In an open letter, EDRi, ECNL, La Quadrature du Net, Amnesty
International France and 34 civil society organisations call on the
French Parliament to reject Article 7 of the proposed law on the 2024
Olympics and Paralympic Games.
<https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-the-ai-video-surveillance-measures-in-the-olympics-games-2024-law-violate-human-rights/>
In an open letter, EDRi, ECNL, La Quadrature du Net, Amnesty
International France and 34 civil society organisations call on the
French Parliament to reject Article 7 of the proposed law on the 2024
Olympics and Paralympic Games (projet de loi relatif aux jeux Olympiques
et Paralympiques de 20241).
This provision creates a legal basis for the use of algorithm-driven
cameras to detect specific suspicious events in public spaces. The
proposal paves the way for the use of invasive algorithm-driven video
surveillance under the pretext of securing big events.
Under this law, France would become the first EU member state to
explicitly legalise such practices. The proposed surveillance measures
violate international human rights law as they contravene the principles
of necessity and proportionality, and pose unacceptable risks to
fundamental rights, such as the right to privacy, the freedom of
assembly and association, and the right to non-discrimination.
The signatories call on the French Parliament to consider rejecting
Article 7 and to open up the issue for further discussion with civil
society. Otherwise, its adoption would establish a worrying precedent of
unjustified and disproportionate surveillance in publicly accessible
spaces to the detriment of fundamental rights and freedoms.
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