Asylum - stay - protection - justice Women victims of violence: A practical guide for non-French nationals The French League for Human Rights

The French League for Human Rights (LDH - Ligue des droits de l’Homme) is a non-partisan NGO whose mission is to promote human rights and combat violations of fundamental individual rights in all areas of civic, political and social life. Founded in 1898, we work to combat injustice, racism, sexism, antisemitism and discrimination in all its forms. We do this by appealing to the public conscience, through actions directed at governments and by litigation - in particular the bringing of civil claims on behalf of victims of fundamental rights violations, arbitrary acts and acts of violence committed by agents of the state.

With some 10,000 activists operating from 318 sections in both metropolitan and overseas France, we do not limit our efforts to denouncing violations of rights and freedoms but also work to promote political and social citizenship and to foster the exercise of democracy.

The LDH is a member of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH) and EuroMed Rights.

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introduction...... 06 Extension of stay...... 30 Women who have come to France to be THE RIGHT OF ASYLUM...... 08 reunited with their family or as a spouse of a International protection...... 09 French national ...... 30 1. The status of refugees...... 09 Extension of stay for women who have been The fear of being persecuted...... 09 granted a protection order...... 30 The absence of protection in the country of origin 09 Extension of stay for women whose partner Reasons for fear of being persecuted...... 10 has received a conviction for domestic Gender-related persecution ...... 10 violence...... 31 2. Subsidiary protection...... 13 Extension of stay for women who are victims of What the law says...... 13 trafficking or procuring ...... 31 Types of protection...... 13 Renewal of protection...... 14 PROTECTIVE MESURES ...... 32 Cessation of subsidiary protection...... 14 Emergency numbers...... 33 The procedure for claiming asylum.15 Emergency accommodation...... 33 Making your asylum application...... 15 Making a statement to the police if you leave the The OFPRA interview...... 19 marital home ...... 33 Applying for the re-examination Filing a complaint...... 33 of an asylum claim...... 21 Applying for a protection order...... 34 The rights attached What to do in case of risk of forced marriage.... 34 to international protection...... 22 Protective measures for women who are A right to civil status and travel documents...... 22 victims of trafficking...... 34 Support in accessing your rights...... 22 A right of residence...... 22 RECOGNITION OF VICTIM STATUS AND A right to be reunited with family...... 22 COMPENSATION...... 36 A right of residence for family members...... 23 Fault-based divorce...... 37 Naturalisation...... 23 Making an application as a civil party to criminal Schema : The ‘normal’ procedure proceedings...... 37 for making an asylum claim...... 24 Compensation through civil court action...... 38 Compensation from the Compensation Board THE RIGHT OF RESIDENCE...... 25 for Victims of Crime (CIVI - Commission Leave to remain...... 26 d’indemnisation des victimes d’infractions)...... 38 Women who have come to France for the The victim compensation fund (SARVI- purposes of family reunification or as a Service d’aide au recouvrement en faveur des spouse of a French national ...... 26 victimes d’infractions)...... 39 Women who have obtained a protection order. 26 Legal aid for the purposes of claiming Women who are victims of trafficking compensation...... 40 or procuring...... 27 The organisations that are there to help you.....42 Exceptional leave to remain on humanitarian grounds...... 29 USEFUL ADDRESSES...... 48

05 The French League for Human Rights has produced this guide to inform women who are victims of violence about their rights introduction and how to exercise them. In addition to presenting the laws that exist to protect women "The term "violence against women" as victims of violence, this guide will look at the specific case means any act of gender-based of foreign nationals, and in particular their right to asylum and rights with respect to the special provisions in place for violence that results in, or is likely the issue and extension of residence permits. It will address the to result in, physical, sexual or different forms of violence that may be grounds for an asylum psychological harm or suffering to claim and for leave to remain in France – it being stressed that these are unfortunately so diverse that they cannot be covered women, including threats of such acts, in full here. Lastly, it will provide information about the legal coercion or arbitrary deprivation of protection and support available to foreign women as victims liberty, whether occurring in public or of violence. 1 in private life." This guide is first and foremost intended for the beneficiaries of such rights and has accordingly been translated into several languages. It may also be of use to anyone offering support to women in such circumstances.

This guide would not have been possible without the funding of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (Conseil régional d’Ile-de-France) and the solidarity funds of the Paris Bar Association (Fonds de dotation Barreau de Paris Solidarité).

1. UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women - November 1993.

07 International THE RIGHT protection

OF ASYLUM 1. The status or potentially inflicted and the extent to which it is sustained or systemic. of refugees The handbook from the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status, The Geneva Convention of 28 July restricts the definition of persecution 1951 Relating to the Status of Refugees to"a threat to life or freedom", recognises the right of asylum for "serious violations of human rights", "any person who… owing to and"measures of discrimination" that"lead well-founded fear of being persecuted to consequences of a substantially for reasons of race, religion, nationality, prejudicial nature for the person membership of a particular social group concerned." or political opinion and is outside the country of their nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection The absence of of that country." protection in the A number of criteria must be met to be granted refugee status as defined by country of origin the Geneva Convention, and in particular a fear of being persecuted for any of Persecution is not limited to actions by the reasons given in the Convention. the state. It may emanate from: • state authorities; • parties or organisations that control the The fear of being state; • non-state actors, in the event that the persecuted state authorities refuse or are unable to provide effective protection. This fear must relate to personal harm: circumstances of a general nature, such However, asylum may be denied as war or a state of general insecurity do if protection can be provided by non-state not apply unless a fear of personal harm authorities or if the individual concerned can be demonstrated. can access protection in another part This fear must be ongoing: even of their country. This is the notion of if the events occurred in the past, the risks ‘internal asylum’ as introduced in Article to which the person may be exposed L.713-3 of the French Code on the on returning to the country must still exist. Admission and Residence of Foreign The persecution must be of Persons and the Right to Asylum a sufficiently serious nature as determined (CESEDA - Code de l’entrée et du based on the severity of the harm inflicted séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile),

09 which states that"An asylum claim from It thus follows that women can be Three requirements must be Forced marriage someone who has access to protection wconsidered as forming a particular social fulfilled for the recognition of refugee in any part of the territory of their country group insofar as they are persecuted or status on these grounds: Forced marriage is not considered of origin may be rejected if that person under threat of persecution as women • the girl or woman has not been subjected as a form of persecution in its own right: has no reason to fear being persecuted who transgress or reject the laws, to FGM already; refugee status or subsidiary protection or exposed to serious harm there and conventions, customs, roles, constraints • she is personally exposed to the risk status (which of the two is entirely can go there legally and safely, and if and discrimination imposed on them. of FGM; random) may only be granted if it can be reasonably expected that they • the authorities in her country of origin the individual faces retaliation will be able to settle there." NB: The reasons for fear of persecution have refused to give her any protection for refusing the marriage. do not extend to reasons of a private and have condoned or tolerated such and general nature, such as troubles practices. Honour crimes Reasons for fear in the person’s home country. For girls born in France who are at risk Honour crimes are typically the of being persecuted of FGM if they return to their country of consequence of women rejecting Gender-related origin, two requirements must be satisfied traditions or customs: when they refuse The grounds for persecution, for refugee status: to marry or when they commit adultery as enumerated in the Geneva Convention, persecution • detailed evidence of the risk incurred must or have sex before marriage, for example. are limited to: be supplied, including details of the family, Honour crimes may be considered • race; Gender-based2 violence may be inflicted: geographical and social circumstances; as a form of persecution when there have • religion; • for reasons of gender… which may be • it has not been established that the girl been repeated acts of violence or if the • nationality; the cause of persecution such as forced "can safely access, settle and lead family has a history of such crimes. • membership of a particular social group; marriage, domestic violence, physical a normal family life in part of the territory of her country of origin". • political opinions. abuse and honour crimes; Human trafficking and sexual • for reasons of biological sex… which may exploitation lead to specific forms of persecution such Under the French Act of 29 July 2015, Gender as ground as female genital mutilation and forced the parents of a child at risk of FGM, may Convention grounds for persecution may for refugee status abortions. be granted a long-term residence permit if the child has obtained refugee status, also be interpreted as extending to threats to women from prostitution or mafia-type Article L.711-2 of CESEDA (Code or a temporary residence permit marked Female genital mutilation networks. on the Admission and Residence ‘vie privée ou familiale’ (private or family Indeed, women who have escaped to of Foreign Persons and the Right to life) if subsidiary protection status has Female genital mutilation (FGM) is France after being forced into prostitution Asylum) stipulates that "when it been granted. recognised internationally as a serious in their country of origin may be eligible for comes to grounds for persecution, violation of the human rights of girls refugee status due to fear of persecution gender and sexual orientation are and women. It is a practice that A young women or child claiming as a result of belonging "to the social factors that should be given due contravenes the right to health, security asylum on these grounds will be group of women who have been forced consideration when determining and physical integrity, and the right required to produce a medical cer- into prostitution and who have managed whether the individual belongs to not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, tificate confirming the absence of to escape from their pimps."4 a particular social group". inhuman or degrading treatment. FGM. In France, FGM has been considered Once protection has been gran- as persecution within the meaning of ted, the requirement for a medical the Geneva Convention3 since 1991. certificate remains as a certificate must be produced when applying for renewal of protection and exten- 2. "Gender refers to the relationship between women and men based on socially or sion of leave to remain in France. culturally constructed and defined identities, status, roles and responsibilities that are assigned to one sex or another, while sex is a biological determination." (UNHCR Guidelines on Gender-Related Persecution, 2002) 3. Refugee Appeals Board (Commission des recours des réfugiés), 18 September 1991, 4. Refugee Appeals Board (CNDA - Cour nationale du droit d’asile), 12 July 2012, n°11026228, Diop; Conseil d’Etat, 29 July 1998, n°131711, Diop. Ms Zhuryk (Ukraine)

10 11 Further, women who have been recruited in their country of origin and Asylum under the advance the cause of feminists per- Types of protection who are then forced into prostitution in secuted for their efforts to promote French Constitution There are two types of subsidiary Europe may claim refugee status on the women’s rights, if they did so. protection in France: grounds of belonging "to the social group Under Article 711-1 of CESEDA, "any of women who are victims of human person persecuted on account of • Type 1 subsidiary protection may be trafficking networks and have sought his action in pursuit of freedom has granted when the person concerned is actively to escape the clutches a right to asylum [….]." This means 2. Subsidiary unable to obtain civil status documents of traffickers."5 that asylum may be granted on from the authorities in their country of Constitutional grounds, regardless protection origin. OFPRA (French Office for the of whether it is granted on Conven- Protection of Refugees and Stateless Rape and sexual violence tional grounds. The criteria for ad- Persons) will then stand in for the mission on these grounds are as What the law says authorities of the country of origin for Article 9 of Directive 2011/95/EU of follows: the purposes of issuing status documents 13 December 2011 on standards for • the individual must have actually such as birth and marriage certificates Under Article L.712-1 of CESEDA: the qualification of third-country nationals suffered persecution in their country and in certain cases death certificates, or stateless persons as beneficiaries of origin (the mere fear of persecu- livret de famille (family record book) and "The benefit of subsidiary protection is of international protection, for a uniform tion is not sufficient); certificat de coutume (document required granted to anyone who does not meet status for refugees or for persons eligible • they must have no protection from to accomplish the legal formalities for the requirements to be granted refugee for subsidiary protection, and for the the country of which they hold natio- marrying or entering into a civil union status and for whom there are serious content of the protection granted, provides nality or, if they have no established (PACS - pacte civil de solidarité) in and proven grounds to believe that they that "Acts of persecution as qualified in nationality, from the country of habi- France). are exposed to a real risk of suffering paragraph 1 can, inter alia, take the form tual residence; As is the case for refugees, people any of the following types of harm in their of: a) acts of physical or mental violence, • they must be actively engaged in the granted subsidiary protection should be country: including acts of sexual violence." process of establishing democracy unable to return to their country of origin, a. the death penalty or execution; The French Act of 29 July 2015 has or defending democratic values such or to approach or obtain a passport from b. torture, inhuman or degrading incorporated these provisions into French as freedom of expression and opi- their national authorities. Failure to meet treatment; law.6 nion and the freedom of association; these criteria means that they will lose c. if the person is a civilian, a serious Refugee status may not be granted • their engagement must be dictated entitlement to international protection. threat to their life or well-being on account for violence of a sexual nature alone by the good of society and not by of generalised violence resulting from an however. To be taken into consideration, personal interests. • Type 2 subsidiary protection: In this internal or international armed conflict." such acts must be covered by one of the Whatever the legal basis for case OFPRA does not have the authority Convention grounds mentioned above. granting refugee status (Constitutio- to issue civil status documents. As in The grounds for believing that there is A woman raped as a punishment for her nal or Conventional with reference to the case of Type 1 subsidiary protection, a real risk of suffering serious harm giving political opinions does qualify for refugee the Geneva Convention), the system the beneficiary should not have the eligibility for subsidiary protection may status, for example, if the violence she of protection is the same. possibility of returning to their country of be events that occurred after the asylum was subjected to is serious enough to The French Office for the origin but still has the right to approach seeker left their country or activities qualify as persecution. Protection of Refugees and Sta- the authorities in that country to obtain a they have engaged in since leaving their teless Persons (OFPRA -Office fran- passport. country, in particular if it is established that çais pour la protection des réfugiés Discriminatory policies, these activities constitute the expression et des apatrides) and the Refugee and continuation of convictions held in the laws and punishments Appeals Board (CNDA - Cour natio- country of origin. nale du droit d’asile) rarely uses the These may be considered as persecution Constitution as a basis for granting if the criterion of personal threat can be refugee status, although it would proven.

5. CNDA, 15 March 2012, n° 11017758, Ms Osmani (Kosovo). 6. CNDA, 24 March 2015, n° 10012810, Ms E.F. (Nigeria). Article L.711-2 of CESEDA.

12 13 Renewal of protection The procedure for Subsidiary protection is granted for a period of one year and may be extended claiming asylum at the end of this period. Typically the renewal of subsidiary protection is tacit. This guide does not address: Asylum reception centres Cessation of • asylum claims made at the French border in the Paris region (Ile-de- or in an administrative detention centre; subsidiary • the fast-track procedure and transfer France) protection procedure under the Dublin III Regulations. • Paris (75) Coordination de l’accueil des familles Subsidiary protection is no longer For more information on these issues, demandeuses d’asile (Cafda) recognised if: please visit the OFPRA website at 44, rue Planchat • the circumstances warranting the granting https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr 75020 Paris of such protection have ceased to exist or Tél. 01 45 49 10 16 have substantially changed; France terre d’asile (FTDA) • the beneficiary has committed a crime Making your asylum 127, boulevard de la Villette against the peace, a war crime or a crime 75010 Paris against humanity; application Accompagnement social et administratif : • the beneficiary has committed a serious 4, rue Doudeauville common-law crime; Under Article L.741-1 of CESEDA, all 75018 Paris • the beneficiary is guilty of actions that are foreign nationals in France who wish Tél. 01 53 26 23 80 contrary to the goals and principles of the to claim asylum must first contact an United Nations; asylum reception centre (plateforme • Essonne (91) • the beneficiary’s activities in France d’accueil) in order to register a claim constitute a serious threat to law and at the ‘single desk’ (guichet unique) Coallia order, public safety or the security of the of the local Prefecture. 9, boulevard Coquibus state; 91000 Evry • subsidiary protection was obtained The role of the reception centre is to: fraudulently or as a result of faults • complete the electronic form used to • Les Hauts-de-Seine (92) declarations; record the asylum seeker’s application; Facem • the beneficiary has given up their • to make an appointment for the asylum 177, avenue Georges Clémenceau subsidiary protection status voluntarily; seeker at the single desk and to send 92000 Nanterre • the beneficiary has acquired French the asylum seeker notification of the nationality. appointment, indicating the place, date • Seine-et-Marne (77) and time. The application is registered Coallia within 3 working days of the claim being 2 bis, avenue Jean Jaurès submitted (or 10 working days in busy 77000 Melun periods) and there is no qualifying domicile requirement; • take photographs of you, which you will need to hand in at the single desk.

14 15 • Seine-Saint-Denis (93) Registration of your asylum The single desk may only refuse to State or you have refugee status and Coallia issue the application registration application by OFPRA protection in a third country where 64, avenue de la République certificate in two cases: you are eligible for readmission: 93300 Aubervilliers Once you have registered your claim • you are applying for a second re- • you have informed OFPRA that you Tél. 01 48 35 66 40 at the Prefecture, you have 21 days to examination of an asylum claim; are withdrawing your request for forward your asylum application form to • you are the subject of a final order protection, in which case your appli- • Val-de-Marne (94) OFPRA. You can either hand in the form of extradition to a state other than cation will be closed in person or send it by letter recorded/ France terre d’asile (FTDA) your country of origin, a decision • OFPRA has decided to close your signed for, to the following address: 24, rue Viet to execute a European arrest war- application under Article L.723-13 94000 Créteil rant or a request from an interna- which provides for three cases in OFPRA 01 45 17 68 80 tional criminal court to hand you which this may happen: 201, rue Carnot over to them. 94136 Fontenay-Sous-Bois Cedex • Val d’Oise (95) → you did not submit your applica- Coallia tion to OFPRA within the applicable Once your application is complete, 6, boulevard de l’Hautil time limit and have no legitimate rea- NB: The single desk officer will take OFPRA will send you a letter confirming 95000 Cergy son for missing the deadline your fingerprints when you make your that your asylum claim has been → you have clearly and wilfully re- application. You will also be given an registered and giving you the number • Yvelines (78) fused to furnish the information nee- interview in which you will be asked about of your application. This letter will allow ded to consider your claim Coallia Limay the route you took to reach France. This is you to renew your application registration → you have still not informed OFPRA 15, rue de la Chasse to determine whether France is the state certificate. of your place of residence or address 78520 Limay responsible for considering your asylum The application registration even though you have had time to do Tél. 01 34 77 25 90 claim. certificate issued by the Prefecture will so, and cannot be contacted for the then serve as temporary leave to remain purposes of examining your asylum Application registration in France and as such can be renewed The OFPRA application form claim certificate until OFPRA (or, if applicable, the Refugee Appeals Board (CNDA – Cour nationale This must be completed in French and • You have asked for your claim to be Once your asylum claim has been du droit d’asile) makes a decision. submitted together with: re-examined with the intention of registered, you will receive an The certificate is valid for nine months application • two passport photos; circumventing an order for removal ( following a first renewal and six months registration certificate attestation de • a copy of your passport if you have one; which would make your claim inad- ). This is valid for one following a second renewal. demande d’asile • a copy of the application registration missible. month and is proof that your asylum certificate. claim has been registered. The single Attention: the application registration desk officer at the Prefecture will also give You will be asked to give an account of certificate does not allow you to move you an asylum application form which you your fears of prosecution. This is the freely within other European Union Once your claim has been registered at must complete and forward to OFPRA. key part of your asylum claim and must Member States. the asylum intake unit, you will be eligible include the following information: for certain services run by the French • your identity details; Under Article L.743-2 of CESEDA, Office for Immigration and Integration • the facts of your case and your fears; there are four cases in which asylum (OFII - Office français de l’immigration et • your route to France; seekers may have their application de l’intégration), including accommodation registration certificate withdrawn or and subsistence support. A number of organisations are its renewal refused: Following an interview, OFII will available to help you write your assess how vulnerable you are so as account and complete the paperwork • OFPRA has declared your claim to determine your needs and offer you to be submitted to OFPRA. It is inadmissible on the grounds that you suitable accommodation. strongly recommended that you have humanitarian protection status The vulnerability assessment, which contact one of these. (See list at the end in another European Union Member must be performed within a reasonable of this guide.) amount of time, is intended "in particular,

16 17 to identify minors, unaccompanied Refugee Appeal Board (CNDA), or until Access to medical care minors, persons with a disability, elderly you are transferred to another EU state. quirement to report to the authori- persons, pregnant women, lone parents As an asylum seeker you are entitled ties, has not responded to requests with children, victims of human trafficking, The right to subsistence to basic and supplementary universal for information or has not attended interviews related to their asylum persons with a serious illness, persons support health cover (CMU - couverture maladie with mental health problems and persons universelle) as soon as your asylum claim claim; 2. Withdrawn if the asylum seeker who have been subjected to torture, rape Under Article L.744-9 of CESEDA, has been registered. For that you need has concealed their financial re- or other serious forms of psychological, "An asylum seeker who has accepted to show the asylum registration certificate sources, given false information physical or sexual violence such as the material reception conditions offered that you were given at the asylum intake about their family circumstances female genital mutilation." pursuant to Article L. 744-1 is entitled to centre as well as proof of your address in or is guilty of violent behaviour or (L.744-6 of CESEDA) an asylum seeker’s allowance subject to France. a serious breach of the rules of the meeting the age and resources criteria." To obtain universal health cover, you accommodation centre; The right to accommodation For entitlement to the asylum should go to the Health Insurance Office 3. Refused if the asylum seeker asks seeker’s allowance (ADA - allocation pour (CPAM - Caisse primaire d’assurance for their asylum claim to be re-exa- Article L.744-7 of CESEDA provides demandeur d’asile) you must be: maladie) of your place of residence mined or has failed to claim asylum, that access to material reception • aged 18 or over; without legitimate reason, within the conditions is subject to"the asylum • hold an asylum registration certificate; The right to work period specified in Section III Para- seeker accepting the accommodation • have accepted the material reception graph 3 of Article L. 723-2." offered". This means that if you refuse the conditions offered by OFII. Eligibility for Under Article L.744-11 of accommodation offered, you will not the asylum seeker’s allowance is tied to CESEDA,"asylum seekers are authorised be offered any other accommodation. the acceptance of the accommodation to access the employment market if The accommodation will be in an Asylum offered by OFII. OFPRA fails, for reasons not attributable The OFPRA Seeker’s Accommodation Centre (CADA - The amount of the allowance will depend to the asylum seeker, to take a decision centre d’accueil pour demandeur d’asile) on: on the asylum claim within nine month of interview or an emergency accommodation centre. • your financial resources and those of your the claim being submitted." Accommodation is provided while family; Under Article L.723.6 of CESEDA: your asylum claim is being processed • the type of accommodation provided; NB: If you meet this requirement, you • you will be interviewed on your own even up to the expiry of the time limit for filing • the number of adults in your family must apply for a work permit which will if you are a minor; an appeal against OFPRA’s decision claiming asylum and the number of be issued in accordance with the rules • you will be interviewed in the language or the notification of a decision from the children in your family. of ordinary law applicable to workers of of your choice, unless there is another foreign nationality.7 language that you know well enough; • if you ask to do so and your request is clearly justified by the fact that you find Family Family Daily allowance Daily allowance it difficult to talk about the reasons for composition composition Refusal, suspension or your asylum claim, in particular where 1 person € 6,80 6 persons € 23,80 withdrawal of material these concern violence of a sexual reception conditions nature, you may be interviewed, wherever 2 persons € 10,20 7 persons € 27,20 possible, by an officer of the sex of 3 persons € 13,60 8 persons € 30,60 Under Article L.744-8 of CESEDA, your choice and in the presence of an "Entitlement to material reception interpreter of the sex of your choice; € 17,00 € 34,00 4 persons 9 persons conditions may be: • you can bring a lawyer with you to the interview or someone from an 5 persons € 20,40 10 persons € 37,40 1. Suspended if, without legitimate reason, the asylum seeker has gi- organisation that works to protect human ven up their accommodation as rights, the rights of foreign nationals and asylum seekers or the rights of women NB: Adult asylum seekers who have accepted financial support but have not received an determined pursuant to Article L. and children, or an organisation whose offer of accommodation receive an extra €4.2 a day. 744-7, has not complied with the re- aim is to combat persecution based Payment of the allowance stops at the end of the month following notification of the final decision on the asylum claim. 7. https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2741.

18 19 on gender or sexual orientation (see • Association pour la reconnaissance Appeal hearings before the CNDA Under Article L.723-16 of CESEDA, complete list on the OFPRA website: des droits des personnes are in public but can be conducted behind the application for re-examination must www.ofpra.gouv.fr); homosexuelles et transsexuelles closed doors if the applicant so requests. contain fresh facts or evidence"that came • if you do not bring a lawyer or someone à l’immigration et au séjour (Ardhis) into existence after the final decision on from an organisation with you, this does www.ardhis.org the initial claim, or of which [the applicant] not prevent OFPRA from making a Under Article 9-4 of the French Act of could only have had knowledge after decision on your asylum claim. • Coordination lesbienne en France (CLF) 10 July 1991, "eligibility for legal aid the decision." A written record of the interview will www.coordinationlesbienne.org is automatic before the CNDA, unless be made an added to your file. You, or the appeal is manifestly inadmis- How to make an appeal the person you bring with you, may ask to • France terre d’asile (FTDA) sible." receive a copy of the record. www.france-terre-asile.org If legal aid is requested for the The application for re-examination must Under Article L.723-7 of CESEDA, purposes of bringing an appeal be- first be registered with the Prefecture. an audio recording may also be made • Forum réfugiés Cosi fore the CNDA, it should be requested You then have eight days to file your of the interview. You may only obtain a www.forumrefugies.org within 15 days of the applicant being application with OFPRA. copy of this recording if OFPRA rejects • Groupe d’accueil et de solidarité (Gas) notified of OFPRA’s decision. Othe- OFPRA will carry out a preliminary your asylum claim, and in this case for www.gas.asso.fr rwise it may be requested on filing assessment of the new facts or evidence the purposes of appealing against the the appeal, provided that this is done submitted. OFPRA may decide not decision. • L’Amicale du nid (ADN) within the applicable time limit. to interview you at this point in the The interview with OFPRA may only www.amicaledunid.org This time limit will be specified procedure. be omitted if: by OFPRA when it informs of you of If, following its preliminary • OFPRA has decided to base their decision • La Cimade its decision. assessment, OFPRA finds that the new on the information it already has; www.lacimade.org Address of the CNDA: facts or evidence have no substantial • there are ongoing medical reasons bearing on your eligibility for protection, beyond your control that prevent you from • L’Hébergement différent (L’Hed) Cour nationale du droit d’asile they may decide that your application attending the interview. www.lhed.org 35, rue Cuvier is inadmissible. 93558 Montreuil-sous-Bois In this case, the appeal to CNDA List of organisations that, under • CQFD Fierté Lesbienne does not suspend the enforceability of the Decision of 9 October 2015, are www.coordinationlesbienne.org a removal order, if any. authorised to provide a representative Applying for the to attend OFPRA interviews with • Ordre de Malte NB: If this is the first time you have asylum seekers, or persons seeking www.ordredemaltefrance.org re-examination applied for a re-examination of your claim, refugee or humanitarian protection you are allowed to remain in France status: • Quazar - Centre lesbien, gay, bi, trans of an asylum claim during the re-examination procedure. d’Angers You are not allowed to remain on French • Accueil demandeurs d’asile (Ada) www.quazar.fr What this means territory during a second re-examination www.ada-grenoble.org procedure however. If you wish to appeal against a decision Under Article L.723-15 of CESEDA, • Aide à l’insertion des demandeurs by OFPRA to refuse your application, your "an application for the re-examination of d’asile et migrants (Aida) appeal should be filed with the Refugee an asylum claim is an asylum claim made Appeals Board (CNDA) within one month after a final decision has been made on • Association nationale d’assistance of your being notified of the decision. If a previous claim, including in cases where aux frontières pour les étrangers you fail to file your appeal within this time the applicant has explicitly withdrawn their (Anafé) limit, it will not be admitted and so will not previous claim, where OFPRA has made Anafé only provides representation for be considered. a final decision to close the case pursuant migrants waiting in holding areas (zones Under the normal appeal procedure, to Article L. 723-13, or where the applicant d’attente). www.anafe.org the CNDA must give its decision within has left the French territory, including to five months of the appeal being submitted. return to their country of origin."

20 21 2. by a common-law partner, aged 18 or over, with whom they had lived on A right of residence The rights attached a sufficiently stable and continuous basis for family members prior to the date of making the asylum claim; 3. by the couple’s unmarried children, Family members of refugees and to international beneficiaries of subsidiary protection as aged 19 or under." And"If the refugee or beneficiary listed in Article L.752-1 of CESEDA, have of subsidiary protection is an unmarried automatic entitlement to a residence protection minor, they may ask to exercise their right permit: a 10-year residence permit in the to be joined by their direct first degree case of families of refugees, and a 1-year ascendants." residence permit in the case of families A right to civil is entitled to personal support in of families of persons with subsidiary accessing work and accommodation." Such ‘family reunification’is not tied to protection status. In both cases the issue status and travel any requirements regarding resources, of a permit is conditional on their presence accommodation or prior duration of legal bring no threat to law and order. documents A right of residence residence in France. To gain entry to France, family members must apply for a visa of at least Under Article L.721-3 of CESEDA,"for Under Article L.314-11-8° of CESEDA, Naturalisation three months validity from the diplomatic refugees and persons granted subsidiary foreign nationals granted refugee status or consular authorities in their country. protection, OFPRA is authorised to issue, have automatic entitlement to a residence If you are granted refugee status, you can These authorities must be prompt in following an investigation if necessary, permit, on condition that they pose no obtain French nationality as soon as you taking a decision on the application. the documents they need to take their threat to law and order. acquire such status. OFPRA’s Protection Division will be own legal decisions and demand the And, under Article L.313-13-1° If you are granted subsidiary asked to check the composition of your enforcement of provisions of domestic of CESEDA, persons granted subsidiary protection, you must provide evidence family law or international agreements in respect protection are automatically entitled based on the information you of five years of legal residence before you . of their protection, and in particular to a temporary ‘vie privée ou familiale’ gave when making your asylum claim can apply for naturalisation. The Consulate will verify the identity and documents establishing their civil status." residence permit, also on condition that In both cases a certain number of civil status of family members and check OFPRA will also give you a travel they pose no threat to law and order. requirements must be fulfilled. document, in the form of the titre de that they pose no threat to law and order. voyage pour réfugié if you have refugee The normal timeframe for processing status or the titre d’identité et de voyage a visa application is two months. To if you have subsidiary protection status.8 A right to be allow sufficient time to check civil status reunited with family documents however, the timeframe may be set at four months, and can Support in subsequently be extended for an Under Article L.752-1 of CESEDA,"unless additional four months. accessing their presence constitutes a threat to A refusal to issue a long-stay visa for law and order, a foreign national who the purposes of family reunification may your rights has refugee status or has been granted be challenged after filing an application subsidiary protection can ask to exercise with the body that hears appeals against Under Article L.751-1 of CESEDA, their right to be joined, for the purposes visa refusals (Commission de recours "a foreign national who has obtained of family reunification: contre les refus de visa). The application refugee status or been granted subsidiary 1. by a spouse or civil partner, aged 18 must be filed within two months of protection […] and who has signed the or over, if the marriage or civil union was notification of the refusal to issue the visa. ‘reception and integration agreement’ as contracted prior to the date of making the provided for under Article L. 311-9 asylum claim;

8. Articles L753-1 and L753-2 of CESEDA.

22 23 The ‘normal’ procedure for making an asylum claim THE RIGHT OF RESIDENCE

Asylum reception centre

- Fingerprints taken - Interview with OFII Appointment at ‘single desk’

Issue of an asylum registration certificate Right to material reception 3 to 10 days after your application is conditions registered with the single desk

Assistance from a lawyer Submission of asylum application to OFPRA or representative of an organisation whose within 21 days of the issue of the asylum role is to assist asylum registration certificate seekers

Interview with OFPRA

Decision by OFPRA

Positive decision Negative decision

Refugee status Subsidiary Appeal to CNDA within one protection status month

Annulment Rejection

24 Article 515-9 of the Civil Code, on account of acts of violence committed Women who are Leave to remain by a spouse, partner under a pacte civil victims of trafficking de solidarité, or co-habiting partner. The requirement laid down under or procuring Your circumstances and the violence you have experienced will Article L. 311-7 of this Code does not be taken into consideration in determining your right to remain have to apply. This temporary residence What the law says in France. permit allows the holder to exercise a professional activity." provide evidence that there has been Under Article L. 316-1 of CESEDA: Women who have "Unless their presence constitutes no cessation of married life. This is What this means in principle come to France for not however a requirement if they are a threat to law and order, a temporary separated from their spouse as a result ‘vie privée ou familiale’ residence permit Protection orders are issued in an the purposes of of domestic violence, in which case the may be issued to a foreign national emergency by the family judge where Prefect is still required to issue who files a complaint against a person the violence perpetrated constitutes family reunification a residence permit. whom they accuse of having committed a danger to the victim or to one or more against them the offences referred to in or as a spouse of a children. The procedure for applying for Supporting documents Articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to French national a protection order will be outlined later. 225-10 of the Criminal Code or who gives Once the protection order has been testimony in criminal proceedings against In addition to the usual documents issued, the victim can then apply to an individual being prosecuted for such (identity documents, proof of domicile, What the law says the Prefecture for a residence permit. offences. The requirement laid down by etc.), the spouse must provide evidence The Prefecture does not have the right Article L. 311-7 does not have to apply. that the couple’s married life has ceased Under Article L. 313-12 of CESEDA: to require that the victim has a long-stay This temporary residence permit allows on account of domestic violence. "In the case of acts of violence visa. the holder to exercise a professional This evidence may be provided in committed after the foreign spouse has A temporary ‘vie privée ou familiale’ activity." the form of a complaint lodged with the arrived in France but prior to the first residence permit is then issued issue of a temporary residence permit, authorities, medical certificates, authorising the holder to work. What this means in principle the foreign spouse shall be issued or the institution of fault-based divorce The Prefecture is not obliged to issue a temporary ‘vie privée ou familiale’ proceedings. A simple statement to the the residence permit in the case of a Individuals who agree to cooperate residence permit, provided that their police or police incident report may not be threat to law and order. with the criminal justice system by filing presence does not pose a threat to law considered as sufficient evidence. a complaint or testifying in criminal and order." Submitting the application proceedings against their pimps or Article L. 431-2 of CESEDA echoes traffickers are entitled to a temporary this provision: Women who You must make the application in person ‘vie privée ou familiale’ residence permit "In the case of acts of violence to the Prefecture of your place of domicile. on condition that they have broken off all committed after the spouse has arrived have obtained a ties with the perpetrators. in France but prior to the issue of a first protection order Supporting documents: Human trafficking is defined as the" temporary residence permit, the spouse • proof of identity (birth certificate, certificate recruitment, transportation, transfer, shall be issued a temporary ‘vie privée ou issued by the Consulate, or passport); harbouring or receipt of persons, by familiale’ residence permit, provided that What the law says • proof of domicile dated within the last means of the threat or use of force or their presence does not pose a threat to three months such as a utility bill, letter other forms of coercion, of abduction, law and order." Under Article L.316-3 of CESEDA: from the provider of your accommodation, "Unless their presence constitutes a of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of or an address for administrative purposes power or of a position of vulnerability What this means in principle threat to law and order, the administrative (domiciliation administrative); authority shall issue without undue delay or of the giving or receiving of payments • the protection order; or benefits to achieve the consent of To obtain a first residence permit, spouses a temporary ‘vie privée ou familiale’ • three passport photos. residence permit to a foreign national who a person having control over another of French nationals and women granted NB: There will be no charge for the issue has been granted a protection order under person, for the purpose of exploitation. a right to reunite with their family must of the residence permit. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum,

26 27 the exploitation of the prostitution Cases in which the residence Exceptional The application process of others or other forms of sexual permit may be withdrawn exploitation, forced labour or services, leave to remain In determining whether there are slavery or practices similar to slavery, • the holder, of their own volition, has grounds for granting a residence permit, 9 servitude or the removal of organs." entered into contact with the perpetrators; on humanitarian the applicant’s circumstances will be The permit authorises the holder • the complaint made or testimony given grounds considered in the round. A significant to work. is false or without foundation; period of time already spent in France • the presence of the holder constitutes or the presence of family members who The application a threat to law and order. What the law says are resident in France will be arguments in favour of the applicant. It is strongly Applications for leave to remain under the Possibility of obtaining time Under Article L 313-14 of CESEDA: recommended that applicants seek provisions of Article L. 316-1 of CESEDA "A temporary residence permit assistance from one of the organisations should contain the following documents: for reflection/Issue of a as referred to in Article L. 313-11 or a available to help them prepare their • civil status documents as stipulated in receipt temporary residence permit as referred application. Article R. 313-1; to in Paragraph 1 of Article L. 313-10 • proof of domicile dated within the last For people contemplating lodging a may be issued to a foreign national three months as referred to in Article complaint or giving testimony, a 30-day who is not in a polygamous relationship R. 313-1 (This may be an address for ‘cooling-off period’ may be granted prior and is not a threat to law and order, on The special case administrative purposes (domiciliation to their making the decision to do so. humanitarian grounds or when warranted of Algerian nationals administrative)); In such cases a temporary residence on exceptional grounds in the light of • three passport photos as required permit is issued. the arguments submitted by the foreign The provisions governing the issue pursuant to Article R. 313-1; If the person concerned informs the national, regardless of the requirement of residence permits to victims of • the document proving that a complaint police that they wish to take advantage laid down in Article L. 311-7." trafficking and persons granted a has been lodged (récépissé) or the case of this option, the police will contact the protection order, as contained in number identifying the legal proceedings Prefecture and a ‘receipt’ (récépissé) will What this means in principle CESEDA, do not apply to Algerian in which the applicant has testified. be issued ‘without delay’. Notification nationals. For such persons, re- from the police and a photograph are Exceptional leave to remain, such that sidence conditions are governed all that are required for the issue of this NB: The issue of the permit may not be warrants the issue of a temporary ‘vie by the amended Franco-Algerian receipt:"There is no need for an official made conditional on a conviction having privée ou familiale’ residence permit, Agreement of 27 December 1968. investigation of the residence claim to been obtained against the perpetrators. may be granted on the grounds In deciding whether to grant have been opened."10 The fact that a complaint has been lodged of domestic violence. leave to remain for an Algerian is sufficient. The Prefect has a certain degree national, the Prefect may however of latitude however when it comes to the use his/her discretionary powers If the claimant has no passport, the grounds for issuing a residence permit and give due consideration to the Prefecture must accept a certificate from and may extend these to victims of circumstances in which the domes- the consular authorities incorporating trafficking who do not wish to cooperate tic violence occurs, as attested to photo ID. with the judicial authorities and to women by the issue of a protection order or who are victims of violence but whose any other means. circumstances are not any of those described above. It should be stressed that this is only a possibility to be used at the discretion of the Prefect, and there is no guarantee that a permit will be issued in such cases. 9. Definition given by the French anti-trafficking organisation Collectif contre la traite des êtres humains http://contrelatraite.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2. 10. Cf. note d’information du 19 mai 2015 relative aux conditions d’admission au séjour des ressortissants étrangers victimes de la traite des êtres humains ou de proxénétisme (NOR : INTV1501995N).

28 29 What this means in principle Extension of stay Extension of stay Foreign nationals under a protection order for women who are are entitled to the automatic extension of their residence permit. victims of trafficking Women who have What this means in principle or procuring come to France Pursuant to Articles L.313-12 and L.431-2 Extension of stay to be reunited with above, which address respectively the What the law means spouses of French nationals and family for women whose in principle their family or as a reunion beneficiaries, if the cessation partner has received of married life is the result of domestic A temporary residence permit spouse of a French violence, the temporary ‘vie privée ou a conviction for (see above) will be extended while national familiale’ residence permit the criminal proceedings are in progress, is extended. domestic violence on condition that the criteria based It is necessary to furnish ample on which the permit is issued continue What the law says evidence of the violence (complaint to be satisfied. filed with the authorities, divorce ruling, What the law says Under Article L.313-12 of CESEDA: conviction of the spouse on the grounds Under Article L.316-4 of CESEDA: The issue of a residence "The renewal of a residence permit of domestic violence, and any other "In the event of the final conviction issued pursuant to Paragraph 4 of evidence available such as witness permit in the event of a of the accused, a resident permit may Article L. 313-11 is conditional on the testimonies, medical certificates, etc.). conviction be issued to a foreign national who fact that the couple’s married life has has lodged a complaint for an offence not ceased, unless such cessation is the A residence permit will be issued if mentioned in the first paragraph of Article result of the death of the French spouse. the perpetrators receive a conviction Extension of stay 132-80 of the Criminal Code. 11 However, at the end of the criminal proceedings. if the foreign national has The issue of the permit provided for in been subjected to family and domestic for women who have the first paragraph of this article may not NB: A conviction is considered as final violence from their spouse and the been granted be refused on the grounds of cessation of couple’s married life has ceased, once all possibilities of appeal have been married life." exhausted. the administrative authority does not a protection order have the right to withdraw the foreign national’s residence permit and What this means in principle authorises the permit to be renewed." What the law says If your spouse, partner, cohabiting partner Further, Article L431-2 of CESEDA Under Article L.316-3 of CESEDA: or former partner is convicted for acts stipulates that: "A residence permit held by a foreign of violence against you further to your "[…] if the foreign national has been national who has been granted lodging a complaint, the Prefect may issue subjected to domestic violence from their a protection order for violence committed you with a residence permit. spouse and the couple’s married life inside the marriage, or by a former has ceased, the administrative authority spouse, a former partner related by NB: There will be no charge for the issue does not have the right to withdraw the a contract of civil union or a former of the residence permit. residence permit of a foreign national cohabiting partner as provided for under who has been granted leave to remain for Article 515-9 of the Civil Code, shall be family reunion purposes, and authorises renewed on expiring." the permit to be renewed."

11. Article L.314-11 10° du Ceseda.

30 31 Emergency numbers Filing a complaint

The number to call (police) in an Filing a complaint is a means of informing PROTECTIVE emergency is 17 from a landline or 112 the prosecuting authorities of the violence from a cell phone. The call is free. you have experienced, so that they are then able to launch an investigation. A complaint is essential in order for Emergency the authorities to act and in order for MESURES you to obtain reparation for the damage accommodation or injuries sustained (by bringing a civil claim). You can file a complaint for To ask for emergency accommodation you violence by a spouse, cohabiting partner, can contact the municipal humanitarian partner or former partner, or as a victim emergency service (SAMU social) on 115. of rape. Social services, the police and the gendarmerie may also be able to direct NB: Marital rape is recognised as a crime you to a hostel or hotel that can provide in France. So even if you are married, accommodation. your spouse cannot force you to have sex without your consent. Making a statement The procedure for filing to the police if you a complaint You can file a complaint: leave the marital • with the police or gendarmerie. The home complaint will be recorded and your file forwarded to the prosecuting authorities. You may ask for an acknowledgement If you are a victim of domestic violence (récépissé) of your complaint which must you may decide to leave your marital be given to you immediately; home and take your children with you. • with the prosecuting authorities at the To exercise your rights and ensure that district court (tribunal de grande instance) your leaving will not be used against you, of the département. This can be done by it is recommended that you notify the a letter stating the last name, first name, police or the gendarmerie. As a victim, and address of the person filing the you should make a simple statement complaint and containing the appropriate (main courante) to the authorities. supporting documents. If the lease on your home is in your name only, you can ask the police Illegal foreign nationals must be to remove your partner (but not your accompanied when filing a complaint. husband) from the premises. To ensure that your complaint is recorded, it is preferable that you take someone with you whatever the circumstances. (You should be aware that a simple statement of the facts (main courante) is not sufficient as it does not instigate proceedings against the perpetrator.) 33 NB: Once you have filed your complaint, The application does not have to If a temporary ‘vie privée ou it is advisable to go to a clinical forensic be filed by a lawyer. You can download familiale’ residence permit has been unit (UMJ - unité médico judiciaire) at a the application, fill it in and then file it issued, the holder will be eligible hospital for examination by a doctor who with the district court (tribunal de grande for the asylum seeker’s allowance will draw up a medical certificate giving instance) yourself12. There are also (allocation pour demandeur d’asile) as details of the injuries or trauma you have organisations that can help you prepare well as social support14 and access to suffered. If you do not wish to go to a your submission (see Useful Addresses). reception facilities, shelter, temporary hospital, you should ask for a certificate accommodation and the social watch from your own doctor (médecin traitant), system for disadvantaged persons.15 although this will carry less weight as What to do in case The national agency ACSE offers evidence than a certificate from the shelter and remote support for victims hospital doctor. of risk of forced of trafficking who are in danger or highly marriage vulnerable (www.acse-alc.org/fr). Applying for a If the person at risk is a minor, the matter protection order must be referred to the prosecuting authorities or family judge of the district Protection orders are issued by the family court (tribunal de grande instance) of the judge. They allow urgent measures to place of residence. These authorities may be taken to protect victims of domestic then issue an order preventing the child violence perpetrated by a husband, from being taken abroad. co-habiting partner or former spouse. Social services, the child welfare The judge will assess the violence in authorities (aide sociale à l’enfance) terms of the physical and psychological or the SOS child abuse line (119) may harm caused and may then take also be alerted. emergency measures such as: If the person at risk is aged 18 • prohibiting one of the parties from or over, the family judge may, as a matter receiving or meeting certain persons of urgency, issue a temporary protection or from making contact with them; order preventing the victim from being • prohibiting the parties from owning taken abroad. or carrying a weapon and ordering any such weapon to be handed over; • deciding who is allowed to remain in Protective measures the marital home after the separation. Save special circumstances, the use of for women who are the home is granted to the spouse who is victims of trafficking not the perpetrator of the violence; • deciding how parental responsibility is to During the cooling-off period, victims are be exercised; entitled to social security coverage as well • settling child maintenance. as police protection if they are in danger.13

12.www.justice.gouv.fr/art_pix/protocole_OP_professionnel_2011.pdf. 14. Article R316-7 of CESEDA. 13. Article R316-6 of CESEDA. 15. Article R316-8 of CESEDA.

34 35 If you bring a civil action you will be able Fault-based divorce to ask for compensation for the damage you have suffered. If the court so rules, Domestic violence constitutes a ‘fault’ the perpetrator will be ordered to pay RECOGNITION in the eyes of French law, and may be you damages. recognised as the cause of a divorce. The criminal court thus has If you are or have been a victim of jurisdiction in both criminal and civil violence, it is better to ask for a divorce proceedings (with the power to impose on the grounds of fault rather than a a prison sentence and/or fine in the first OF VICTIM divorce by mutual consent, despite case and compensation in the second). the fact that the procedure is more complicated. This is because if the fault When to bring a claim lies with only one party, that party may as a civil party? be ordered to pay damages to the spouse. STATUS AND In addition, your spouse’s behaviour will Whether or not to bring a civil action be recognised as a serious or repeated will depend on the action taking by the violation of marital duties and obligations, prosecuting authorities after you have filed rendering the continuation of married life your complaint: intolerable. • if no action is taken within three months COMPENSATION To instigate divorce proceedings, you of your filing your complaint, of if the will need to consult a lawyer, who will file decision is made to discontinue the a petition before a family judge. investigation into the complaint, you can make a claim as a civil party; • if the prosecuting authorities decide Making an to investigate into your complaint and application as a civil instigate criminal proceedings against the perpetrator, you must file a complaint party to criminal as a civil party to the criminal proceedings proceedings to be called as victim at trial. NB: The decision to file a complaint as What does this mean? a civil party rather than just an ordinary complaint may be made when you first As a civil party to the criminal decide to take legal action. proceedings: • you will be kept informed of the progress How to bring a claim of the criminal proceedings and have as a civil party? access to the case file through your lawyer; To bring a civil action, you should • you will have the right to file submissions send a letter recorded/signed for to in the proceedings; the investigating judge of the district • you can be heard and take part in the court (tribunal de grande instance) with court hearings. You may also ask for jurisdiction for the place where the offence the hearings to be conducted behind was committed or the place of domicile of closed doors (i.e. without the public being the perpetrator. present); • you can ask for damages and compensation.

37 NB: Unless you are entitled to legal Compensation from Time limits for filling an The role of the SARVI aid (see below) or your financial application with the CIVI circumstances qualify you for the Compensation The SARVI will enable you obtain: an exemption, you will be required You must file an application, duly signed • payment of all or part of the amount to pay a deposit (consignation) which will Board for Victims by you: awarded by the court: be returned to you if the perpetrator is of Crime (CIVI • within three years of the date of the → if this amount is below €1,000, you convicted. As a civil party you are entitled offence; will receive the whole sum; to legal aid even if you are not legally - Commission • within one year of the most recent court → if this amount is above €1,000, resident in France. ruling if you brought criminal proceedings you will receive an advance payment of d’indemnisation at the same time. €1,000 minimum and €3,000 maximum. The time limit for bringing des victimes criminal proceedings d’infractions) How to bring your case before The amount will be paid by the SARVI the CIVI within two months of it receiving your The time limit for bringing criminal application to recover the payment. proceedings, as of the date What is the CIVI? To bring your case before the CIVI you of the incident is: will need to complete the following form: • Help in recovering monies owed to you: • 10 years for serious crimes (crimes) such The CIVI is an independent body https://www.formulaires.modernisation. SARVI will act on your behalf to obtain as rape; that you can apply to for full or partial gouv.fr/gf/cerfa_12825.do, and deliver payment from the convicted party of the • 3 years for criminal offences (délits) such compensation of the damage suffered, it in person or by registered letter to the sums owed to you. as sexual harassment or assault and regardless of whether criminal registry of the CIVI board of the district battery. proceedings have been brought. court (tribunal de grande instance) of When to submit a claim The CIVI’s decision can be contested your place of domicile or of the location to the SARVI before the Court of Appeal within one of the criminal court before which criminal Compensation month of the decision being notified. proceedings have been brought. You can submit a claim to the SARVI if through civil court you are still awaiting payment from the Qualifying criteria convicted party two months after the date action The victim of the final court ruling. To bring your case before the CIVI you You must submit your claim within must be: compensation a year of that date. The perpetrator may be ordered to pay • a French national; you damages without having received fund (SARVI- • an EU citizen; a criminal conviction. How to submit a claim • or legally resident in France at the date In such proceedings you must be Service d’aide au to the SARVI the crime was committed or at the date able to provide evidence that you have you filed your compensation claim. recouvrement en been harmed and that the perpetrator To submit a claim to the SARVI you will is at fault. faveur des victimes need to complete the following form: The level of compensation http://www.fondsdegarantie.fr/images/ Attention! If you decide to bring a civil d’infractions) stories/pdf/infraction/demande-d-aide-au- action you will not be able to bring You will be compensated in full if: recouvrement-6-0.pdf, and send it to criminal proceedings subsequently. • you have suffered serious physical injury What is the SARVI? the following address: resulting in you being unable to work for The time limit for bringing an action in tort at least one month or being permanently SARVI is available to victims: FONDS DE GARANTIE – SARVI is 5 years, and 10 years in the case unable to work; • of a criminal offence; 75569 PARIS CEDEX 12 of physical injury. • you have been a victim of trafficking; • who have obtained a final court ruling • you have been sexually assaulted. awarding them damages and possibly all or part of the legal costs; • and who do not qualify for compensation as awarded by the CIVI.

38 39 if their circumstances are particularly • persons in receipt of the old-age solidarity Legal aid for worthy of interest because of the → Yes, you are eligible for legal laid allowance (allocation de solidarité aux the purposes subject matter of the dispute or the as you have been told to leave the personnes âgées) or earned income likely legal costs." country. supplement (revenu de solidarité active); of claiming • victims of a serious crime such as rape, I want to begin divorce proceedings torture or acts of barbarism. compensation Some concrete examples but don’t have a residence permit. Do I have a right to legal aid? Procedure for applying for legal aid Legal aid as paid by the state will cover I hold a residence permit as the → In this case you are not normally spouse of a French national or per- all or part of the fees (of lawyers, bailiffs, entitled to legal aid unless you can You can apply for legal aid before or son exercising my right to be reu- etc.) and legal costs incurred. show that"your circumstances are during the case. The procedure involves nited with my family. I have been The legal aid bureau of the district particularly worthy of interest because three stages. court (tribunal de grande instance) of your granted a protection order but the of the subject matter of the dispute or extension of my residence permit domicile will be responsible for assessing the likely legal costs." It is strongly re- First stage: Obtain an application form. has been refused because I am no your application for legal aid. commended that you seek the assis- The application form for legal aid can be longer living with my spouse. Am I tance of a jurist or victim support or- obtained: entitled to legal aid? ganisation in making your application • from the legal aid bureau of the district Qualifying criteria → Yes, you do have a right to legal for legal aid. court (tribunal de grande instance); laid as you have a protection order To qualify for legal aid you must satisfy • on the website of the French Ministry of and your case will have gone before several criteria. Justice: the body that reviews decisions to Resource criteria https://www.formulaires.modernisation. refuse the issue or extension of a • Residence in France gouv.fr/gf/cerfa_12467.do resident permit. The level of legal aid you are entitled to will depend on your financial resources In principle, legal aid is granted to foreign Instructions for completing the form are I don’t have a protection order but and the number of dependants you have nationals on condition that they are available at: have put in an application for ex- as the applicant. habitually and legally resident in France. https://www.formulaires.modernisation. ceptional leave to remain which has By way of example, from January However, under Article 3 of the Act gouv.fr/gf/getNotice.do?cerfaNotice=5103 been rejected (without any require- 2016, all of your costs will be covered if of 10 July 1991, in the case of foreign 6&cerfaFormulaire=12467 ment on me to leave the French ter- you have no dependants and a monthly nationals who have been granted a ritory), despite the fact that I have gi- income below €1,000, or two dependants protection order under Article 515-9 Second stage: Complete the form ven evidence of habitual residence and a monthly income below €1,360. of the Civil Code and in the case of and attach the necessary supporting in France for over 10 years. Do I Dependants (who must live with you parties bringing a civil action, there is no documents (your residence permit or have a right to legal aid? habitually) include: qualifying residence requirement passport, the last tax assessment notice → Yes, you do have a right to legal • your partner if they have no income; for entitlement to legal aid. or any other document providing evidence laid as the body that reviews deci- • children aged under 18 on 1st January Also eligible for legal aid: persons of your financial resources, livret de sions to refuse the issue or exten- of the year in progress or under 25 if they under a removal order and persons for famille, copy of the police report of your sion of a resident permit will have are students or disabled; whom a refusal to grant a temporary complaint, etc.) ruled in your favour on account of • your ascendants if their resources do or long-term resident permit has been your 10 years of habitual residence not exceed the amount of the old-age submitted to the body responsible Third stage: hand in your application to in France. solidarity allowance (allocation de for reviewing decisions to refuse the the legal aid bureau and keep the receipt solidarité aux personnes âgées). issue or extension of a resident permit given to you.. I have applied for the extension of (Commission du titre de séjour). my residence permit but my ap- To determine the amount of legal aid The above-mentioned Article 3 also plication has been rejected on the you are entitled to given your particular Timeframe provides that legal aid may be granted grounds of ‘cessation of married circumstances, you can visit the following exceptionally to persons who do not meet life’. I have been informed that I website: https://www.service-public.fr/ The legal aid bureau will be able to give nationality and residence requirements" have to leave the country. Do I have particuliers/vosdroits/F18074 you an idea of how long it will take to a right to legal aid? Certain persons do not have to process your application. This will depend produce evidence of their resources: on the bureau concerned and their current case load. 40 41 The decision in obtains a copy of the appeal request • Centre d’information sur les droits des • Planning familial 4, square Saint Irénée bearing the stamp of the legal aid bureau. femmes et des familles des Hauts-de- 75011 Paris If your request for legal aid is accepted, The appeal will be examined by the Seine Nanterre Tel. 01 48 07 29 10 you will be assigned a lawyer to help you presiding judge of the administrative court 167 avenue Joliot Curie [email protected] with your claim. of appeal, who will rule on the appeal. 92000 Nanterre If you already have a lawyer who No further appeal is possible. 01 40 97 22 • Le Planning familial 75 agrees to represent you under legal aid, [email protected] 10, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris you should include with your application Tel. 01 42 60 93 20 a letter from your lawyer indicating their The organisations • Centre d’information sur les droits des [email protected] acceptance of the case. This lawyer is that are there to help femmes et des familles des Hauts de then the lawyer who will be assigned Seine Boulogne • Le Planning familial 77 to you. you 5 rue des Quatre Cheminée Hôtel de Ville If you do not have a lawyer, you can 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt 77260 La Ferté- sous- Jouarre ask the legal aid bureau to assign you For victims of violence 01 41 31 08 74 Tel. 01 60 09 02 47 one. [email protected] [email protected] Once you receive notification that National organisations: your request for legal aid has been • Centre d’information sur les droits des • Le Planning familial 78 accepted, it is imperative that you • Centre national d’information sur les femmes et des familles des Hauts-de- 20 rue Armagis (offices located contact the lawyer quickly and set up an droits des femmes et des familles - Seine/Clamart inside hospital on 6th floor of appointment with them. CNIDFF 55 avenue Jean Jaurès Pavillon Jacques Courtois) 7 rue du Jura 92140 Clamart 78100 Saint-Germain Attention! Legal aid is only valid 75013 Paris 01 46 44 71 77 01 34 51 46 85 for one year. If you fail to contact Tel. 01 42 17 12 00 [email protected] [email protected] the lawyer while the aid is still valid, [email protected] your right to the legal aid granted • Centre d’information sur les droits • Le Planning familial 91 expires and you will have to put • Centre d’information sur les droits des femmes et des familles des 1, rue du Minotaure in a new application. des femmes et des familles de Paris – Hauts-de-Seine / Neuilly – CIDFF 91350 Grigny CIDFF Maison des Associations 2, bis rue du 01 69 45 06 09 Appeals 17 rue Jean Poulmarch Château [email protected] 75010 Paris 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine Tel. 01 83 64 72 01 01 55 62 62 56 • Time limit • Le Planning familial 92 [email protected] [email protected] 6, av Jules Durand If you are refused full or partial legal 92600 Asnières • Centre d’information sur les droits des aid, you or your lawyer may appeal the • Femmes solidaires Maison des 01 47 98 44 11 femmes et des familles de Seine-et- decision. Ensembles, [email protected] Marne – CIDFF You have 15 days to lodge an appeal 3 Rue d’aligre 2, bis rue du parc as of receipt of notification of the refusal 75012 Paris • Le Planning familial 93 77185 Lognes by letter recorded/signed for. Tel. 01 40 01 90 90 3, 5, 7, 9 Bd E. Vaillant Tel. 01 60 05 84 79 [email protected] 93200 Saint-Denis [email protected] 01 55 84 04 04 • Lodging the appeal • CIMADE [email protected] • Centre d’information sur les droits des An appeal in the form of a simple 46 boulevard des Batignolles femmes et des familles des Yvelines – statement can be handed in or sent by 75017 Paris CIDFF letter recorded/signed for to the legal aid Tel. 01 40 08 05 34 29 place des Fleurs bureau that rejected your application. [email protected] 78955 Carrières-sous-Poissy Attention! If the appeal is handed Tel. 01 30 74 21 01 into the legal aid bureau in person, it is [email protected] imperative that the person handing it

42 43 Paris-based organisations: Specific support • La Maison des femmes Paris-based organisations: 28 rue de l’Eglise • Elle’s IMAGINE’nt - (Solidarité Femmes) For victims of domestic • GAMS 93100 Montreuil Maison des Associations du 15e 67 rue des Maraîchers violence Tel. 01 48 58 46 59 22, rue de la Saïda 75020 Paris [email protected] 75015 PARIS National organisations: Tel. 01 43 48 10 87 06 61 89 47 90 [email protected] • Paroles de femmes [email protected] • Federation nationale solidarité femmes Maison de l’emploi et de la formation • Femmes de la terre - FNSF 75, boulevard Macdonald For women experiencing 75019 Paris Avenue du Noyer Lambert 2, rue de la solidarité violence because of their 75019 Paris Tel. 01 40 33 80 90 • Espace associatif.COS Refuge spaces available [email protected] sexual orientation 9, avenue du Noyer Lambert Tel. 01 48 06 03 34 91300 Massy National organisations: [email protected] Paris-based organisations: Tel. 01 60 11 97 97 • Halte aide aux femmes battues – HAFB [email protected] • ARDHIS • FIT, une femme, un toit – FIT c/o Centre LGBT IdF 14, rue Mendelssohn • SOS Femmes en Seine-Saint-Denis - 11 boulevard des Filles du Calvaire 63 rue Beaubourg, 75020 Paris (Solidarité femmes) 75003 Paris 75003 Paris Tel. 01 43 48 20 40 24/28, rue de l’Eglise Refuge spaces available Tel. 06 19 64 03 91 [email protected] 93100 Montreuil Tel. 01 44 54 87 90 [email protected] Tel. 01 48 58 46 59 [email protected] • Libres terres des femmes - LTDF – [email protected] Solidarité femmes • CLF Coordination lesbienne en France • La Maison des femmes de Paris 163 rue de Charenton 111, bd Mac Donald • SOS Femmes Meaux 163 rue de Charenton 75012 Paris 75019 Paris 13 rue Georges Courteline 75012 Paris [email protected] Tel. 01 40 35 36 67 77100 Meaux 01 43 43 41 13 [email protected] Tel. 01 60 09 27 99 [email protected] Refuge spaces available • Les Lesbiennes dépassent les • Etablissement femmes solidarité 91 [email protected] frontières Paris-region (Ile-de-France) 4 rue Charles Baudelaire c/o CQFD organisations: 91000 Evry 37 avenue Pasteur For victims of rape 93100 Montreuil • L’Escale (Solidarité femmes) Refuge spaces available Tel. 01 60 78 45 66 [email protected] 48 Avenue Gabriel Péri • Collectif féministe contre le viol CFCV 92230 Gennevilliers [email protected] administratif, 9 villa d’Este For victims of forced marriage Refuge spaces available 75013 Paris • Le Relais de Sénart 01 47 33 09 53 Tel. 08 00 05 95 95 27 rue de l’Etang National organisations: [email protected] [email protected] 77240 Vert-Saint-Denis • Fédération nationale GAMS Refuge spaces available • SOS Femmes alternative/Centre Flora For victims of female genital 67 rue des Maraîchers Tristan – Solidarité femmes Tel. 01 64 89 76 43 mutilation 75020 Paris 142 avenue de Verdun [email protected] Tel. 01 43 48 10 87 92320 Châtillon [email protected] Refuge spaces available • Maison des femmes - Le relais National organisations: 5 avenue du Général de Gaulle Tel. 01 47 36 96 48 • Voix de femme [email protected] 77130 Montereau-Fault-Yonne • Fédération nationale GAMS 67 rue des Maraîchers Address confidential Tel. 01 64 89 76 43 Tel. 01 30 31 55 76 [email protected] 75020 Paris Tel. 01 43 48 10 87 [email protected] [email protected] (also deals with honour crime issues)

44 45 Paris-based organisations: Halte aux femmes battues – HAFB 14, rue Mendelssohn 75020 Paris Refuge spaces available Tel. 01 43 48 20 40 email: [email protected]

For victims of prostitution

National organisations: • Amicale du nid - AdN 21 rue du château d’eau 75010 Paris Tel. 01 44 52 56 40 email: [email protected]

• Les Amis du bus des femmes 58 Rue des Amandiers 75020 Paris Tel. 01 43 14 98 98 email: [email protected]

• Aux captifs la libération 8 rue Gît-le-Cœur 75006 Paris Tel. 01 49 23 89 90 email: [email protected]

Paris-based organisations: • ANRS Service insertion jeunes ANRS SIJ 39, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière 75009 Paris Tel. 01 48 24 04 14 email: [email protected]

For victims of human trafficking

• Comité contre l’esclavage moderne 107, avenue Parmentier 75011 Paris Tel. 01 44 52 88 90

46 47 • Hôpital Jean Verdier Les unités Avenue du 14 Juillet médico-judiciaires 93143 Bondy USEFUL (UMJ) (medical 01 48 02 65 06 • Hôpital Raymond Poincaré examination of rape 104, boulevard Raymond Poincaré victims) 92380 Garches ADDRESSES 01 47 10 76 97 • Groupe hospitalier Hôtel-Dieu (AP-HP) 1, place du Parvis de Notre-Dame Les maisons 75181 Paris de justice et du droit • Centre hospitalier de Fontainebleau (MJD) (free legal 55, boulevard du Maréchal Joffre 77300 Fontainebleau advice) 01 60 74 14 67 Paris • Centre hospitalier de Marne-la-Vallée e 2-4, cours de la Gondoire • Paris 10 arrondissement 77600 Jossigny 15-17, rue du Buisson St-Louis 01 61 10 63 56 75010 Paris Tél. 01 53 38 62 80 - Fax : 01 42 01 89 25 • Maison Despagne e 50, rue Berthier • Paris 14 arrondissement 78000 Versailles 6, rue Bardinet - 75014 Paris 01 39 63 97 03 Tél. 01 45 45 22 23 - Fax : 01 45 40 01 42

e • Centre hospitalier intercommunal • Paris 17 arrondissement de Créteil 16-22, Rue Kelner - 75017 PARIS 40, avenue de Verdun Tél. 01 53 06 83 40 - Fax : 01 42 29 34 76 94010 Créteil 01 45 17 52 85 L’Essonne • MJD de Athis-Mons • Centre hospitalier de Gonesse 4, avenue François Mitterrand 25, rue Bernard Février 91200 Athis-Mons 95500 Gonesse Tél. 01 60 48 70 59 - Fax : 01 60 48 72 69 01 34 53 27 45 • MJD de Les Ulis • Centre hospitalier René Dubos Rue des Bergères 6, avenue de l’Ile-de-France Groupe scolaires les Bergères CS 90079 Pontoise 91940 Les Ulis 95303 Cergy-Pontoise Tél. 01 64 86 14 05 - Fax : 01 60 92 02 28 01 30 75 54 07 • MJD de Val D’Orge 72, route de Corbeil 91360 Villemoisson-sur-Orge Tél. 01 69 46 81 50 - Fax : 01 69 46 81 57

49 Les Hauts-de-Seine • MJD de Blanc-Mesnil • MJD d’Ermont Antenne de Trappes 60, avenue Henri Barbusse MJD de la vallée de Montmorency 3, place de la Mairie • MJD de Bagneux 93150 Le Blanc Mesnil 60, rue de Stalingrad - 95120 Ermont 78190 Trappes 10 bis, rue de la Sarrazine Tél. 01 45 91 93 50 - Fax : 01 45 91 93 55 Tél. 01 34 44 03 90 - Fax : 01 34 44 03 99 Tél. 01 30 16 03 20 92220 Bagneux Fax : 01 30 16 03 21 Tél. 01 46 64 14 14 - Fax : 01 46 61 13 95 • MJD de Clichy-sous-Bois / Montfermeil • MJD de Garges-les-Gonesse 201, allée de Gagny 37, rue du Tiers Pot - (Quartier des • MJD de Chatenay-Malabry 93390 Clichy-sous-Bois Doucettes) Les points d’accès 1, rue Francis Pressensé Tél. 01 41 70 38 20 - Fax : 01 41 70 38 29 95140 Garges-les-Gonesse 92000 Châtenay-Malabry Tél. 01 30 11 11 20 au droit (Pad) (free Tél. 01 46 32 76 12 - Fax : 01 46 32 17 74 • MJD d’Epinay Fax : 01 30 11 11 29 1, rue de la Terrasse - 93800 Epinay legal advice) • MJD de Gennevilliers Tél. 01 48 23 22 27 - Fax : 01 48 21 52 22 • MJD de Persan 19, avenue Lucette Mazalaigue 82, avenue Gaston Vermeire Paris 92000 Genevilliers • MJD de La Courneuve 95340 Persan e Tél. 01 47 99 06 56 - 01 47 92 32 07 2, avenue de la République Tél. 01 39 37 08 74 • Pad du 13 arrondissement 93120 La Courneuve Fax : 01 34 70 23 78 33, boulevard Kellermann Seine-et-Marne Tél. 01 48 38 06 53 - Fax : 01 48 38 11 06 75013 Paris Tél. 01 55 78 20 56 • MJD de Chelles • MJD de Sarcelles • MJD de Pantin 31 bis, avenue du 8 mai 1945 1, rue Sainte-Bathilde - 77500 Chelles • Pad du 15e arrondissement Tél. 01 64 26 06 67 - Fax : 01 64 26 06 68 25 ter, rue du Pré Saint Gervais 95200 Sarcelles 93500 Pantin Tél. 01 39 94 96 22 22, rue de la Saïda Tél. 01 41 83 66 40 - Fax : 01 41 83 66 46 Fax : 01 39 92 51 42 75015 Paris • MJD de Meaux Tél. 01 45 30 68 60 Centre commercial La Verrière • MJD de Saint-Denis • MJD de Villiers-le-Bel 77100 Meaux Beauval • Pad du 18e arrondissement Tél. 01 60 41 10 80 - Fax : 01 60 41 10 84 16, rue des Boucheries 2, rue Pompon 93200 Saint-Denis 95400 Villiers-le-Bel 2 rue de Suez Tél. 01 55 84 05 30 - Tél : 01 55 84 05 31 Tél. 01 34 19 87 52 75018 Paris • MJD de Pontault-Combault Tél. 01 53 41 86 60 Ferme Briarde Fax : 01 39 92 54 74 107, avenue de la République Val-de-Marne • Pad du 19e arrondissement 77347 Pontault-Combault • MJD de Champigny-sur-Marne Les Yvelines 53, rue Compans Tél. 01 70 05 45 83 - Fax : 01 70 05 45 91 15, rue Albert Thomas • MJD de Les Mureaux 75019 Paris 94500 Champigny-sur-Marne 79, boulevard Victor Hugo Tél. 01 53 38 62 30 • MJD de Savigny-le-Temple Tél. 01 45 16 18 60 - Fax : 01 45 16 18 69 78130 Les Mureaux 34, place Elysée-Reclus e Tél. 01 34 92 73 42 • Pad du 20 arrondissement 77176 Savigny-le-Temple Val-d’Oise Fax : 01 30 99 51 00 15, Cité Champagne Tél. 01 64 19 10 60 - Fax : 01 64 19 10 61 75020 Paris • MJD d’Argenteuil • MJD de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Tél. 01 53 27 37 40 • MJD de Val Maubuée MJD Intercommunale (sites de Guyancourt et Trappes) 4, place Gaston Deferre - 77186 Noisiel 14, rue Alfred Labrierre L’Essonne Tél. 01 60 95 16 90 - Fax : 01 60 95 16 93 95100 Argenteuil Antenne de Guyancourt • Pad d’Etampes Tél. 01 34 34 62 30 - Fax : 01 39 47 96 01 Place François Rabelais 1, rue du Coq Seine-Saint-Denis 78280 Guyancourt • MJD de Cergy-Pontoise 91150 Etampes • MJD d’Aubervilliers Tél. 01 39 30 32 40 12, rue des Institutions Tél. 01 69 92 11 70 22, rue Bernard et Mazoyer - 93300 Fax : 01 39 30 32 41 95800 Cergy-Saint-Christophe Aubervilliers Tél. 01 30 38 45 15 - Fax : 01 30 38 24 82 Tél. 01 48 11 32 24 - Fax : 01 48 11 32 25

50 51 • Pad d’Evry • Pad de Villeneuve-la Garenne • Pad de Montreuil • Pad de Valenton 7, clos de la Cathédrale Centre Socioculturel Le Phare 12, boulevard Rouget de Lisle 1, cour de la Ferme la Bergerie 91000 Evry 3, mail Marie Curie 93100 Montreuil 94460 Valenton Tél. 01 60 91 07 91 92390 Villeneuve-la-Garenne Tél. 01 48 70 68 67 Tél. 01 43 82 81 30 Tél. 01 47 98 15 03 • Pad d’Epinay-Sous Sénart • Pad de Montreuil (Mairie annexe) Val d’Oise 8, rue Johann Strauss Seine-et-Marne 77, rue des Blancs Vilains 91860 Epinay-sous-Sénart 93100 Montreuil-sous-Bois • Pad de Pontoise Tél. 01 60 47 86 59 • Pad de Saint-Fargeau Ponthierry Tél. 01 45 28 60 60 Les Louvrais 98, avenue de Fontainebleau Espace 2, place de la Fraternité • Pad de Chilly-Mazarin Odyssée • Pad de Noisy-le-Sec 95300 Pontoise 6-8, rue Olivier Beauregard 77310 Saint-Fargeau Pnthierry 16 bis, rue Béthisy Tél. 01 34 24 01 47 91380 Chilly-Mazarin Tél. 01 64 89 50 37 93130 Noisy-le-Sec Tél. 01 69 10 59 25 Tél. 01 49 42 67 79 • Pad de Marines • Pad de la Ferté sous Jouarre Communauté de Communes Vexin Centre Les Hauts-de-Seine 34-36, rue des Pelletiers • Pad Le Pré Saint-Gervais 10 bis, boulevard Gambetta Espace citoyen Mairie du Pré Saint-Gervais 95640 Marines • Pad de Colombes 77260 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 93 310 Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Tél. 01 34 67 52 15 Centre social des Fosses - Jean Tél. 01 60 22 25 63 Tél. 01 49 42 73 00 11, rue Jules Michelet Les Yvelines 92700 Colombes • Pad de Meaux • Pad de Bondy [email protected] Rue du Lycée RD 5 Maison de la jeunesse • Pad d’Achères 8, allée Simone Signoret csc-fossesjean.com BP 20177 Chauconin Neufmontiers et des services publics (place du marché) 77351 Meaux 1, avenue Jean Lebas 78260 Achères • Pad de Courbevoie Tél. 01 64 36 95 59 93 140 Bondy Tél. 01 39 22 12 87 39, rue Victor Hugo Tél. 01 71 86 64 30 92400 Courbevoie • Pad de Montereau • Pad de Chanteloup-les-Vignes Tél. 01 46 91 91 30. 9, rue Fleur Bégné • Pad Les Lilas CCAS - 6, place du Trident 77130 Montereau-Fault-Yonne Le Kiosque 78570 Chanteloup-les-Vignes • Pad de Meudon Tél. 01 64 31 07 83 167, rue de Paris Tél. 01 39 74 20 16 Centre Social" Millandy " 93 260 Les Lilas 5, rue Georges Millandy • Pad de Nemours Tél. 01 48 97 21 10 92360 Meudon-la-Forêt 8, rue Hédelin • Pad de Carrières-sous-Poissy Pôle multiservices Michel Colucci Tél. 01 41 07 94 94 77140 Nemours Le Val-de-Marne Tél. 01 74 80 00 30 124 avenue Maurice Berteaux • Pad de Clichy la Garenne • Pad de Créteil 78955 Carrières-sous-Poissy Maison du droit et de la prévention • Pad du Val d’Europe Kiosque Hall de la préfecture Tél. 01 78 63 72 00 92, rue Martre 27, place d’Ariane Avenue du Général de Gaulle 92110 Clichy-la-Garenne 77700 Chessy 94000 Créteil • Pad de Fontenay-le-Fleury Tél. 01 47 15 32 05 Tél. 01 58 43 38 74 Hôtel de Ville Seine-Saint-Denis Place du 8 mai 1945 • Pad de Nanterre • Pad de Fontenay-sous-Bois 78330 Fontenay-le-Fleury Centre Social et culturel Les Acacias • Pad de Bobigny 12 bis, avenue Charles Garcia Tél. 01 30 14 33 67 Club des Acacias SOS Victimes 93 94120 Fontenay-sous-Bois 12, rue des Acacias Cité Picasso Tél. 01 48 75 46 96 • Pad de Mantes-la-Jolie 92000 Nanterre 5, rue Carnot L’Agora Tél. 01 47 29 10 26 93000 Bobigny • Pad de Nogent-sur-Marne 254, boulevard du Maréchal Juin Tél. 01 41 60 19 60 5-9, rue Anquetil 78200 Mantes-la-Jolie 94130 Nogent-sur-Marne Tél. 01 30 94 84 11 Tél. 01 48 75 14 08 52 53 • Pad de Mantes-La-Ville Les Hauts-de-Seine Essonne Centre de vie sociale Augustin Serre Office français 60, rue Louise Michel • Préfecture de Nanterre de protection • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle 78711 Mantes-la-Ville 167-177, avenue Joliot Curie 9, rue des Mazières Tél. 01 30 98 45 46 92013 Nanterre Cedex des réfugiés et 91012 Evry Cedex Tél. 01 40 97 20 00 Les Hauts-de-Seine • Pad de Poissy [email protected] des apatrides 12, boulevard Louis Lemelle (Ofpra) (authority • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle 78300 Poissy Seine-et-Marne Extension du Palais de Justice Tél. 01 39 65 23 11 responsible for 2-6, avenue Pablo Neruda • Préfecture de Melun 92020 Nanterre Cedex 12, rue des Saints-Pères considering asylum Tél. 01 40 97 14 08 • Pad de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 77000 Melun 34, rue André Bonnenfant Tél. 01 64 71 77 77 applications) 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye Seine-et-Marne Tél : 01 39 21 03 31 Seine-Saint-Denis • Ofpra • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle 201, rue Carnot 159, rue Grande • Pad de Sartrouville • Préfecture de Bobigny 94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex 77300 Fontainebleau Maison du citoyen, des droits 1, esplanade Jean Moulin Tél. 01 58 68 10 10 Tél. 01 60 71 23 42 et des devoirs 93007 Bobigny Cedex [email protected] 118, avenue Georges Clémenceau Tél. 01 41 60 60 60 • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle 78500 Sartrouville [email protected] Cité administrative Mont-Thabor Tél. 01 61 04 20 99 Cour nationale du Avenue Salvador Allende Val-de-Marne 77109 Meaux cedex droit d’asile (CNDA) Tél. 01 60 09 76 26 Les préfectures • Préfecture du Val-de-Marne 21-29, avenue du Général De Gaulle (refugee appeals 94038 Créteil Cedex • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle TGI de Melun Paris Tél. 01 49 56 60 00 board) 2, avenue du Général Leclerc [email protected] • Préfecture de police de Paris 77010 Melun cedex CNDA 1, rue de Lutèce Tél. 01 64 79 80 24 Place Louis Lépine Val d’Oise 35, rue Cuvier 75004 Paris 93100 Montreuil • Préfecture de Cergy Tél. 01 48 18 41 81 Seine-Saint-Denis Tél. 01 53 71 53 71 Avenue Bernard Hirsch [email protected] 95010 CERGY PONTOISE Cedex • Bureau de l’aide juridictionnelle Tribunal de grande instance Tél. 01 34 20 95 95 Bureaux d’aide 173, avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier L’Essonne [email protected] juridictionnels (Baj) 93000 Bobigny. • Préfecture d’Evry Tél. 01 48 95 13 93 Boulevard de France Les Yvelines (legal aid) 91010 Évry cedex • Préfecture des Yvelines Val-de-Marne Tél. 01 69 91 91 91 1, avenue de l’Europe Paris

[email protected] 78000 Versailles • Bureau d’aide Juridictionnelle • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle Tribunal de grande instance de Créteil Tél. 01 39 49 78 00 Tribunal de grande instance de Paris Rue Pasteur Valléry Radot 1, quai de Corse 94000 Créteil 75194 Cedex 04 (M° Chatelet)

54 55 Val d’Oise • Le Gisti (Information and support for immigrants) • Bureau d’aide juridictionnelle 3, villa Marcès Tribunal de grande instance 75011 Paris, France 3 rue Victor Hugo Tél. 01 43 14 84 84 BP 220 95302 [email protected] Cergy-Pontoise Cedex Permanence téléphonique : Tél. 01 72 58 70 00 Tél. 01 43 14 60 66 Les Yvelines • Bureau de l’aide juridictionnelle • La Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH) Tribunal de grande instance de Versailles (French League for Human Rights) 5, avenue de l’Europe 138, rue Marcadet 78000 Versailles 75018 Paris Tél. 01 39 07 36 09 Tél. 01 56 55 51 00 [email protected] Permanence téléphonique : Les associations Tél. 01 56 55 50 10

• La Cimade 64 rue Clisson - 75013 Paris Tél. 01 44 18 60 50 - fax : 01 45 56 08 59 [email protected]

NB:To find out where CIMADE holds drop-in sessions please use the link below: http://www.lacimade.org/regions Helpline for non-French victims of violence against women available all day Wednesday: Tel. 01 40 08 05 34 or 06 77 82 79 09.

• Forum réfugié (practical support for refugees and asylum seekers) 28, rue de la Baïsse CS 71054 69612 Villeurbanne Tél. 04 78 03 74 45 [email protected]

• France terre d’asile (FTDA) (French asylum organisation) 24, rue Marc Seguin 75018 Paris Tél. 01 53 04 39 99

56 57 58 LdH — Ligue des droits de l’Homme 138 rue Marcadet – 75018 Paris Avec le soutien de : Tél. 01 56 55 51 00 – Fax 01 42 55 51 21 [email protected] – www.ldh-france.org