FI presents a report on France to the Committee against Torture (CAT)

Franciscans international recently submitted a commentary to the reports presented by France to the Committee against Torture (CAT). The Committee Against Torture is a body of 10 independent experts monitoring the implementation of the Convention against Torture. FI’s comments focus on the mistreatment of older people in senior citizens’ homes in France. It describes the psychological, physical and other forms of mistreatment that they endure and the gaps of the national plan in the fight against ill-treatment. FI suggests in its comments ways to address these challenges and improve the national plan.

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