France: Pass Bill Enabling Return of Stolen Assets

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The building that houses the French National Assembly, the lower house of France’s bicameral Parliament, June 22, 2014. © 2014 Dennis Jarvis (Paris) – France’s National Assembly should approve a bill to require the government to return assets looted by corrupt foreign officials to the people of the county where the money was stolen, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill is scheduled for a vote on March 2, 2021. Members of Parliament should improve the restitution process so that it is fully transparent and independent. “French courts are at the vanguard of holding…

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