WILPF with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) made a joint submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) for its review of France taking place at the 74th session (25 September – 13 October 2023).
With this submission, WILPF and ECCHR brought to the CESCR’s attention the organisations’ joint report to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of France, submitted in October 2022, and which highlights human rights impacts of France’s arms transfers to countries with poor human rights records. It also illustrates concerns regarding the transfer of surveillance and biometric technology and other dual-use products from France to China and Egypt, and lack of fulfillment of France’s human rights obligations in this regard.