The new Defender of Rights, who has just succeeded Jacques Toubon, detailed this Friday her roadmap and the next projects she wishes to tackle soon. Asked by France Inter on the subject of police violence, a file on which her predecessor was very active, Claire Hédon immediately clarified that she did not like the expression "police violence".
“There is a real problem, for some, of violence. But I don't like the general term which would accuse the whole of the police. There is a lot of work to be done in training the security forces, in thinking through the police to change certain practices, ”explained Claire Hédon.
. @ clairehedon (@Défenseurdroits) on police violence: "I do not like this general term which would like to accuse the whole of the police. There is a work of training the security forces, of reflection within the police to change certain practices. " # le69inter pic.twitter.com/HyWaC25AQ1
- France Inter (@franceinter) July 24, 2020“Better follow-up” after publication of reports
The human rights defender, who took office a few days ago, also indicated that she wanted a better follow-up of what happens after the publication of the Defender of Rights reports. “One of the things I would like to do is follow up on advice over the past two years: what has been followed, what has not been, and why. All of this work needs to be done for these recommendations to be implemented. "We must" treat all complaints ", it is" essential ", she added.
During her first trip this Thursday to Seine-Saint-Denis, Claire Hédon des droits also encouraged the French to contact her institution, which she wishes to "make known" to guarantee "the effectiveness of the rights" of everyone . "If the population has difficulty accessing rights, they lose confidence in democracy," she said. "We feel that this knowledge must be further improved" with the population, so "that citizens seize this possibility of seizing the Defender of Rights", she argued, welcoming the work accomplished by his predecessor, Jacques Toubon, to bring the institution closer to the French.
This independent authority with very broad competences (relations between users and public services, fight against discrimination, children's rights, ethics of the police, protection of whistleblowers) has seen the number of complaints increase. by 40% during the six years of Jacques Toubon's mandate, to reach 103,000 cases in 2019.
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