Brussels, 25/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 November, the French government notified the Council of Europe (CoE) that it was to derogate from some of its obligations provided for by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in order to face the terrorist threat.
In a letter to the secretary general of the COE, Thorbjorn Jagland, which was made public on Wednesday 25 November, France stated that some of the measures taken following the attacks in Paris on 13 November,...