State v. Delahalle and Goinvic

Climate activists removed portraits of French president Emmanuel Macron as an act of civil disobedience to protest the lack of action and omissions by the State to comply with what was agreed in the Paris Agreement. The activists went to trial, and were acquitted after arguing this type of action was necessary to build a channel of dialogue between the demands of the people and the government, since the judicial and institutional means are not effective in addressing this type of situation which requires prompt action, since climate change seriously affects the future of humanity.

The tribunal accepted the activists' Necessity defense and concluded that in these circumstances, the means of expression of citizens could not limit themselves to voting, and that the theft of the portrait of the accused was a necessary substitute for the impossible dialogue between the government and the people.

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