National Assembly Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women
Organisation name in original language
Délégation parlementaire aux droits des femmes et à l’égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes
Category of human rights structure
Parliamentary structure/mechanism
Country
France
Website URL
Not available
Type(s) of body
Not applicableLegal source(s)
- Law No 99-585 of 12 July 1999 establishing parliamentary delegations for women’s rights and equal opportunities for men and women (Loi n° 99-585 du 12 juillet 1999 tendant à la création de délégations parlementaires aux droits des femmes et à l’égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes (1))
Human rights capacity support
- The members of the delegation are supported by French National Assembly administrators, who are recruited through competitive examination. Each member also has a hand-picked team of parliamentary assistants.
- Administrators and employees alike can find resources through independent institutions defending human rights.
Functions
- The delegation’s mission is ‘to inform the assembly of the policy pursued by the government with regard to its consequences on women’s rights and equal opportunities for men and women’ and to ‘monitor the application of laws’ in this area.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
- Hearings with ministries and relevant administrations and magistrates.
- Interviews with civil-society organisations.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- n/a
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