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France
| Rome Statute |
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France signed on July 18, 1998 and ratified on 9 June 2000, becoming the 12th State Party. |
| Agreement on Privileges and Immunities |
France signed the APIC on 10 September 2002 and ratified on 17 February 2004. |
| Bilateral Immunity Agreement |
France has not signed a BIA. |
| Implementing Legislation |
Cooperation: The French Parliament adopted on February 19th 2002, the Bill on Cooperation with the ICC (Law n. 2002-268). This Law, an initiative of Senator Badinter, addresses only procedural issues: it allows France to cooperate with the ICC in matters concerning arrest, transfer, execution of prison sentences and reparation orders. Substantive criminal law: the Ministry of Justice, prepared a draft law on substantive adaptation of the Rome Statute. The raft introduces in the French legislation the definition of war crimes and extends the definition of crimes against humanity; moreover, the crime of “apartheid” should be introduced under the notion of “segregation of an ethnic group”; the crimes of forced pregnancy and sterilisation will also be included. The draft was submitted by the Ministry of Justice to the members of the Commission Nationale Consultative des droits de l’homme (CNCDH), which released its opinion on 15 May 2003. The following shortcomings were identified: 1) Art. 27 of the Rome Statute - on the irrelevance of official capacities - still needs to be incorporated into French national legislation; 2)War crimes are not subject to the same legal regime as genocide and crimes against humanity, being therefore subject to status of limitations; 3) The principle of victim's equal access to justice is not fully retained, whereby the Public Prosecutor would be the only person entitled to initiate a proceeding when the crime is committed abroad; and 4) The scope of universal jurisdiction has been limited with regard to non-States Parties. The draft was expected to be debated within the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence by the summer of 2003, and should be submitted to the Parliament for scrutiny at fall of this year. On June 15, 2008, the Government of France officially withdrew its declaration pursuant to Article 124 of the Rome Statute. In the declaration, it had stated that it did not accept the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to war crimes (Article 8) when a crime is alleged to have been committed by its nationals or on its territory. The Secretary-General of the UN received notification of this withdrawal on August 13, 2008.France signed the Rome Statute on July 17, 1998 and ratified it on June 9, 2000, on which date it made this declaration, which was to be valid for a period of seven years after the Statute's entry in to force in 2002. |
| Membership |
France is a member of European Union, Francophonie, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe (OSCE). |
UN |
23 Sept 2008
Press Conference by the President of France H.E. Nicolas Sarkozy
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France |
19 Sept 2008
Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Sudan, including Art 16
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France |
18 Sept 2008
Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, on the situation in Sudan and other matters, including Art.16
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Jean-Pierre Sueur |
06 Sept 2012
Proposition de Loi tendant à modifier la loi de mise en oeuvre
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France |
13 July 2010
Projet de loi portant adaptation du droit pénal à l’institution de la Cour pénale internationale
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Government and Inter-governmental Documents
France |
18 Feb 2013
Côte d’Ivoire’s adhesion to International Criminal Court
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France |
14 Jan 2013
Statement on Syria by the Spokesperson of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme |
23 Oct 2012
La CPI doit redevenir une priorite politique, juridique et diplomatique de la France
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Sénat |
06 Sept 2012
Communiqué de Jean-Pierre Sueur, au Sénat, sur la loi de mise en oeuvre
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France |
15 June 2012
Déclaration de M. Laurent Fabius, ministre des Affaires étrangères sur la prise de fonction du nouveau procureur de la CPI. Mme Fatou Bensouda
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France |
29 May 2012
Entretien de M. Laurent Fabius, ministre des Affaires étrangères, avec le journal Le Monde
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France |
16 May 2012
Security Council - Libya/ICC report - Statement by Mr. Martin Briens, Deputy Permanent representative of France to the United Nations
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ICC Statements and Reports
ICC |
03 Dec 2012
France supports Francophone trainings on the ICC
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NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements
AI, FIDH, FIACAT, ACAT |
18 Sept 2008
Lettre ouverte à Monsieur le Président de la République Française
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CFCPI |
10 Dec 2008
APPEL DU 10 DECEMBRE 2008 : Une justice universelle pour les droits de l’homme !
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CFCPI |
Feb 2010
THOSE ACCUSED OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES MUST BE TRIED IN FRANCE AT LAST
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CFCPI |
03 May 2013
Entrevue avec Jean-Pierre SUEUR, Président de la Commission des lois au Sénat, Sénateur du Loiret
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CNCDH |
12 Dec 2008
Projet d’avis sur la loi portant adaptation du droit pénal à l’institution de la CPI
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FIDH |
21 May 2010
Lettre ouverte à Bernard Kouchner, Ministre des Affaires étrangères (français)
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FIDH |
12 July 2010
Lettre ouverte au président français, Monsieur Nicolas Sarkozy : 14 juillet 2010 : la fête nationale française, fête de l’impunité ?
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FIDH |
24 Apr 2013
Premier procès en France contre un présumé génocidaire rwandais
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AI |
19 Feb 2013
Le Sénat doit rendre effectif l'accès des victimes de crimes internationaux à la justice française
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CFCPI |
18 Feb 2013
Le Sénat doit retirer au parquet le monopole de poursuites des crimes de guerre et contre l’humanité
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CFCPI |
23 Oct 2012
La CFCPI appelle le gouvernement a inscrire la "proposition Sueur" a l'ordre du jour
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FIDH |
21 May 2012
La justice française saisie du dossier Amesys
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REDRESS |
05 Dec 2011
France : Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur au sujet du pôle judiciaire spécialisé dans les crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité
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CFCPI |
13 July 2010
Justice internationale: La CFCPI consternée par le vote de l’Assemblée nationale
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