2022-12-20 23:00:00
After the tragedy that occurred in Blois, Tuesday December 13, 2022, and the violent attack on a young 24-year-old woman by her former companion even as she was leaving a police station to denounce acts of violence and harassment, the Senate Women’s Rights Delegation expresses its total support for the victim and its full solidarity with his family.
This drama raises many questions, unfortunately still unanswered today.
Why was this young woman not immediately taken in charge by the policeman to whom she had presented herself, clearly fearing for her life?
Why was she invited to come back the next day despite the distress she was in?
Why didn’t she get the protection she asked for to return home despite the threats she was facing?
Why was the victim’s mother, who was several hundred kilometers from Blois, not listened to by the police officer she was talking to on the phone, pleading for protection for her daughter?
Why was the police officer, now suspended by the General Directorate of the National Police, not trained in the reception, listening and specific care of victims of domestic violence?
Why, when the victim’s attacker, her former companion, was a repeat offender and had already been convicted of acts of violence, did the police officer who received the victim not consider it useful to listen to her, protect her and keep her under the surveillance of law enforcement?
Why did the public authorities take several days before suspending, as a precaution, the police officer who had received the victim?
The delegation for women’s rights believes, in the light of this terrible affair, that it is time to ask the right questions in the fight against domestic violence in order to provide the answers that will save lives. The public authorities must become aware of the extent of the measures that still need to be put in place, both in terms of preventing violence and in terms of receiving victims. All personnel – in particular police officers, gendarmes, magistrates – potentially in contact with victims, must receive compulsory specialized training.
The delegation will be particularly attentive to the proposals of its colleagues Dominique Vérien, senator, and Émilie Chandler, deputy, responsible for a temporary mission to the Keeper of the Seals on the judicial treatment of intra-family violence.
According to Annick Billon, president of the delegation for women’s rights: “To protect all victims and to fight against the scourge of domestic violence that continues to destroy lives, we must now move up a gear. Words and statements are no longer enough. If the fight against violence against women and against feminicide is really the great cause of the President of the Republic and of this government, we must act, train and implement all the means necessary to preserve human lives.
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The delegation for women’s rights is responsible for informing the Senate of the policy followed by the government with regard to its consequences on women’s rights and on equal opportunities between men and women, and ensures, in this area , law enforcement monitoring. It can also be seized on a bill or a proposal of law. The delegation is chaired by Annick Billon (Centrist Union – Vendée). |
Chloé Humpich – Senate Communication Directorate
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