Mireille Fanon Mendès-France

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Mireille Fanon Mendès-France
Mireille Fanon Mendès-France in 2017
Born1948 (age 75–76)[1]
France
Occupation(s)jurist,[2] activist
Parents

Mireille Fanon Mendès-France also Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (born in 1948) is a French jurist and anti-racist activist.

Career[edit]

Fanon Mendès-France has been teaching at Paris Descartes University. She was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley in international law and conflict resolution. She has also worked for UNESCO and the French National Assembly.

Together with Gilles Devers, she filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice on behalf of groups representing victims of Israeli attacks during the 2008-2009 Gaza War.[3]

Since 2011, she has been an expert for the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent.[4] She was the president of that UN Working Group from 2014 to 2016.[5][6][7][8]

Views[edit]

In an interview at the Council of Europe in 2020, Fanon Mendès-France called for a new Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has to be recast according to Fanon Mendès-France to no longer reflect a Eurocentric version of the definition of human beings.[2] Fanon Mendès-France acted as board member of the Jewish French Union for Peace and expressed solidarity and support for State of Palestine.[9]

Family History[edit]

Fanon Mendès-France is the daughter of the French political philosopher Frantz Fanon.[6] She is a scholar of decolonisation and a member of the Frantz Fanon Foundation.[10] According to Fanon Mendès-France, her father Frantz Fanon was "blacklisted" in France, where she found it difficult to organize events to honor his memory.[11]

Fanon Mendès-France is the widow of Bernard Mendès-France, the son of the French politician Pierre Mendès France, who served as president of the Council of Ministers under the French Fourth Republic.[1][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Mireille Fanon Mendes-France".
  2. ^ a b Mireille Fanon-Mendès France – Fondation Frantz Fanon (Motion picture). Council of Europe. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ Meloni, Chantal; Tognoni, Gianni (13 March 2012). Is There a Court for Gaza?: A Test Bench for International Justice. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-90-6704-820-0. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ^ Cornelius, Misha (1 July 2019). "Howard Center and ACLU Demand Michigan Prisons End Unlawful Ban of Iconic Book on Structural Racism". Howard University. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Eric Garner death: UN fears over no-charge jury decisions". BBC. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Fideles, Nina; Pina, Rute (November 23, 2018). "Mireille Fanon: If we want to change the world, it must be through anti-racism". Brasil de Fato. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Mireille Fanon-Mendesfrance". Africultures. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. ^ "UN expert group on people of African descent on fact-finding mission to Italy". OHCHR. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  9. ^ Nieuwhof, Adri (24 April 2011). "Interview: daughter of Frantz Fanon on Palestine solidarity". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  10. ^ a b Herrara, Linda (3 October 2017). "Critical voices in critical times: Fanon, race & politics - an interview with Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (part 2 of 2)". openDemocracy. openDemocracy. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. ^ Transcolonial Fanon Conference: Mireille Fanon Mendès-France (Motion picture). Columbia University. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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