph 5, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying the declarations made by the French Government on articles 13 and 14 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To consider without delay the possibility of establishing an interministerial mechanism to hold regular meetings on the preparation of reports on the human rights situation in France for submission to international bodies, and to examine, in conjunction with the Advisory Commission, modalities for follow-up on recommendations made by those bodies and by the competent national institutions, including the Commission
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider how best the specific needs of individuals belonging to minorities could be addressed in order to ensure their equal enjoyment of all human rights, as provided for in the Constitution.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the law which prohibits the wearing of clothing denoting religious affiliation in schools.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its position on the recognition of the rights of minorities and that it begin collecting data on the socio-economic status of the population, disaggregated by ethnic identity, confession and gender, in order to identify social problems affecting ethnic and religious minorities.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility of withdrawing its reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider its commitment in line with paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration when addressing questions with respect to legislation and studies on colonialism and the slave trade, in particular with respect to overseas territories.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Actively consider reviewing its position on minorities by recognizing and protecting them as minority groups.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Actively consider undertaking more aggressive strategies to increase the number of people with immigrant heritage in the public service, particularly the police, civil service and the judiciary, in order to better reflect the broad diversity within France.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying reservations made by the Government to article 14, paragraph 2 (c) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying the reservations entered by the Government regarding articles 14 (2) and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To consider the establishment without delay of an inter-ministerial mechanism that would meet regularly, notably in view to examine, in cooperation with the CNCDH, the follow-up to the recommendations made by human rights treaty bodies and competent national institutions
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Avoid experiments on detainees with electric impulsion weapons provoking acute pain, which canconstitute a form of torture, in penitentiaries.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Execute the procedures for family reunification of recognized refugees with utmost speed to ensure the protection of family life of the persons concerned.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt programmes and specific measures to ensure the protection of economic, social and cultural rights of all components of society.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its struggle against racism.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give central attention to the consideration of human rights in the elaboration of a European Pact on Migration and to ensure that in its implementation all human rights are guaranteed for migrants regardless of their status.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make effective efforts to respect its international obligations not to forcibly return any individual to a country where he or she may be at risk of serious human rights violations, including torture or other ill-treatment.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Find effective ways of realizing the rights of individuals belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include information on the implementation of the treaties in its overseas territories in its national reports to treaty bodies on a regular basis.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take additional measures, if not already taken, to reduce the time frame for the process of improving conditions in places of detention.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make efforts to enforce existing anti-discrimination legislation more effectively, and consider compiling statistics on ethnic minority groups in order to assess the extent and causes of inequality and evaluate the effectiveness of measures in place to address it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt further measures, with reference to the principle of non-refoulement, to ensure granting possible requests of the Committee against Torture for interim measures in individual cases aimed at preventing the breach of provisions of the Convention against Torture.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Systematically and continuously integrate a gender perspective in the follow-up to the UPR.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- UPR process
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against immigrant women in accessing basic social services.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take into account the concerns of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women regarding the absence of an agency in charge of gathering information on violence against women, particularly regarding homicides in the context of family violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Women's rights