Paris attacks trial

The trial took place in a specially constructed courtroom inside the Palais de Justice on the [[Île de la Cité]], an island in the [[Seine|River Seine]] in central Paris. The temporary courtroom was designed to accommodate 500 people, on account of the large number of civil parties ({{langx|fr|link=no|parties civiles}}), including the bereaved and survivors of the attacks. Over 1,800 people had been constituted civil parties by September 2021, although not all attended the trial. There were additional live-feed rooms available for journalists and members of the public. The trial was filmed for the judicial archives and a web-radio was available for civil parties to listen to the proceedings without attending the court. Apart from these recordings, no sound or image was allowed to leave the courtroom.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210907-paris-attacks-of-2015-the-logistics-behind-a-historic-trial|title=Paris attacks of 2015: The logistics behind a historic trial|publisher=France 24|date=7 September 2021}} Built at a cost of 7 million euros, the courtroom would later be used for the [[2016 Nice truck attack|Nice lorry attack]] trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58472506|title=Paris attacks: Historic day of reckoning for night of terror|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2021}}

The trial took place in a specially constructed courtroom inside the Palais de Justice on the [[Île de la Cité]], an island in the [[Seine|River Seine]] in central Paris. The temporary courtroom was designed to accommodate 500 people, on account of the large number of civil parties ({{langx|fr|link=no|parties civiles}}), including the bereaved and survivors of the attacks. Over 1,800 people had been constituted civil parties by September 2021, although not all attended the trial. There were additional live-feed rooms available for journalists and members of the public. The trial was filmed for the judicial archives and a web-radio was available for civil parties to listen to the proceedings without attending the court. Apart from these recordings, no sound or image was allowed to leave the courtroom.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210907-paris-attacks-of-2015-the-logistics-behind-a-historic-trial|title=Paris attacks of 2015: The logistics behind a historic trial|publisher=France 24|date=7 September 2021}} Built at a cost of 7 million euros, the courtroom would later be used for the [[2016 Nice truck attack|Nice lorry attack]] trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58472506|title=Paris attacks: Historic day of reckoning for night of terror|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2021}}

The court sat on Tuesdays to Fridays, with occasional Mondays, starting at 12.30 pm each day. The case file ran to more than a million pages in 542 volumes. More than 300 witnesses were due to be heard. The trial was scheduled to finish at the end of May, but this date had to be put back on several occasions due to cases of [[COVID-19|COVID]] amongst the defendants.{{cite web|url=https://www.dalloz-actualite.fr/flash/lecons-organisationnelles-du-proces-du-13-novembre|title=Les leçons organisationnelles du procès du 13 novembre|publisher=[[Dalloz]]|date=13 July 2022|language=fr}}

The court sat on Tuesdays to Fridays, with occasional Mondays, starting at 12.30 pm each day. The case file ran to more than a million pages in 542 volumes. More than 300 witnesses were due to be heard. The trial was scheduled to finish at the end of May, but this date had to be put back on several occasions due to cases of [[COVID-19|COVID]] amongst the defendants.{{cite web|url=https://www.dalloz-actualite.fr/flash/lecons-organisationnelles-du-proces-du-13-novembre|title=Les leçons organisationnelles du procès du 13 novembre|publisher=[[Éditions Dalloz|Dalloz]]|date=13 July 2022|language=fr}}

The initial budget for the trial was over 60 million euros, with the largest cost being legal aid fees for the lawyers of the civil parties.{{efn|In France all victims of terrorism are eligible for legal aid.}}

The initial budget for the trial was over 60 million euros, with the largest cost being legal aid fees for the lawyers of the civil parties.{{efn|In France all victims of terrorism are eligible for legal aid.}}