Jean-Jacques Urvoas
Jean-Jacques Urvoas is a French politician and former garde des sceaux, or Minister of Justice, who served from 2016 to 2017. He has been a vocal advocate for judicial reform and has highlighted the challenges facing the French legal system, including issues of underfunding and staffing shortages. Urvoas has described the degradation of the justice system as a 'clochardisation,' or a decline into a state of neglect, attributing this to the responsibility of successive governments in failing to address the needs of the judiciary.
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Jean-Jacques Urvoas, then Minister of Justice, recalled the poor conditions of detention at the prison during the announcement of the new structure's construction.
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France· 2025-11-17
Jean-Jacques Urvoas is a socialist politician who praised Béatrice Brugère's expertise in judicial matters.
Béatrice Brugère, l’influente magistrate dans l’air du temps du tout-répressifFrance· 2025-06-17
Jean-Jacques Urvoas predicted that constitutional law issues will dominate the political scene in the coming years.
Les sujets sensibles qui attendent le Conseil constitutionnel : l’éligibilité, le droit du sol, la « liberté du mariage »France· 2025-02-25
Jean-Jacques Urvoas, former Keeper of the Seals, refers to the 'clochardisation' of the justice system as a responsibility of successive governments.
« La justice, loin d’être réparée, ne rend plus les services que sont en droit d’attendre les Français »France· 2025-02-10