France: the fate of orphans of feminicides discussed during a joint committee
This Monday, March 11, the work of the joint committee begins, made up of seven senators and seven deputies.
The committee will agree to the vote on a law to better protect and support child victims and co-victims of domestic violence.
In their investigation, the France victims federation calls for better care for orphans of femicide.
Thirty-three victims of femicide have left their children behind, according to 2022 figures from France Victimes.
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Thirty-three victims of femicide have left their
children
behind , according to 2022 figures from France Victims.
For Jérôme Moreau, spokesperson for this association, the care of children who saw their mothers killed by their fathers is still insufficient.
“
We must find replacement mechanisms for this parental authority.
The father, when he is violent - in 20% of cases, the spouse commits suicide after femicide - and when he is still alive, he must not be able to have the slightest influence on education and on life. her child's future.
And so we have to move very quickly, and we have to be able to urgently activate these devices, things which today are impossible.
»
“
Direct the minor child witness
”
Among the measures, the feminicide protocol must be activated as quickly as possible: “
It was generalized in 2022, and it organizes care for minors by considering that the child is a co-victim, and that the prosecutor must be able to refer the minor child witness the facts, in particular by entrusting him to child welfare, and with referral to the hospital service.
»
It is now up to French
parliamentarians
to change the law to better protect these child victims of feminicide.
Also read: Feminicides, a global story
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