At its Human Rights meeting on 15-17 September, the Committee ended its supervision of the execution of the M.A. v. France group of cases concerning the return in 2015 to their country of origin of two foreigners who had served their sentence in France for terrorism-related offences, and the impossibility of effectively bringing a request for interim measures before the European Court, linked to the procedures of notifying decisions determining the countries of return (violations of Articles 3 and 34).
In June 2024, the Committee noted that the case-law of the Council of State was now in line with that of the European Court. In addition, measures have been adopted to ensure compliance with interim measures by prefectures (information sheet in 2021; software displaying all such measures; and a 2024 instruction regularly sent to prefectures, reminding them of the obligation of States to comply with the Court's interim measures and the relevant ruling of the Council of State). Finally, France reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring compliance with these measures, in accordance with the case-law of the European Court and that of the Council of State.
Final resolution CM/ResDH(2025)253
