The Senate unanimously adopted on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, at first reading, after the National Assembly, a LREM bill to better "protect victims of domestic violence", which introduces an exception to medical confidentiality in "immediate danger". Deputies and senators will now try to agree on a common version of the text in a joint joint committee.
A first series of measures had already been adopted at the end of 2019, in the bill of deputy LR Aurélien Pradié, including the generalization of the anti-rapprochement bracelet. “We deplore at this stage 36 spousal homicides in 2020, against 150 over the whole of 2019. This is obviously not a victory (…) but this reduction is undoubtedly a marker of the relevance of the measures which do not are not yet fully deployed, ”said Keeper of the Seals Nicole Belloubet.
"The breeding ground for domestic violence is a phenomenon of domination"
The text, clarified by the senators, authorizes the doctor to derogate from professional secrecy, when he "believes in conscience" that there is "immediate danger" for the life of the victim and situation of influence. It increases the penalties for harassment within the couple, bringing them to ten years of imprisonment when the harassment led the victim to commit suicide or to attempt to commit suicide.
"The breeding ground for domestic violence is a phenomenon of domination," said Secretary of State for Gender Equality Marlène Schiappa, stressing that "for the first time" the concept of control enters the law.
The text also represses the geolocation of a person without his consent, and creates an aggravating circumstance in the event of violation of the secrecy of correspondence by a spouse or ex-spouse, to better fight against "conjugal cyberviolence". In the same spirit, the senators created an aggravating circumstance of the offense of repeated sending of malicious messages. It also strengthens the protection of minors from exposure to pornography, a Senate amendment imposing age controls on publishers of pornographic sites.
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