End violence against women= Say “no” to prostitution

Published on Friday, 25 November 2016 11:22

In the frame of the international day for the fight against violence to women, the Fondation Scelles is a partner to the meeting this Friday November 25^th 2016 at 1.pm, organized by the Pontoise Court on the theme: “France is an abolitionist country”.

By the side of Gwenola Joly-Coz, the President of the Pontoise Court of first instance in civil and criminal matters, Yves Jannier, the State Counsel, Hélène de Rugy, the main Delegate for the Amicale du Nid and Rosen Hicher, the co-founder of the Mouvement des survivantes in France, Yves Charpenel, the Fondation Scelles President and State Prosecutor at the Supreme Court, will present the current and future stakes of the combat against prostitution in France and all over the world; he will also recall how urgent it is for all countries to put an end to prostitution which is an extreme violent damage to women and a serious breach of human rights.

Procuring Online Via Advertisements

Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 14:09

In France, a free online ads page , VivaStreet,received a complaint for  the procuring of a minor, meanwhile a legal battle ensues  in the United States against one of its  largest ad sites, Backpage. Are these publicity sites (further referred to as ad sites) complicit in the system of prostitution or are they merely an open, online service that should not be held accountable for the content published by their users? Can the fight against cybercrime be effective without taking into account the philosophy of internationalization and freedom that is enjoyed in-large by the internet’s business model?

TRAITE DES ÊTRES HUMAINS : la Fondation Scelles participe au renforcement de l'expertise des magistrats pour mieux lutter contre cet esclavage moderne

Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2016 12:30

Dans le cadre des actions pédagogiques de la Fondation Scelles visant à sensibiliser le grand public et à former les acteurs de la prévention et de la lutte contre l'exploitation sexuelle, Yves Charpenel, Président de la Fondation Scelles et Premier Avocat général à la Cour de cassation, intervient du 21 au 23 novembre 2016 à l'Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature française auprès de magistrats en poste, sur la question de la traite des êtres humains.

Human Trafficking: « The Repatriation of Victims is an Acute Issue »

Published on Thursday, 17 November 2016 08:28

In April 2015, at the 21^st session of the Papal Academy for social sciences, Yves Charpenel, the President of the Scelles Foundation, presented « an evaluation of the French law on the repatriation of trade victims ». One year later, when the recorded documents have just been put on line, what is the situation in France ?