Marine Le Pen, who lost in the recent race for President of France, has
urged that military courts be revived for terrorism cases. Excerpt:
“There should probably be a dedicated jurisdiction.
“Why not the equivalent of the former Cour de sûreté de l'État (State Security Court)? Since terrorism is an act of war.
The State Security Court was a special judicial body which existed from the 60s to the 80s and it included two military officers, with someone of the rank of a General working as one of the three judges.
Human rights jurisprudence strongly disfavors the trial of civilians in military courts.
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