Duhamel case: how to better fight against incest?

Screenshot of the video broadcast by AIVI as part of its awareness campaign on incest started on December 16, 2015. Aivi

By: Anne Verdaguer

2 min

After the publication on January 7 of Camille Kouchner's book "La familia grande" in which she accuses her father-in-law of having raped her twin brother, the liberation of speech on incest is underway. 

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It is even a real shock wave that is pouring out on social networks with the hashtag #metooinceste which has been shared tens of thousands of times since this weekend, testimonies from victims who speak of the unspeakable.

Incest, this taboo in our society that raises many questions, from the care of victims to criminalization.

Duhamel case: how to better fight against incest?

To discuss it:

Marie Grimaud

, lawyer for the

Innocence en danger 

association

- Isabelle Santiago

, PS MP for Val-de-Marne, member of the National Council for Child Protection

- Vanessa Saab

, vice-president of the

Enfance Majuscule

association

and deputy secretary of the

Collectif pour l'Enfance

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