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French High Court Recognizes Racial Profiling, But Fails to Order the State to Stop It

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Police officers check IDs of demonstrators near the Palais Vivienne event venue in Paris, France, April 6, 2021. © 2021 Thomas COEX/AFP via Getty Images For the first time in France, the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, has recognized the existence of racial profiling by the police during identity checks. This is historic. But the court failed to order French authorities to take the necessary measures to end this long-standing, abusive practice. On October 11, the Council of State handed down a long-awaited decision in a groundbreaking class…

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