The judicial police officer or agent who interviews the victim communicates the elements of the personalised assessment to the judicial authority in charge of the proceedings to enable it to decide, if necessary, on an in-depth assessment.
When the public prosecutor or investigating judge deems it appropriate to have an in-depth assessment carried out, this shall be carried out by a victim support association with general accreditation pursuant to article D. 1-12-1. In the case of domestic violence or sexual and gender-based violence, the assessment may be carried out by professionals from the approved association who are specially trained to deal with victims of these offences, whether…
The conclusions of the in-depth assessment are taken into account by the victim support association when it provides aid or assistance to the victim of the offence.
The in-depth assessment is updated during the course of the procedure in the event of the emergence of new elements among those mentioned in article D. 1er-3.
When proceedings are instituted or an alternative measure to prosecution or a penal composition is used for any offence committed within a couple and falling within the scope of the article 132-80 of the Penal Code, the victim may ask the public prosecutor to provide him/her as soon as possible with a certificate setting out the proceedings.
In cases of domestic violence covered by the article 132-80 of the Penal Code, the public prosecutor shall check, before initiating public proceedings, whether the violence was committed in the presence of a minor and whether the aggravating circumstance provided for in b of articles 222-8,222-10 and 222-12 of the same code is characterised, so that proceedings may be brought on the basis of these provisions, without prejudice to the…
Prior to any release or cessation, even temporary, of the imprisonment of a detained person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or for the offence defined in article 227-4-2 of the same code, the competent judicial authority, after notifying the victim, shall assess, in accordance with articles 144-2 and 712-16-2 of this code. 1° If a ban on contact with…
I.-The terms under which, pursuant to 10° of Article 10-2 and article 10-5-1, victims of violence have the right, when their medical examination has been requested by an officer or agent of the judicial police, a magistrate or a court, to be given a copy of the medical examination certificate stating their physical or psychological state of health and describing any injuries they have sustained, are specified by II to…
Victim support associations may be approved under the last paragraph of article 41, in accordance with the conditions set out in this chapter, when their purpose is to provide support and assistance to victims of criminal offences. The association may also be delegated by the public prosecutor to establish compensation for the victim under the penalty of reparation provided for in article 131-8-1 of the Criminal Code. This approval is…
Accredited associations offer, if they have general accreditation, any person who has been the victim of a criminal offence and, if they have specialist accreditation, any person who has been the victim of an offence relating to domestic violence and sexual and gender-based violence, where that person so requests, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, free and individualised care, without interfering, either on their own behalf or on that of the victim, in the…
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