Do deceased persons need to have valid identification documents in order to legally enter France?
I read on https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/16/ramesses-ii-passport/ (mirror):
However, in order for Ramesses’ mummy to be transported to France, the long-deceased pharaoh needed to have a valid passport. At that time, French laws dictated that all persons, dead or alive, needed to have valid identification documents in order to legally enter France.
Do deceased persons still need to have valid identification documents in order to legally enter France?
Best Answer
Short answer:
yes, but it is a special passport (may possibly be) called
Mortuary (or Corpse) Passport (or only Pass)
(French: laissez-passer mortuaire, German: Leichenpaß)
The English expression used in the second treaty uses the French term (without mortuaire) .
Full answer:
There are two international conventions defining how a corpse should be transported between countries:
- 1932-02-10 Berlin
- 1973-10-26 Strassburg
The second convention is a simplified version of the first.
France has signed both, Egypt has signed only the first.
Further details can be found here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_on_the_Transfer_of_Corpses
The French / German text of the first treaty can be found here:
(the present wiki link to this is broken)
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/themen/internatrecht/-/240238
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