On January 23, 2021, the President of the Republic announced the creation of an independent commission on incest and sexual violence against children (CIIVISE). Therefore, two objectives were assigned to it: “To know and make known the extent of sexual violence against children and its mechanisms and to sensitize society as well as professionals in contact with children”, and “Formulate recommendations to strengthen the culture of prevention and protection in public policies ”.
On October 27, 2021, the CIIVISE issued its first opinion. Focusing on a very specific situation, the commission sheds light on the existence of mothers who, after having lodged a complaint for acts of incest, decide to remove their child from the family context and are then prosecuted for non-representation of child or withdraw custody in favor of the father suspected of incestuous sexual violence.
Terrible quotes dot the committee’s opinion. The words are set, the drama is exposed. The desire to reveal the harsh reality leads the CIIVISE to give a voice back to those we do not listen to: children who denounce (“daddy, he put a finger in my penis”, “it’s normal or not that my daddy turns my bitch around his finger and that he forces me to take off my panties to sleep? ”,“ daddy tickled me in the buttocks, in the evening, I am sad, very very sad ” ) and parents who resist (“for the safety of the children, I will soon have to take responsibility for being in non-representation …
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