23/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - UN Human Rights Committee criticises French law on intelligence. On Thursday 23 July, the UN Human Rights Committee criticised the French law on intelligence because it believes that it gives “excessively broad surveillance powers” to the intelligence agencies. This committee consists of 18 independent experts and is in charge of examining whether the obligations contained within the international pact on civil and political rights are respected. It sent out...