Feminist activists on Tuesday accused the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, of not having opened the “ project of the fight against impunity on sexual violence, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the #MeToo movement.
” In 2020, there were 732 convictions for rape while each year victimization surveys tell us that there are 94,000 adult women victims of rape or attempted rape “, declared the president of the Women’s Foundation Anne-Cécile Mailfert, during a press conference.
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Victimization surveys are statistical surveys of a sample of the population, the questions of which concern the crimes and misdemeanors of which the persons questioned have been victims.
” Rape is the most unpunished crime in France and justice is unable to do justice to women “, she judged. She questioned ” the incapacity of justice and especially the lack of will, the brakes of the current Minister of Justice who does not wish to open the site of the fight against impunity “.
” Before the rankings, we first have a lot of complaints refused “Explained Emmanuelle Piet, president of the Feminist Collective against Rape (CFCV). ” We have minimal investigations with the prosecutor’s classification over the phone. It’s enough for the policeman to say that it’s a pee thing, it’s not a good deal, we classify on the phone, without reason, without informing the person said Ms. Piet.
” The presumption of innocence, yes, but we want something other than the presumption of a liar. We want a presumption of credibility “, she added, believing that “when we see the slowness of justice in rape cases and the speed with which cases of slanderous denunciation are handled, we say to ourselves that there are two weights, two measures”.
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On average, you have to wait 77 months “, or more than 6 years, for a case to arrive in court, according to Ms. Mailfert.
The activists wanted these cases of rape and sexual assault to be handled by police and magistrates. trained and specialized “.