French anti-incest body publishes recommendations to protect children

A woman holds a placard reading: "160,000 children are victims of sexual abuse every year" at a demonstration in Paris on 17 November,2021. © AP / Christophe Ena

An independent incest commission on Friday made 82 recommendations to the French government on the protection of children against paedophiles. In particular, it rasied the question of erasing the statute of limitations on child rape, as has been done in countries including Sweden, Norway, Belgium and Canada.

The 755-page report by the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise) comes on the back of three years of investigations, interviews and analysis.