Nice's administrative court has partly reined in Cagnes-sur-Mer's curfew on unaccompanied minors under 15, ruling the measure cannot automatically renew year after year, even as the curfew itself remains in effect through October 31.
Mayor Louis Nègre's June 9 order extended a curfew that had applied only to under-13s since 2004, barring unaccompanied minors under 15 from certain parts of the commune between 11pm and 6am. The Ligue des Droits de l'Homme filed for its suspension on August 5, arguing the order lacked any specific justification for the particular risks it claimed to address, and disproportionately restricted minors' freedom of movement given its indefinite, recurring nature.
In an August 17 ruling, the judge stopped short of suspending the curfew for the remainder of this year, but barred its automatic renewal going forward, finding its permanent character raised serious doubt over its legality. The decision effectively draws a line on how far a French mayor can go in restricting minors' movement through a standing municipal order, without addressing whether this year's curfew itself was justified.