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French foreign fighters : the engagement of administrative and criminal justice in France

Sharon Weill

• International review of the Red Cross, Vol. 100, no. 907/908/909, 2018, p. 211-236

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This article takes a close look at France's fight against terrorism and the engagement of its domestic legal system in the context of foreign fighters and suspects of terrorism. It outlines the radicalization processes of French administrative and criminal law along with their hybridization and complementarity. While the armed conflict in Syria and Iraq and the complex geopolitical context are clearly present in French courtrooms, international humanitarian law and international criminal law frameworks are almost entirely absent. At the same time, by granting a growing power to the administration, the repressive and pre-emptive approaches introduced within criminal and administrative law transform liberal conceptions of law and justice.

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• International review of the Red Cross / ICRC
• International review of the Red Cross [Vol. 100, no. 907/908/909 (150 years of humanitarian reflection), 2018] / ICRC