France France is a multiparty constitutional democracy. Voters directly elect the president of the republic to a five-year term. An electoral college elects members of the bicameral parliament’s upper house (Senate), and voters directly elect members of the lower house (National Assembly). Observers consider the elections to be free and fair. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses. France includes several overseas administrative divisions. Five overseas territories, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and La Reunion, have the same political status as the 13 regions and 96 departments on the mainland. Five divisions are overseas “collectivities”: French Polynesia, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna. New Caledonia is a special overseas collectivity with a semiautonomous status between that of an independent country and an overseas department. Citizens of these territories periodically elect deputies and senators to represent them in parliament, like the mainland regions and departments.The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:Threats of violence against MuslimsThreats of violence motivated by antisemitism Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 79/100 Global Rights Index 70,0/100 (2) Human Development Index 98,6/100 (0,986) Kids Rights Index 87,3/100 (0,873) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 89,0/100 (1,1) Global Slavery Index 87,0/100 (13,0) Trafficking in persons report 87,5/100 (T1) Global Gender Gap Index 75,6/100 (0,756) Rule of Law Index 73,0/100 (0,73) Fragile States Index 76,0/100 (28,8) Freedom in the World Index 89,0/100 (89) Environmental Performance Index 67,1/100 (67,1) Corruption Perceptions Index 71,0/100 (71) Equality Index 77,0/100 (77)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB