Two years, to the day, after the launch of the "Grenelle" on domestic violence, it is time to see the effects.
Jean Castex and three of his ministers are going to La Manche this Friday to stress the need to "accelerate" the fight and ensure that the measures are "really followed up" on the ground.
The Head of Government, as well as the Ministers of Justice, Gender Equality and Citizenship, will be presented with victim reception systems at the Coutances court and will attend a monitoring committee. Grenelle measures in the prefecture in Saint-Lô.
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On this occasion, Jean Castex must sign a circular aimed at generalizing, throughout the territory, coordination bodies for the fight against violence, intended to avoid the loss of crucial information to protect the victims, according to Matignon.
Facilitating exchanges between judges and prosecutors, law enforcement, associations and prison services is an essential issue to avoid tragedies, it was stressed in the entourage of the Prime Minister.
Coordination dysfunctions
At the beginning of July, an inspection mission carried out after a high-impact feminicide in Hayange had concluded that there was "absolute necessity" for better coordination in the treatment of domestic violence. Another inspection, concerning another feminicide perpetrated in May in Mérignac (Gironde), had cast doubts on the way in which the danger had been assessed when the victim had filed a complaint against her violent husband, a few weeks before he killed her . "These major dysfunctions, identified, are part of the heart of the problem", insists in those around Jean Castex.
The circular must specify the operating methods of "strategic steering" bodies, bringing together every three months the prefect, prosecutor, law enforcement and associations, as well as "operational steering" committees, responsible for "monitoring cases. and activate victim protection systems ”on a weekly basis.
Last year, 102 women lost their lives to the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse, against 146 in 2019, according to official data.
Despite this decline, "we can not rejoice, because each feminicide is a feminicide too many," said a ministerial adviser.
To curb the scourge, the government is counting in particular on “anti-reconciliation bracelets” (a thousand are available to magistrates and 245 are “active”) and “serious danger telephones” (2,310 available, of which 1,652 are “active”). "). The objective of 3,000 telephones deployed by November will be met, assures the government.
