Should we worry about the last report on prostitution in UK ?

Published on Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:30

If the Nordic model has gained significant support in Europe with the French law of 13 April 2016 strengthening the fight against the prostitution system, the report published by the Home Affairs Select Committee in the UK reveals a reluctance in the British political class for this type of model and a preferance for the New Zealand approach.

Watching the implementation of the abolitionist law

Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2016 09:36

The Scelles Foundation was consulted on May 17^th by the staff of the Cabinet of Mrs Rossignol, the Secretary of State for families, childhood and women’s rights. Mr Dubois, a diplomatic adviser and Mrs Claire Guiraud, an adviser on women’s rights, have received Messrs Charpenel and Vignaud for a general overview of the Foundation’s activities and commitments: World Report, Foundations Scelles Awards, relations with international authorities and judiciaries. Mrs Rossignol appeals to the Foundation to sit in the watch committee for the implementation of the abolitionist law voted last April.

Ms Beryl Brown, the 2016 Scelles Foundation award winner for the best pleading is the guest of Radio Notre Dame

Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 10:17

Ms Beryl Brown, the 2016 jury award winner and the public award winner for the best speech for the defence, is the guest of the meeting program which is presented by Juliette Loiseau on Radio Notre-Dame. She recalls her speech for the Scelles Foundation Awards and the major importance of the denunciation of the violent sexual exploitation: “In order to understand the prostitution phenomenon, you have to understand how young women and young men ended up there; vulnerability is one main decisive factor…”.

Radio Notre-Dame Podcast

Beryl Brown pleading for the Scelles Foundation Awards

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS ! The third session of the Fondation Scelles awards against sexual exploitation has come to an end

Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 08:51

Last June 24^th, The 2016 Scelles Foundation Awards giving ceremony took place in the solemn Paris Bar library, in the presence of the candidates, the professional jury, the partners and the public who were welcome by Ms Dominique Attias, the vice-leader of the barristers.

Once more, the Fondation Scelles Awards represent an achievement resulting from a collective action led by young people, university and high school students, lawyers, journalists, judges, photographers who appropriated this complex and often unknown issue, by key figures from the juridical, media and political spheres, who paid attention to these young people’s creations and by associative and educational managers who worked at transmitting values in relation with committing oneself and altruism.