Jacques Toubon has pointed "violations" to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, and calls on France to put an end to these "degrading treatment".

France must stop the "inhuman treatment" suffered by children of jihadists and their mothers in camps in Syria, claimed Wednesday the Defender of Rights, which had been seized of this issue in late 2017. "The French state must adopt effective measures to put an end to the inhuman and degrading treatment of children and their mothers in these camps and to put an end to violations of the rights and the best interests of the child, "said Jacques Toubon pointing to "violations" of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed by France.