Be in danger and be informed.
After the 104th feminicide perpetrated last Friday in Épinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), several questions add to the fear.
The victim, Bouchra, a 44-year-old mother, could she not have been informed of the release from prison of her violent husband, who came to commit the irreparable a few days after his release?
To prevent a victim from coming face to face again with a violent man she thinks is in prison, the justice system will systematically report each time a convict for domestic violence leaves a remand center.
“I took an extremely clear circular on May 19.
I asked all the prosecutors that systematically the victims are notified of the release of their violent spouse.
As an extension of this circular, we will soon publish a decree to make this information compulsory, ”declared Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti during a hearing before the Women's Rights Delegation of the National Assembly.
"Reassess the security system available" to the victim
This decree goes in the right direction for associations helping victims of domestic violence.
"On the other hand, even if it is essential to inform the victim, we should not entirely weigh the safety of the victim by itself, estimates this Thursday on RTL Pauline Baron, coordinator of the collective #NousToutes.
When leaving an abusive partner, you may need to reassess the security arrangements she has.
"
In the case of Bouchra, "perhaps it would have been necessary to reassess its security device by passing it no longer only under a
serious danger
telephone
(TGD) but no longer under an anti-reconciliation bracelet," said the activist.
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But for the Minister of Justice, the government "did the job" in the face of the scourge of domestic violence. “During this term of office, we did a lot of things even if crime sometimes reminds us, unfortunately, that we did not do enough, perhaps,” declared Éric Dupond-Moretti. "We have given all jurisdictions the means" to act for women victims of violence, qualified the minister, referring in particular to the establishment of "serious danger" telephones, anti-reconciliation bracelets (BAR) and new accommodation places.
Last Friday, Bouchra had not been notified that her ex-husband had been released three weeks in advance.
On July 27, the latter was sentenced to one year in prison, including a six-month probationary suspension for violence without incapacity by a spouse, home invasion and death threats committed on June 7, 2021.
"We will still do a lot of things"
"I hear
We do nothing, we do nothing
every time there is a misfortune and a tragedy, we do not even wait for the time of compassion ... The nihilist criticism is absolutely unbearable", launched the guard of Seals by justifying the search for accommodation for the perpetrators of violence. "Otherwise, they have only one desire: either to cross the geographical perimeter of the BAR, or to make fun of the
serious danger
telephone as a pollock
and to go and reinvest in a home that they consider to be theirs," he said. he argued.
The Minister also welcomed the device which allows a woman in an irregular situation and victim of domestic violence to be taken care of and regularized.
"We have done a lot of things and we will do a lot more," he promised.
According to a recent report from the Ministry of the Interior, 146 women were victims of feminicides, that is to say killed by their spouse or ex-spouse in 2019, and 102 in 2020.