Annexes : bibliographie
Langue : anglais

Résumé : The following interview highlights the work of a French institution – the Défenseur des droits [Rights Defender], created in 2008 (constitutional law no. 2008–724 of 23 July 2003). This institution takes the form of an independent administration within the French institutional system. It is, on the one hand, the result of the process of transposing into French law the European directives on equal treatment and the fight against discrimination, in particular Directive 2000/43 of 29 June 2000 and, on the other, successor to the HALDE [Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité, High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality, 2005–2011], an independent administrative body. The Défenseur des droits has taken over the functions of the HALDE, which was France's response to the European Union's commitment to establish an independent public body to combat discrimination. [premières lignes]