On September 22, 2021, the Court of Cassation decided that anti-reconciliation bracelets may be imposed on convicted persons for acts prior to 2020.
Thanks to the law of December 28, 2019, an electronic surveillance device responding to the name of anti-reconciliation bracelet can now be used to prevent perpetrators from violence against women to approach their victims. Without resorting to prison, this bracelet is today considered “the strongest, most restrictive and most protective response to domestic violence“, as shown on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
On Wednesday September 22, 2021, the Court of Cassation decided to extend the use of this tool as part of a sentence adjustment “even if the acts committed predate the entry into force of the device“, that is to 2020. If “the laws relating to the regime of execution and enforcement of sentences are only applicable to convictions pronounced for acts committed after their entry into force […] when they would result in more severe the sentences pronounced by the conviction decision“, the Court of Cassation considered that this device had”not as a result of worsening the situation of the condemned “.
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A tool more and more used, but still insufficient
Worn on the ankle, the anti-reconciliation bracelet “allows to geolocate the violent spouse or ex-spouse and to trigger an alert system when he approaches the protected person beyond a perimeter defined by the judge “, as stated on the official website of the French administration.
Increasingly used, this device is establishing itself as a new way to fight violence against women. On May 31, 78 men were equipped with it against 47 on May 11 and 38 in mid-April. However, it is clear that these figures still seem very derisory given the reality of the situation in France.