Eric Dupond-Moretti, the Minister of Justice, the 000 February 2021. – Francois GREUEZ / SIPA
The Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupond-Moretti announced on Sunday wish to set a threshold for non-consent at 18 years for incest , as requested by personalities of artistic world in a forum signed by more than 20. 000 people.
“For incest, we want the threshold of 18 years. No one will be able to say: if the victim has 15 years, she was or he agreed ”, declared the Minister of Justice in the“ Grand jury LCI / RTL / Le Figaro ” . “On incest, we continue to work”, and these are “choices that were arbitrated by the chancellery,” he added. In a column published on Friday in Le Parisien Weekend
, 160 personalities of the artistic world have called for
protect children from sex crimes , calling them a “mass crime”
One and more petition from 50. signatures
“We who want firm laws to deter these unacceptable acts, all of us, who are signing this petition today, ask you that this threshold of non-consent be set at 12 years, 17 in the event of incest ”, declares the text, written by Tristane Banon and signed in particular by Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Carré, Guillaume Gallienne or Patrice Leconte. The platform, posted online in the form of a petition, had collected on Sunday more than 18. signatures.
The government said last Tuesday “in favor” of any act of penetration committed by an adult on a minor under 12 years now automatically constitutes a crime, without it being possible to question the consent of the victim . Asked about the entry into force of the text, Eric Dupond-Moretti mentioned the month of April “probably”.
The Minister of Justice “seems to have finally heard our requests and those of 160 personalities expressed in Le Parisien
this weekend » , welcomed Sunday on Twitter the Collective for Children, which brings together about thirty associations.
No “consensus” on the prescription
“Mobilization is starting to pay off! “, Tweeted for its part the association Face à incest on Twitter. “But let us remain vigilant: the double age threshold 12 years/18 years must be written in a robust way avoiding a double pitfall: regression against existing law and unconstitutionality, ”she added. Regarding the prescription, that is to say the period beyond which one can no longer judge the facts, the Minister stressed the lack of consensus.
“Some victims need the deadline beyond which nothing is possible to decide. The mechanism is: there are still two months before the prescription, I am going, I will free myself from this unbearable weight, and there will be a trial, ”he said. “Other victims say, I want to free myself but I do not want a trial and I am waiting for the limitation period to be acquired.” Eric Dupond-Moretti indicated
wanting “a graduated, staggered prescription” .
“You have four prescribed cases, committed by the same perpetrator, therefore four victims who will not have the right to justice, then another case committed by the same perpetrator which is not prescribed. I would like the five cases to be judged, that the four victims who had no right to anything be recognized by the courts, ”he explained.
