Global security law

Loi relative à la sécurité globale
National Assembly
Territorial extentFrance
Enacted byNational Assembly
Enacted bySenate
Legislative history
First chamber: National Assembly
Bill citationJORF n° 0120 du 26 mai 2021 (in French)
Introduced byJean Castex
Introduced20 October 2020
First reading4 November 2020 – 24 November 2020
Second reading15 April 2021
Second chamber: Senate
First reading3 March 2020 – 18 March 2021
Status: In force

The global security law is a French legislative text promulgated on 25 May 2021. It is intended to

  • grant municipal police departments more autonomy,[1]
  • permit police live-feed access to body cameras as worn by policemen, as well as footage from drones,[2][3] and
  • protect members of the police force[4] (and their relatives) from off-duty attacks by allowing them to bear their service weapon even off-duty,[3] as well as by restricting naming and photography of policemen (and their relatives).

The last point is primarily regulated in the law's Article 24 giving the bill the nickname Article 24 in public discourse.

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