J.M.B. and Others v. France (Application no. 9671/15)

Briefed on: November 28, 2022

This case concerns the degrading treatment suffered by 27 of the applicants, due to prison overcrowding and poor conditions of their detention (personal space of less than 3 m2 in the majority of the establishments and lack of privacy in the use of toilets, of ventilation, hygiene and of out-of-cell activities) in the detention centres (DC) of Ducos (Martinique), Baie-Mahault (Guadeloupe) and Faa'a Nuutania (French Polynesia) and the remand centres (RC) of Nîmes, Nice and Fresnes (region of Paris), during different periods (2006 to date) (violation of Article 3).

• Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

• Communication from Observatoire International des Prisons, Section France

• Power point presentation by OIP, Section France

• Read the EIN Voices about this case

M.A. v France (Application No 9373/15)

Briefed on 3rd March 2022

• Power Point by Paul Chiron

• Règles 9.2 et 9.6 - Communication d'une ONG relative à l'affaire M.A. c. France (requête n° 9373/15) et réponse des autorités (28/01/2022) [french only] [DH-DD(2022)134]

The M.A. case concerns the enforcement on 20 February 2015 of a removal order against the applicant, an Algerian national, who was sentenced in 2006 in France to seven years’ imprisonment and to permanent exclusion from French territory for terrorism-related acts. The case was briefed by Paul Chiron, Legal and Action Support Officer at la Cimade.