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Human Rights League (France)

October 19, 2023

"Ligue des droits de l'homme" redirects here. For the organization in Belgium of the same name, see Human Rights League (French-speaking Belgium).

The Human Rights League (French: Ligue des droits de l’homme [et du citoyen] or LDH) of France is a Human Rights NGO association to observe, defend and promulgate human rights within the French Republic in all spheres of public life. The LDH is a member of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH).[1][2]

Flag of the Ligue des droits de l'homme
Monument to Ludovic Trarieux in Place Denfert-Rochereau, commemorating the foundation of the Ligue des droits de l'homme (designed by Jean Boucher)

History Edit

The League was founded on 4 June 1898 by the republican Ludovic Trarieux to defend captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew wrongly convicted for treason – this would be known as the Dreyfus Affair.

Dissolved by the anticommunist regime of Vichy during World War II, it was clandestinely reconstituted in 1943 by a central committee including Pierre Cot, René Cassin and Félix Gouin. The LDH was refounded after the Liberation. Paul Langevin, who had recently joined the French Communist Party (PCF), became its president. Opposed to the Algerian War and the massive use of torture by the French Army, the LDH called for demonstrations against the 1961 Algiers putsch.

Today Edit

The LDH has opposed itself to the 23 February 2005 law on the "positive role of colonisation", which has been accused of being part of a revisionist discourse. President Jacques Chirac finally had the law, which had been voted by his UMP majority, repealed start of 2006. The LDH also took position in favor of the recognition of foreigners' right to vote in local elections end of December 2005. Besides, it took part in prisoners' movement organized since 1970 by the GIP (Groupe d'information sur les prisons, Group of Information on Prisons), founded by Michel Foucault and Daniel Deferre. The LDH also supports Italian former activist Cesare Battisti and American Ira Einhorn. The LDH has also opposed itself to Nicolas Sarkozy's policies, which it deems "repressive". In its 2003 report, it declared that "since the Algerian War we had never seen such a strong rollback of human rights in France".

The LDH has filed a complaint end of 2005 concerning a CIA flight which landed in Le Bourget airport in the frame of the so-called "war on terror" (see March 2006 in Europe).

End of 2004, the LDH counted 7,487 members, organized into 309 local sections and 57 federations. In 1932, it could boast 170,000 members.

Cultural references Edit

  • In his 1970 autobiographical book Papillon, Henri Charriere angrily laments the lack of interest shown in the treatment of prisoners sent to the penal colonies of French Guiana, citing LDH in particular,[3]

I trampled the organisation of the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen that never spoke out and said, "stop killing people as surely as if they were guillotined: abolish the mass sadism among the employees of the prison service." I trampled the fact that not a single organisation or association ever questioned the top men of this system to find out how and why eighty per cent of the people who were sent away every two years vanished.

List of presidents Edit

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ (in French) Ligue des droits de l'homme et du citoyen (LDH) 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, name as registered with the FIDH (web retrieval: 22 Feb. 2010)
  2. ^ (in French) 155 organisations de défense des droits de l'Homme à travers le monde List of the FIDH's 155 organisations world-wide (web retrieval: 22 Feb. 2010)
  3. ^ Charriere, Henri. Papillon, Panther Books Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-586-03486-2
  4. ^ ""2022 Patrick Baudouin, à la tête de la LDH"". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

External links Edit

  • Official site

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Ligue des droits de l homme redirects here For the organization in Belgium of the same name see Human Rights League French speaking Belgium This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Human Rights League France news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Human Rights League French Ligue des droits de l homme et du citoyen or LDH of France is a Human Rights NGO association to observe defend and promulgate human rights within the French Republic in all spheres of public life The LDH is a member of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues FIDH 1 2 Flag of the Ligue des droits de l hommeMonument to Ludovic Trarieux in Place Denfert Rochereau commemorating the foundation of the Ligue des droits de l homme designed by Jean Boucher Contents 1 History 2 Today 3 Cultural references 4 List of presidents 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External linksHistory EditThe League was founded on 4 June 1898 by the republican Ludovic Trarieux to defend captain Alfred Dreyfus a Jew wrongly convicted for treason this would be known as the Dreyfus Affair Dissolved by the anticommunist regime of Vichy during World War II it was clandestinely reconstituted in 1943 by a central committee including Pierre Cot Rene Cassin and Felix Gouin The LDH was refounded after the Liberation Paul Langevin who had recently joined the French Communist Party PCF became its president Opposed to the Algerian War and the massive use of torture by the French Army the LDH called for demonstrations against the 1961 Algiers putsch Today EditThe LDH has opposed itself to the 23 February 2005 law on the positive role of colonisation which has been accused of being part of a revisionist discourse President Jacques Chirac finally had the law which had been voted by his UMP majority repealed start of 2006 The LDH also took position in favor of the recognition of foreigners right to vote in local elections end of December 2005 Besides it took part in prisoners movement organized since 1970 by the GIP Groupe d information sur les prisons Group of Information on Prisons founded by Michel Foucault and Daniel Deferre The LDH also supports Italian former activist Cesare Battisti and American Ira Einhorn The LDH has also opposed itself to Nicolas Sarkozy s policies which it deems repressive In its 2003 report it declared that since the Algerian War we had never seen such a strong rollback of human rights in France The LDH has filed a complaint end of 2005 concerning a CIA flight which landed in Le Bourget airport in the frame of the so called war on terror see March 2006 in Europe End of 2004 the LDH counted 7 487 members organized into 309 local sections and 57 federations In 1932 it could boast 170 000 members Cultural references EditIn his 1970 autobiographical book Papillon Henri Charriere angrily laments the lack of interest shown in the treatment of prisoners sent to the penal colonies of French Guiana citing LDH in particular 3 I trampled the organisation of the Ligue des Droits de l Homme et du Citoyen that never spoke out and said stop killing people as surely as if they were guillotined abolish the mass sadism among the employees of the prison service I trampled the fact that not a single organisation or association ever questioned the top men of this system to find out how and why eighty per cent of the people who were sent away every two years vanished List of presidents EditLudovic Trarieux 1898 1903 Francis de Pressense 1903 1914 Ferdinand Buisson 1914 1926 Nobel peace prize in 1927 along with the German Ludwig Quidde Victor Basch 1926 1944 Paul Langevin 1944 1946 Sicard de Plauzoles 1946 1953 Emile Kahn 1953 1958 Daniel Mayer 1958 1975 Henri Nogueres 1975 1984 Yves Jouffa 1984 1991 Madeleine Reberioux 1991 1995 Henri Leclerc 1995 2000 Michel Tubiana 2000 2005 Jean Pierre Dubois 2005 2011 Pierre Tartakowsky 2011 2015 Francoise Dumont 2015 2017 Malik Salemkour 2017 2022 Patrick Baudouin since 2022 4 See also EditArie Alimi 1977 present Caroline Remy de Guebhard 1855 1929 Notes Edit in French Ligue des droits de l homme et du citoyen LDH Archived 2010 02 17 at the Wayback Machine name as registered with the FIDH web retrieval 22 Feb 2010 in French 155 organisations de defense des droits de l Homme a travers le monde List of the FIDH s 155 organisations world wide web retrieval 22 Feb 2010 Charriere Henri Papillon Panther Books Ltd 1970 ISBN 0 586 03486 2 2022 Patrick Baudouin a la tete de la LDH archive wikiwix com Retrieved 2022 09 07 External links EditOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Human Rights League France amp oldid 1164761944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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