8. At the presidential and governmental level, the Special Rapporteur met Catherine Vautrin, Minister for Social Cohesion and Equality; Brice Hortefeux, Minister for Local Government (Ministre délégué aux Collectivités Territoriales); Blandine Kriegel, Special Adviser to the President for Integration and Human Rights; Didier Leschi, Head of the Central Office for Religion, Ministry of the Interior; Jean de l &apos; Hermitte, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Civil Liberties; Patrick Gerard, Director of the office of the Minister of National Education and members of his staff; Catherine Pautrat and Mauric Barate of Prison Services; Jean-Maurice Ripert, Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and Laurent Stefanini, Adviser on Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
8. At the presidential and governmental level, the Special Rapporteur met Catherine Vautrin, Minister for Social Cohesion and Equality; Brice Hortefeux, Minister for Local Government (Ministre délégué aux Collectivités Territoriales); Blandine Kriegel, Special Adviser to the President for Integration and Human Rights; Didier Leschi, Head of the Central Office for Religion, Ministry of the Interior; Jean de l &apos; Hermitte, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Civil Liberties; Patrick Gerard, Director of the office of the Minister of National Education and members of his staff; Catherine Pautrat and Mauric Barate of Prison Services; Jean-Maurice Ripert, Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and Laurent Stefanini, Adviser on Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.