Prof. Ní Aoláin’s U.N. Report on Effects of French Anti-Terrorism Law Featured in Le Monde

A report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights—authored by Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism—that analyzes the state of French anti-terrorism laws and how they might affect foundational human rights principles was featured in an article in Le Monde. “There is no doubt that the state may lawfully engage in restrictions to protect public order, but a clear tipping point to exceptionality arises when counter-terrorism measures engage profound, sustained and potentially disproportionate effects on the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and civil liberties,” wrote Ní Aoláin.