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	France
		France is a constitutional democracy in which citizens elect the President and the Legislature in periodic, free, and fair elections.
		The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, although there were a few problems in some areas; the law and judiciary provided effective means of dealing with cases of individual abuse.
		In March, a report by a rapporteur for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights criticized the Government for "continuing to deny the existence and the scale of sexual cruelty against children" with regard to trafficked children and called for the NCCHR to further investigate the situation.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27837.htm (9370 words)

	[18 Mar 1998] HR/CN/817 : PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
		Universality of rights could not mean that the cultural foundations, the language and even the institutional tools and pace for the realization of those rights must be uniform in every part of the world, she said.
		She added that human rights must be monitored objectively, that Finland was encouraged by the remarkable progress made in human rights in Latin America, and that further steps should be taken to increase the emphasis on economic, social, and cultural rights.
		Human rights should be considered as a vital, essential component of every aspect of international relations, she said.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1998/19980318.HRCN817.html (3938 words)

	Human Rights
		Examples of human rights are the right to freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial when charged with a crime, the right not to be tortured, and the right to engage in political activity.
		A human right can exist as a shared norm of actual human moralities, as a justified moral norm supported by strong reasons, as a legal right at the national level (here it might be referred to as a "civil" or "constitutional" right), or as a legal right within international law.
		Rawls says that human rights "specify limits to a regime's internal autonomy" and that "their fulfillment is sufficient to exclude justified and forceful intervention by other peoples, for example, by diplomatic and economic sanctions, or in grave cases by military force" (Rawls 1999, 79-80).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/rights-human (11719 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia : France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In particular, the two international human rights organizations strongly condemn the wave of racist attacks against Arabs and anti-Semitic attacks against Jews, and call on West European governments to redouble their efforts to combat racism in all its forms and to bring to justice suspected perpetrators of hate crimes.
		Human Rights Watch today condemned the decision of the government of Fernando De la Rúa in Argentina not to extradite former naval officer Alfredo Astiz, an intelligence agent during the country's period of military rule.
		Human Rights Watch expressed dismay with the French government's failure to prevent a former Algerian defense minister accused of torture from leaving the country.
	www.hrw.org /europe/france.php (1131 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		France is a constitutional democracy with a directly elected President and National Assembly and an independent judiciary.
		The Government fully respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of dealing with individual instances of abuse.
		The court said that a 1991 law laying out the rights and responsibilities of students in public schools could not be used to prevent authorized absence from school for religious worship or the celebration of a religious holiday.
	www.usemb.se /human/1996/europe/france.html (3868 words)

	letters from babylon: Abortion and Human Rights; Vo v. France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The French court of first instance held that the fetus was not a “human person” within the meaning of the unintentional homicide statute, because she was 20 or 21 weeks, and therefore not viable.
		France is actually rather narrow: the court did not decide that unborn children were not humans, only that Article 2 of the ECHR did not require member states to enact criminal feticide laws.
		We protect human life because the right to life is a basic human right; as such it cannot be conditioned on the choice of another (i.e., the mother).
	www.lettersfrombabylon.com /2004/07/abortion_and_hu.html (1230 words)

	Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, France,8 December 1998
		The rights of children and adolescents is another progress deriving its legitimacy from the 1948 declaration.
		It means universal access to adequate health care, access to education and information, the right to food in sufficient quantity and of good quality, but also the right to decent housing and to live and work in an environment where known health risks are controlled.
		Health and human rights are complementary approaches to the advancement of human well being.
	w3.whosea.org /dgmessgs/08_12_98.htm (1634 words)

	ASIL Electronic Resource Guide
		The rights and obligations enumerated in the Charter were codified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b1udhr.htm).
		There are a few things to keep in mind when doing human rights research: the interdisciplinary nature of the topic; the complexity of the topic and the materials; and the challenge of locating and accessing materials issued by a variety of organizations.
		The most important human rights instruments are available full-text under the section called International Law (http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/), but they lack complete citations and there is no search mechanism for the treaties separate from the rese of the web site.
	www.asil.org /resource/humrts1.htm (9281 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Publications: Europe and Central Asia : France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		For over a year, Human Rights Watch investigated and monitored French asylum policies, conducting numerous interviews with lawyers, human rights advocates, refugee assistance organizations, asylum seekers, and government officials.
		In particular, we have found deficiencies in access to the asylum procedure, the procedural rights accorded during that procedure, and the jurisprudence interpreting the scope of France's obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the "Refugee Convention").
		In particular, we have found deficiencies in access to the asylum procedure, the procedural rights accorded during that procedure, and the jurisprudence interpreting the scope of France's obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the ARefugee Convention).
	www.hrw.org /hrw/pubweb/Webcat-39.htm (473 words)

	Directory - Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties: Regional: Europe
		British Helsinki Human Rights Group (BHHRG) · iweb · Dedicated to monitoring the development of democracy and human rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
		International Association, Caucasus · Human Rights and basic freedoms in the Caucasus; The Rights of the Nations; Ethnic Relations in the Caucasus.
		Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada · The group's objective is to achieve human rights for ethnic Macedonians and other oppressed minorities in Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=28944 (502 words)

	Mugabe Visit Raises Human Rights Concerns In France -- 02/21/2003
		France obtained permission from the European Union to invite Mugabe, saying the summit would provide a platform to address human rights abuses with the African leader.
		On Thursday, British human rights activist Peter Tatchell was arrested and held by police for two hours as he was on his way to stage a protest outside the summit.
		Tatchell, a human rights activist who has campaigned against Mugabe in the past, came to Paris to ask the French government to issue an arrest warrant under the U.N. Convention Against Torture.
	www.cnsnews.com /ForeignBureaus/archive/200302/FOR20030221f.html (537 words)

	Church of Scientology International Human Rights Office - France 2004
		The Caen marathon is the latest of dozens in which John has run for human rights, specifically to encourage people to learn about and use the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in the wake of World War II.
		John is also a regular participant in the annual human rights marathons organized by the Church of Scientology International in coordination with the International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance.
		The Church of Scientology on Human Rights
	www.humanrights-france.org (595 words)

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		16 of the Charter as concerns the right of the Roma population to housing.
		The Committee of Ministers held its second Human Rights meeting in 2005 to supervise the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (Article 46 of the ECHR).
		As part of the reform process of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Norwegian government organised, on 18 October 2004, a high-level seminar.
	www.coe.int /T/E/Human_rights (880 words)

	Random Observations: Sudan: France's Latest Human-Rights Example
		France and Germany therefore spearheaded a UN whitewash of this crime against humanity.
		With the rest of the EU and their new East European satellite states in tow, [France and Germany] overcame American objections and easily persuaded the UN Commission on Human Rights to censor any use of the word ''slavery'' from official documents on Sudan and replace it with the euphemism ''abduction'' -- a lesser offense.
		It's obvious that France is more concerned with Total Fina Elf's [a French oil company] investments in Sudan's oil than with effective UN monitoring of human rights in Sudan," she added.
	tim.2wgroup.com /blog/archives/000164.html (1159 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Islamic France and human rights
		France seems to be placing all the hope it once placed in the Maginot Line in a strange and seriously flawed idea: that it can contain the forces of Islamic theocracy by outlawing the most innocuous manifestation of Islamic anti-secularism, the headscarf.
		It would be refreshing for a Muslim commentator to deal with genuine questions about Islam's compatibility with Western notions of human rights head-on instead of denying that they exist and charging those who raise them with bigotry.
		After all, it was a Muslim, the Iranian Sufi Sheikh Sultanhussein Tabandeh, who wrote a book-length critique of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Islamic grounds.
	www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36838 (691 words)

	When it comes to human rights, France is no gem, doctor says - 1/17/00
		PARIS - A doctor's book detailing violence, filth and promiscuity in a Paris prison has sparked an outcry in France, which prides itself as a standard bearer of human rights.
		Veronique Vasseur's grisly account of her experiences as chief medical officer in the notorious La Sante prison has been condemned by the state's chief prosecutor, but has also led to high-level admissions that the prison system is in trouble.
		"This decrepit prison faces the sort of situation that we thought was reserved for poorer countries, countries which do not want to see themselves as models for human rights, countries that would never dare give lessons to others," Le Monde daily said in an editorial.
	www.detnews.com /2000/religion/0001/20/01180014.htm (531 words)

	Scientology --- Re: US State Department Human Rights Report 2001: France
		In the case of France, this involved the use of vague, ambiguous terms, opinions from unspecified sources ("some observers"), a hotchpotch of erroneous statements, excessive generalisations and laboured responses.
		We also note that while calling on nations around the world to promote and protect religious freedom, the State Department calls upon countries such as France to relax legislative measures: "In all of these countries, existing criminal law is adequate for the purpose of dealing with criminal behaviour by individuals or groups".
		AFP dispatch 151623) that "the section on France in the Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2001 is very poor since it is based on information from biased observers ".
	www.holysmoke.org /cos/state-department-bullshit-france.htm (789 words)

	Church of Scientology Human Rights Office - Germany: Religious Freedom
		The Hamburg Senior Administrative Court has ruled that Hamburg city officials violated a Scientologist’s constitutional right to religious freedom in urging that companies take discriminatory actions against members of the Church of Scientology.
		The lawsuit, in progress since 1997, concerned a member of the Church of Scientology from Bavaria who was asked by a company in northern Germany, with whom she was about to enter into a contract, to sign a document stating that she has not taken courses based on the works of
		The court held that the distribution of the filter by officials of the Hamburg City government violated the Scientologist’s rights under Article 4 of the German Constitution, which protects freedom of religion, as well as the city’s constitutional duty to remain neutral.
	www.humanrights-germany.org (297 words)

	Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Youth for Human Rights International extends a warm thanks to the Church of Scientology International and Scientology churches throughout the world for their help in forwarding our campaigns and their dedication to fostering human rights around the world.
		Recognizing that human rights and the rights of children are vital, many Scientologists volunteer their time and efforts in carrying forward the mission of Youth for Human Rights International.
		Let us work to ensure that tomorrow’s civilization is one where human rights are a fact for all.
	www.youthforhumanrights.org /html_files/scientology.html (308 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Islamic France and human rights
		But to be a citizen of France you must explicitly and definitively renounce for all time the elements of Islamic law – the Sharia – that are at variance with the idea of the equality of rights and dignity of all people."
		They're still part of the Islamic law that Muslim radicals are explicitly dedicated to instituting all over the world – including France.
		Tabandeh is representative of the thinking that gave us the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Afghanistan of the Taliban, and Wahhabi Saudi Arabia – all self-proclaimed "pure" Islamic societies, and hardly beacons of tolerance and individual rights.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36838 (691 words)

	FVA Campaigns for Human Rights in France
		Replying to an invitation from the French Foreign Ministry, Nguyen Ngoc Duc, secretary general of The Free Vietnam Alliance, led a delegation to discuss the subjects of human rights and political prisoners in Vietnam at the ministry's office in Paris.
		Duc and Lavroff, vice-chairman for Asian affairs at the Foreign Ministry, exchanged information on the human rights situation in Vietnam and the country's growing dissident movement.
		One of the opportunities is mounting diplomatic pressure for the release of Vietnamese-Americans unjustly held by Hanoi for reasons such as advocating democracy.
	www.fva.org /1095/fva.html (712 words)

	Tech4peace - WORLD FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS Nantes, France, 16-19 May 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Commissioner for Human Rights killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003.
		to address challenges and threats to human rights in the 21st century.
		Alvaro Gil Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
	www.tech4peace.org /nqcontent.cfm?a_id=4326 (452 words)

	Human & Con. Rights, France
		Located in western Europe, France borders the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK, and borders the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Human and Constitutional Rights Page)
		Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (from Legifrance)
	www.hrcr.org /national/c_f/france.html (124 words)

	The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR's unofficial webpage)
		: Call for respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens and residents of the Arab world; defend any individual whose human rights are subjected to violations which are contrary to the
		Instrumental in setting up Arab Institute for Human Rights.
		African Commission on Human People's Rights (ACHPR) (Observer Status).
	aohr.org (332 words)

	Related Sites - Church of Scientology Human Rights Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights
		Church of Scientology Germany Human Rights Office (German language)
		Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
	www.scientology.org /humanrights/related.htm (82 words)

	Human Rights in France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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	www.pcbg.com /HumanRightsFrance.html (97 words)

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