Question 16586 — victim assistance

Summary

Mr. Thierry Perez draws the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the situation of victims of voluntary violence who remain liable for medical deductibles and flat-rate contributions linked to the care made necessary by the attacks of which they were victims. Attached to a penal policy based on firmness towards offenders and on effective protection of victims, he recalls that the justice must not only punish the perpetrators of offenses, but also ensure the most complete reparation possible for the harm suffered. However, many victims, sometimes seriously injured, continue to bear part of the cost of care directly resulting from the violence they suffered. This situation appears difficult to understand for those concerned since the facts have been recognized by the courts. and that their author was convicted. Under these conditions, he asks how many victims of intentional violence pay each year medical deductibles or fixed contributions directly linked to the care required by the offense; whether the Government has an assessment of the corresponding annual cost; to what extent current compensation systems effectively allow the reimbursement of these sums; if the Government considers consistent with the principle of full reparation for harm that a victim can remain liable for part of the medical costs directly caused by the violence suffered; finally, if it plans to change the applicable law so that these medical deductibles can be covered or recovered from the convicted perpetrators, according to the principle that the cost of the consequences of the offense must be borne, as much as possible, by its author rather than by its victim.

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