French magistrates and public sector legal professionals went on strike on Wednesday, demanding more funding and better working conditions.
Magistrates, lawyers, and court clerks staged rallies outside courthouses in Paris and other cities in France, demanding “dignified” conditions for work and the postponement of hearings.
The protests on Wednesday were announced by 17 trade unions, who called for a “general mobilization for justice.” The strike was supported by the Court of Cessation, the highest court in the county’s judicial system, which said it “could not remain silent at a time when despair affects those who try, sometimes at the cost of sacrifice or tragedy, to carry out justice.”
According to French media, lawyers have been complaining about feeling overworked and depressed when going through rushed hearings in underfunded and understaffed courts. It was reported that, in some cases, magistrates were pressured to conclude hearings without proper due diligence and follow-up, and were even instructed to rule on divorce cases “in 15 minutes,” without giving the floor to the parties involved.
Les professionnels de justice présents devant Bercy, demandaient à être reçus par @BrunoLeMaire. Ce sera le ministre délégué chargé des Comptes publics @olivierdussopt qui recevra délégation de #magistrats , #avocats et greffiers à 19 h00 #15Decembre #JusticeMalade pic.twitter.com/IGjPIClxTS
— L’Echiquier social (@EchiquierSocial) December 15, 2021
Plusieurs centaines de personnes aux abords de Bercy pour cette “mobilisation générale pour la justice” #15Decembre pic.twitter.com/MXcodqYMV5
— Nathan Ripert (@NathRipert) December 15, 2021
Une mobilisation impressionnante des magistrats rejointe par les avocats et les greffiers pour dénoncer une justice déshumanisée qui maltraite et qui manque de moyens.#JusticeMalade #15Decembre pic.twitter.com/z4BXWhRxWP
— Ugo Bernalicis φ (@Ugobernalicis) December 15, 2021
In an open letter published in Le Monde on November 23, several magistrates talked about attending the funeral of their 29-year-old colleague who took her own life in August. The young lawyer was pressured to work “faster and faster,” but refused to “make priority of quantity over quality.”
“Like many, she worked on most of her weekends and during vacations, but that was not enough,” the letter read. The appeal, initially signed by 3,000 magistrates, received more than 7,550 signatures by legal professionals by this week, according to France Info radio.
Claire Dujardin, the president of the French Lawyers’ Union, told the radio station that current conditions place legal professionals in an “untenable dilemma: to make decisions quickly but poorly, or to take the time to make them properly but with unacceptable delays.”
Dujardin added that France’s judicial budget ranks 14th of the EU’s 27 member states. The country should double the number of magistrates and clerks, she said.
source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
