The summary judge takes the opposite view of the decision rendered on November 22 by the Paris administrative court, which ordered the establishment to allow this conference to take place.
Published on 29/11/2024 16:39
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New twist. The decision of Sciences Po Paris to ban from its premises a conference by the MEP of rebellious France Rima Hassan, due to a risk of disturbances to public order, is justified, ruled the Council of State, Friday November 29.
In his decision, the summary judge thus takes the opposite view of the decision rendered on November 22 by the administrative court of Paris, which had ordered the establishment to allow this conference to take place, where the pro-Palestinian activist and European deputy was to to land the question of a “arms embargo on Israel”.
The school, which had appealed, told AFP on Friday that “this decision of the Council of State” confirms that his choice was “consistent with the rule of law”. “The Council of State recognizes the merits of the risk of disturbing public order which was raised by management”according to Sciences Po Paris, which had suffered several blockages in the spring during the mobilization of students in favor of Gaza.
For Vincent Brengarth, Rima Hassan's lawyer, “This is an extremely worrying decision.” “If the judge takes into consideration a context specific to Sciences Po relating to the existence of unrest, Rima Hassan is absolutely not the trigger”he told AFP.
Other establishments have banned the holding of conferences by the 32-year-old lawyer, elected from LFI to the European Parliament, such as the University of Lille and that of Paris-Dauphine (a cancellation ultimately prohibited). In Strasbourg, the administrative court ruled on Tuesday “illegal” the ban, decided by the president of the city's university, of another conference planned in the establishment in the presence of Rima Hassan.
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