A proposed French law that would make denial of the killings of over 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 by Turkey as genocide a crime has been rejected by a French Senate panel as unconstitutional earlier Wednesday.
The Senate’s Commission of Laws decided that the bill would be unconstitutional marking the first legislative setback faced.
However, the panel’s recommendations are not binding and the bill will now be put to a broader vote in the French senate next week, where it is still expected to be passed through.
The bill was passed by the French National Assembly and has angered Turkey, who has reacted by cutting diplomatic relations with France.
See our earlier posts:
Turkey cuts ties as France passes Genocide bill (23 Dec 2011)
Turkey demands France withdraws Genocide bill (20 Dec 2011)
French parliament committee passes bill criminalising Armenian Genocide denial (10 Dec 2011)
The Senate’s Commission of Laws decided that the bill would be unconstitutional marking the first legislative setback faced.
However, the panel’s recommendations are not binding and the bill will now be put to a broader vote in the French senate next week, where it is still expected to be passed through.
The bill was passed by the French National Assembly and has angered Turkey, who has reacted by cutting diplomatic relations with France.
See our earlier posts:
Turkey cuts ties as France passes Genocide bill (23 Dec 2011)
Turkey demands France withdraws Genocide bill (20 Dec 2011)
French parliament committee passes bill criminalising Armenian Genocide denial (10 Dec 2011)
