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Comité Mémoire et Citoyenneté d’Outre-Mer

Abbreviation: 
CMCOM
President / Director: 
Robert Dino
Address: 
1 place Franklin Roosevelt
91700 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
France
Telephone: 
International: +33 6 46 02 15 35 ou +33 6 70 92 04 68 (mobile); National: 06 46 02 15 35 ou 06 70 92 04 68 (mobile)
Registration date: 
Monday, May 7, 2012
Registration details: 

Registration details can be found in the . 

Status: 
Ongoing
Type: 
Commemorative
Community/social
Cultural
Defence of Citizen Rights
Educational
Memorial
Social justice
Scope: 
Regional/local: A smaller organization or association focused on local/regional activities.
Summary of objectives: 

The objectives of the Comité Mémoire et Citoyenneté d’Outre-Mer are as follows:

  • To give more breadth to the remembrance ceremonies commemorating the slave trade, enslavement and its abolition in the territory of the agglomeration of Val d'Orge
  • To highlight the realities of the deportation and enslavement of millions of men and women
  • To make these days of remembrance a space for exchange and sharing, recognised by all
  • To value the memorial the 'Colonnes de la Liberté' ('Columns of Liberty' in Place Toussaint Louverture, located in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
  • To share and enforce: 10th May as a day for commemorating the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions; 21st May 2001 law recognising the slave trade and slavery as a crime against humanity; the decree relating to 23rd May 2008 as a day of remembrance for the victims of colonial slavery
  • To fight against racism and xenophobia through a better understanding and appreciation of other cultures
  • To create a centre for resources and historical research.
Keywords: 
Commemoration
Crimes against humanity
Defence of citizen rights
Human rights
Memorial project
Memories of slavery
Patrimony
Recognition
Slave ancestry
Social justice
Taubira law (2001)
Victim support