It is an unprecedented group action in France.
A collective of six associations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, seized justice on Thursday to urge the state to stop “discriminatory identity checks” by the police.
In January, these associations had called on the government to initiate "structural reforms" and "take concrete measures" to put an end to these controls.
The four-month period allowing the authorities to respond having expired, they seized the Council of State on Thursday.