Building a “culture of protection” is the objective of the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence against Children (Ciivise).

By publishing its proposals on Thursday, it recalls that “the urgency” is to come to the aid of the 160,000 child victims each year of sexual violence.

Created by the government, this commission, whose work began a year ago will continue until 2023, publishes its "intermediate conclusions" halfway through, with twenty recommendations on four axes: the identification of child victims, the judicial treatment sexual violence, reparation in particular through treatment and prevention.

Doctors are not detecting enough cases

Doctor, teacher, children's judge: any professional in connection with the child should ask him the question of the existence of sexual violence, without waiting for the child to talk about it himself.

And report them in case of suspicion.

Doctors, particularly well placed to detect them, are in fact only at the origin of 5% of reports, notes the report.

In addition to medical secrecy and proximity to the family, the risk of disciplinary proceedings "inhibits" doctors, notes the co-president of the Ciivise, the children's judge Edouard Durand.

Toulouse child psychiatrist Eugénie Izard, for example, was sentenced in December 2020 by the Council of the Order of Physicians to a suspension of activity after reporting child abuse.

The Ciivise therefore recommends “suspending disciplinary proceedings against protective doctors”.

Chance of the calendar, a hearing of the Council of State is scheduled for Thursday on this decision.

Putting justice “at the height of a child”

Once the sexual violence has been identified, “justice must put itself at the height of the child”, according to the Ciivise, which recommends that the hearings of children follow a specific neutral and benevolent protocol, in suitable devices.

These hearings, the recording of which is already compulsory, should be systematically watched by all the magistrates during the procedure.

While 70% of complaints of sexual violence inflicted on children are dismissed, the Ciivise wants these decisions to be "verbally explained to the victim" by the public prosecutor.

Society must also guarantee victims specialized care in psychotrauma.

If they are received early, in the year following the trauma, they can prevent the onset or aggravation of psychotrauma.

The Ciivise also asks that the victim be able to appeal the criminal decision on guilt and sentence.

Currently, as a civil party, she can only appeal on damages, not on guilt.

The Commission also reiterates two recommendations already made in October: the automatic suspension of parental authority and the right to visit of a parent prosecuted for incest on his child, and its systematic withdrawal in the event of conviction.

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