GISTI
Encyclopedia
GISTI is a French
non-profit
human rights
organization created in 1972 to protect the legal and political rights of foreigners and immigrants and to advocate freedom of movement across borders.
This Group provides information and support to immigrants through its knowledge of immigration law—French, European
, and in some respects international—and its experience of immigration practices. It defends foreigners, offers training and publications and participates in the debate on migration policies.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
non-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organization created in 1972 to protect the legal and political rights of foreigners and immigrants and to advocate freedom of movement across borders.
This Group provides information and support to immigrants through its knowledge of immigration law—French, European
European Union law
European Union law is a body of treaties and legislation, such as Regulations and Directives, which have direct effect or indirect effect on the laws of European Union member states. The three sources of European Union law are primary law, secondary law and supplementary law...
, and in some respects international—and its experience of immigration practices. It defends foreigners, offers training and publications and participates in the debate on migration policies.