soon a threshold of non-consent up to 18 years

The government wants to better punish sexual violence against minors. In addition to prohibiting "any act of penetration" on a person under 15, Eric Dupont-Moretti wants to establish a single non-consent until the majority.

Better fight against sexual violence against minors and incest, and better protect victims are two essential things. After consulting child protection associations, Eric Dupont-Moretti announced several measures this Sunday in the Grand Jury LCI / RTL / Le Figaro, including that of setting an age threshold for non-consent in the event of incest.

The Minister of Justice wants any act of sexual penetration committed on a minor under the age of 15 by an adult to be considered an offense. An age threshold which will be set at the majority in the event of incest. "We are in a system in which there was no threshold. The President of the Republic asked me to receive all the associations dedicated to child protection, which I did. We took time to listen to them. Consensus has emerged, such as the age threshold of 15 years. For incest, we want the threshold of 18 years ", said Eric Dupont-Moretti. With such a measure, the Minister of Justice emphasized that "no one will be able to say, if the victim is 17, he / she agreed".

Dupont-Moretti's announcements come two days after the publication of a column signed by 164 personalities and published in The Parisian. Entitled "Before 15 years old, it's no", she qualified sexual violence against minors as "mass crime". "We who want strong laws to deter these unacceptable acts, all of us who are signing this petition today, ask that this threshold for non-consent be set at 15 years, 18 in the case of incest", affirmed Tristane Banon, initiator and author of the text, and the other signatories.

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