The (National Consultative Commission on Human Rights, CNCDH) is a French governmental organization created in 1947 by an from the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

to monitor the respect for

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in the country. It may acts as counsellor for the government and propose laws, and then survey the application of governmental measures and laws voted in Parliament. The CNCDH is under the authority of the prime minister, and presided over by a director, Christine Lazerges, who can be summoned by the office of the P.M., or who can take the initiative in consulting with them. The 1990

Gayssot Act The Gayssot Act or Gayssot Law (french: Loi Gayssot), enacted on 13 July 1990, makes it an offence in France to question the existence or size of the category of crimes against humanity as defined in the London Charter of 1945, on the basis of wh ...

tasks the CNCDH of providing a yearly report on the state of the struggle against

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

in France. It is composed of * state representatives, for the

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and for each 17 concerned ministers * one deputy named by the president of the

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* one senator named by the president of the

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* members of the and magistrates, which assured a juridical coherence to the CNCDH's advises * one ''mediator of the Republic'' insuring relations between private persons and administrations * representatives of 33 human rights

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s * representatives of

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s confederations * civil society personalities, representing for instance Catholic institutions, as well as Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, or university teachers, sociologists, etc. * "experts" working in international bodies concerned with human rights issues

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* {{Authority control Anti-racism in France Government agencies of France Human rights in France

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