Question 17835 — veterans and victims of war

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Mrs Annick Cousin questions the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, responsible for veterans and memory, on the reparations granted to the families of harkis in the Bias camp, following the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On Thursday April 4, 2024, France was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for having inflicted on the families of harkis in the Bias camp in the Lot-et-Garonne between 1963 and 1975 inhumane and degrading treatment. The Court found that the daily living conditions of the residents of the Bias camp were not compatible with respect for human dignity and were also accompanied by attacks on individual freedoms. First, their freedom to come and go was restricted. Secondly, their correspondence was open, their private life non-existent and their social benefits diverted by the State to finance the operation of the camp. Finally, access to the Republic school was prohibited to their children. The Court therefore concluded that the applicants' stay in the Bias camp violated Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. It further considers that the amounts awarded by the domestic courts in this case do not do not constitute an adequate and sufficient remedy to remedy the violations noted. The families of harkis from the Bias camp are therefore awaiting a reparation policy consistent with the Court's position. She would therefore like to know the reparations envisaged by the Government, to enable the State's action in favor of harkis to be brought into compliance with the judgment of April 4, 2024 of the ECHR.

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1. 21 May 2024

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