Question 12365 — victim assistance

Summary

Mr. Thierry Tesson draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the seriousness of domestic violence but above all to the persistent failures in the effective protection of victims in the light of recent events that occurred in Douai. On the night of November 22 to 23, 2025, in Douai, a woman was seriously assaulted by her companion in an apartment on rue Louis-Armand. There victim, found with a bloody face and deformed eye socket, suffered several blows to the temple. Despite the intervention of the police, hospitalization and the judicial decision to order a forensic expertise, this could not be carried out, the victim having remained uncontactable. By now, she may have permanently lost the use of one eye. The perpetrator, heavily intoxicated, admitted the beating and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, one of which was suspended on probation. This case illustrates in a particularly worrying manner the mechanisms of control, dependence and non-recourse to rights even though the violence suffered is extremely serious. According to official data from the Ministry of the Interior, 272,400 victims of domestic violence were recorded in France in 2024, including 84% of women, while only one victim in six reports the facts to the security forces. In the Nord department, the situation is particularly alarming, with a rate of 14.1 victims per 1,000 women aged 15 to 64, placing this territory among the most affected in France. Between January 1 and September 30, 2025, 8,847 victims were identified by law enforcement and nearly 12,700 complaints were recorded in 2024. In this context, the MP wishes to know the measures that the Government intends to strengthen in order to guarantee the effectiveness of medico-legal expertise and the monitoring of victims, including when they are under the influence or do not file a complaint. He also questions the Minister on the means to improve the detection and management of situations of dependence and forced cohabitation between perpetrators and victims, including when legal prohibitions on contact exist but remain difficult to apply. Finally, he would like to know what specific actions are implemented or envisaged in the Nord department, and more particularly in Douaisis, in order to strengthen the protection of victims of domestic violence and prevent the risk of recurrence.

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