E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.4 page 6 sectarian abuse (Mission interministerielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires, MIVILUDES); Louis Schweitzer, Chairman of the High Authority to combat Discrimination and Promote Equality (Haute Autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’égalité, HALDE); and Michel Forst, Secretary-General of the National Consultative Commission for Human Rights (CNCDH). 10. The Special Rapporteur also had the opportunity to meet Guy Canivet, the President of the Court of Cassation (Premier président de la Cour de Cassation), as well as Regis de Gouttes, Attorney-General to the Court of Cassation. 11. Among representatives of religious communities or other communities of belief, the Special Rapporteur met with Stanislas Lalanne, the secretary-general of the Conference of Bishops of France, Dalil Boubakeur, the Chairman of the French Council for the Muslim Faith (Conseil français du Culte Musulman, CFCM); Fouad Alaoui, General Secretary of the Union of French Islamic Organizations (Union des Organisations Islamiques de France, UOIF); Pastor Jean-Arnold de Clermont, President of the Federation of Protestants of France (Président de la Fédération protestante de France); Monseigneur Emmanuel, See of France and President of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France (Métropolite de France et Président de l’Assemblée des évêques orthodoxes de France); a representative of the French Evangelical Alliance (Alliance Evangélique Française); and representatives of the Sikh Community. She also met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and members of the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 12. The Special Rapporteur also met with representatives of the Union rationaliste, including its Chairperson, Hélène Langevin-Joliot. 13. In terms of civil society, the Special Rapporteur met with Danielle Hervieu-Léger, Chairperson of the Institute for Higher Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS); Farhad Khosrokhavar, director of studies at EHESS; Dominique Borne, President of the European Institute of Religious Studies (IESR); Henri Pena-Ruiz, philosopher and former member of the Stasi Commission; Soheil Bencheikh, theologian and writer, staff members of Amnesty International (French section); Jean-Pierre Dubois, President of the Human Rights League; Antoine Bernard, Executive Director of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Fadela Amara, President of Ni putes, ni soumises (“Neither whores, nor submissive”); representatives and members of the Christian Observatory on Secularism (Observatoire chrétien de la laïcité); a representative of Women Living Under Muslim Laws; the Chairperson and members of the French branch of the World Conference of Religions for Peace; a representative of the Movement of Secular North Africans of France (Mouvement des maghrébins laïques de France). 14. In Strasbourg, the Special Rapporteur was received by the local authorities (mairie and préfecture). She met with Jean Kahn, President of the National Jewish Board of France (Consistoire central de France), members of the Jewish community and a representative of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France, CRIF), representatives of the Muslim community, representatives of the NGOs, Monitoring Committee (Comité de vigilance) and the Committee of 15 March (Comité du 15 mars). She also visited the Cronenbourg cemetery which has been the object of acts of desecration.