While the National Conference of Children's Lawyers is being held in Bordeaux, the Bordeaux Bar is warning of an “intolerable” situation in Gironde: hundreds of decisions on placement or educational assistance for children in danger are delayed, or even not at all. executed due to lack of resources. Bordeaux lawyers criticize the reduction in subsidies from the Department to certain structures.
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Simon Barthélémy
Published on November 30, 2024 ·
Printed on November 30, 2024 at 6:07 a.m. ·
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“In Gironde, the situation is no longer tolerable,” estimates the Bordeaux Bar. In a press release released on November 20, then at the National Conference of Children's Lawyers this Friday, November 29 at the Palais de la Bourse, Bordeaux lawyers denounce the lack of resources, financial and human, from which the judicial protection of children suffers. 'childhood.
The Bar points to “an exponential increase in referrals to Children’s Judges despite the creation of new positions in recent months”, with “just-in-time operation due to the multiplication of cases”.
30 urgent reports per day
Thus, the 10 children's judges at the Bordeaux judicial court are each responsible for more than 500 cases per year, each representing 700 to 800 minors. They had as many a few years ago, but there were only 6. How can this be explained?
“The population is more aware of these issues, which is a positive point,” indicates Samantha Gallay, lawyer at the Bordeaux Bar. Situations of violence were not identified as such before, and are today, such as psychological distress and tensions at home. Cases of children dropping out of school come to light during interventions in the school environment, on the part of classmates, and they are reported to the educational institution. »
The Bordeaux juvenile prosecutor's office thus receives “around thirty urgent reports per day from educational establishments or the medical profession”, indicates Louise Deroubaix, magistrate at the Bordeaux judicial court, this Friday during the National Conference.
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