Thousands of Open Cases in France of Child Sexual Violence and Increasing Smokescreens
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The murder of Lyhanna, the 11-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted and raped by a man who had previously been reported for raping other minors, caused an earthquake in France. The case crudely revealed chronic problems in the justice system in France to manage complaints of sexual violence. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, harassed by requests for resignation, asked the Attorneys General to review 70,000 complaints involving minors that had…
This is the priority given by the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin. Since the tragedy of the little Lyhanna, 11, abducted, raped and murdered, at Fleurance in the Gers, on May 29, 2026, sexual offences against...
For Gérald Darmanin, the review of cases of sexual abuse of minors is a success, but this necessary review does not really take into account the shortcomings of the judicial system as a whole.
While the Attorney-General's Office has recently reviewed 85,000 complaints of sexual violence against minors, a group of magistrates and lawyers denounces the attitude of designating perpetrators rather than redressing weaknesses in the judicial system.
More than a month after the outbreak of the “Lyhanna case”, the battle of communication continues in full swing. Gérald Darmanin, announcing on Wednesday, 15 July, the “revision” of the proceedings concerning crimes of sexual abuse against minors, launched as a matter of urgency on 8 June, gave himself a very timely satisfaction. “This initiative allows, for the first time, a consolidated view of the situation”, with “results demonstrating the u…
At the request of the Keeper of the Seals, the Attorney-General's Office at the Nîmes Court of Appeal has been engaged since June in a large-scale survey and priority treatment of sexual offences committed against minors. In the first instance, 1,497 proceedings have already been identified and reviewed through the six public prosecutors' offices. The Attorney-General then decided to go further by also requesting the identification of cases stil…
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