Gilles Devers

{{Short description|French lawyer and academic (1956–2024)}}

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Gilles Devers (1956 – 26 November 2024) was a French lawyer and academic.

In October 2007, he was part of a working group that produced a report for the {{interlanguage link|Haute Autorité de santé|fr}} on methods of improving cooperation between health professionals.{{cite web |title=LES NOUVELLES FORMES DE COOPERATION ENTRE PROFESSIONNELS DE SANTE : LES ASPECTS JURIDIQUES |url=https://www.has-sante.fr/upload/docs/application/pdf/cooperation_pros_rapport_aspects_juridiques.pdf |website=Haute Autorité de santé |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=2 August 2007}}

Together with Mireille Fanon Mendès-France, he filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice on behalf of groups representing victims of Israeli attacks during the 2008–2009 Gaza War.{{cite book |last1=Meloni |first1=Chantal |last2=Tognoni |first2=Gianni |title=Is There a Court for Gaza?: A Test Bench for International Justice |date=13 March 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-90-6704-820-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szbu_fTxpA4C&pg=PA15 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}

He represented the Palestinian Authority before the International Criminal Court.[http://www.france24.com/en/20140725-israel-icc-war-crimes-gaza-complaint-filed French lawyer files complaint against Israel at ICC], france24.com, 25 July 2014[https://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/aug/18/hague-court-western-pressure-gaza-inquiry Hague court under western pressure not to open Gaza war crimes inquiry], The Guardian, 18 August 2014

Devers died on 26 November 2024, at the age of 68.{{cite web|url=https://www.lyonmag.com/article/139678/deces-de-gilles-devers-le-barreau-lyonnais-perd-un-fervent-defenseur-de-la-cause-palestinienne|title=Décès de Gilles Devers : le barreau lyonnais perd un fervent défenseur de la cause palestinienne|work=Lyon Mag.com|language=French|date=26 November 2024}} He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor of International Solidarity of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 2024.{{Cite news |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Sahrawi President decides to award late lawyer Gilles Devers "Highest Honor of International Solidarity" |url=https://www.spsrasd.info/en/2024/12/07/6676.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208214418/https://www.spsrasd.info/en/2024/12/07/6676.html |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website= |language=en |agency=Sahara Press Service}}