This submission has been prepared by Amnesty International in advance of the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of France’s sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the ICCPR).
This submission focuses on France’s obligation to respect and ensure racial equality and the right to be free from racial discrimination and its derivative effects on protection of other intersecting rights guaranteed by in the Covenant. It is not an exhaustive list of Amnesty International’s concerns.