The Sages have decided.

The Constitutional Council validated on Friday most of the provisions of the new anti-terrorism law, definitively adopted by Parliament on July 22.

In its decision, however, the Council reduced to 12 cumulative months, instead of 24 cumulative months, the individual administrative control and surveillance measures (Micas) that can be applied to certain prisoners convicted of terrorism and having served their sentence.

Decision n ° 2021-822 DC of 07/30/2021 [Law relating to the prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence] Partial non-compliance - reservation https://t.co/wzcMyeTuhP pic.twitter.com/dVOL7FjMNC

- Constitute Council (@Conseil_constit) July 30, 2021

The main articles of the law validated

It validated a flagship article, a "judicial measure for the prevention of terrorist recidivism and reintegration" applicable to the perpetrators of terrorist offenses, and decided at the end of their sentence in consideration of their "particular dangerousness", in order to subject to certain obligations.

The new system provides in particular for the obligation to establish one's residence in a given place, to respond to summons from the judge responsible for the application of sentences or to respect health, social, educational or psychological care.

Only inmates sentenced for terrorism to sentences greater than or equal to five years in prison will be concerned.

The Wise Men have also ruled that a controversial article reforming access to classified archives is constitutional.

This provision provides for liberalizing access to certain archives for study and research purposes, but in return introduces exceptions to the 50-year period provided for the declassification of the most sensitive documents.

Experimental arrangements

The law on “prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence” brings into common law the emblematic but experimental provisions of the law “internal security and the fight against terrorism” (Silt) of 2017.

The intelligence component intends to draw the consequences of technological and legal developments over the past five years.

It thus perpetuates the so-called algorithm technique: automated processing of Internet connection and browsing data, thanks to the cooperation of access providers, in order to identify risk profiles.

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