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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
World
Jan van der Made

How far is France prepared to go in support of universal human rights?

Following assaults on civilian buildings during the conflict in Ukraine, human rights groups have urged France to amend its law on crimes against humanity committed abroad. REUTERS - ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has urged France to amend its law on crimes against humanity committed abroad. This would make it possible for people suspected of war crimes in Ukraine or Syria, for example, to be brought to justice in France. But there are significant judicial hurdles.

France ratified the Rome Statute, the legal foundation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 9 June 2000. However, in reality France doesn't want to utilise it, Jean-Claude Samouiller, president of Amnesty International France, told RFI.

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