Several magistrates, including the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation François Molins, call in a forum in the World women victims of violence to "turn to justice", despite criticism of its lack of responsiveness in these cases.
"They must turn to justice, which is and must be at the service of all"
By accusing director Christophe Ruggia of sexual abuse, the actress Adèle Haenel said: "Justice ignores us, we ignore justice". A few days later, the custody of the seals Nicole Belloubet had admitted that "the penal chain is (was) not satisfactory", underlining "dysfunctions" in the judicial treatment of these violences. In this climate of distrust, "we want to say to women victims, especially those who can not seize the media space to accuse, that they must turn to justice, that is and must be in the service of everyone, "write about fifteen magistrates, including the president of the Paris TGI Stéphane Noël and the prosecutor of Pontoise, Gwenola Joly-Coz, in this forum published Monday.
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"Against violence against women exists a judiciary in action, on the ground, who wants to embody the values of equality, listening to litigants and protection of victims." Justice, like society, which is progressing and adapts to deserve confidence, "they say, on the last day of the Grenelle Violence Against Women. "The judiciary is aware of the gravity and the scale of the phenomenon," they say, stressing that judges and prosecutors daily "see the continuum of violence against women, which they try to judge with humanity. and humility ".
For them, "independence is not isolation and impartiality is not indifference". "Judicial forums, protected by centuries of civilization and decades of democracy, must remain the scene of justice, complaints legitimately heard and legally sanctioned", under the rules of criminal procedure, the presumption of innocence and the principle of contradictory, they recall.
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To better respond, "the judiciary acts, analyzes, evaluates, proposes, form," they ensure, highlighting the instructions given and actions carried out to sensitize magistrates and student magistrates to these cases.
According to a recent report of the General Inspectorate of Justice, based on the examination of 88 cases of spousal homicides and homicide attempts in 2015 and 2016 and finally judged, nearly two thirds of the victims had suffered violence. previous marriages and 41% had reported.