{"id":21628,"date":"2020-10-17T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=case_summary&#038;p=21628"},"modified":"2021-09-14T11:01:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:01:53","slug":"r-c-dai","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/","title":{"rendered":"R. c. D.A.I. (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire concernait l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la justice pour les plaignantes d&rsquo;agression sexuelle ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FAEJ, en partenariat avec le R\u00e9seau d\u2019action des femmes handicap\u00e9es du Canada (RAFHC), est intervenu aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>K.B., une adulte ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle, a rapport\u00e9 \u00e0 un enseignant que son beau-p\u00e8re D.A.I. jouait \u00e0 des \u00ab jeux \u00bb avec elle qui impliquaient de la toucher sexuellement. Elle a fait une d\u00e9claration \u00e0 la police par enregistrement vid\u00e9o et elle a t\u00e9moign\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;enqu\u00eate pr\u00e9liminaire, via sa d\u00e9claration vid\u00e9o \u00e0 la police, sur laquelle elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 contre-interrog\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Au proc\u00e8s, D.A.I. a contest\u00e9 la capacit\u00e9 de la plaignante \u00e0 t\u00e9moigner. En vertu de <em>la Loi sur la preuve au Canada<\/em>, si un t\u00e9moin adulte ne peut pas comprendre le sens d&rsquo;un serment ou d&rsquo;une affirmation solennelle, cette personne peut quand m\u00eame t\u00e9moigner \u00e0 condition de pouvoir communiquer la preuve et de promettre de dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Le juge du proc\u00e8s a conclu que K.B. n&rsquo;a pas montr\u00e9 une compr\u00e9hension de son devoir de dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Il a \u00e9galement exclu les d\u00e9clarations extrajudiciaires de la requ\u00e9rante \u00e0 la police et \u00e0 son professeur, les jugeant peu fiables et estimant que les admettre aurait une incidence sur le droit de D.A.I. \u00e0 un proc\u00e8s \u00e9quitable. En cons\u00e9quence, D.A.I. a \u00e9t\u00e9 acquitt\u00e9. La Cour d&rsquo;appel de l&rsquo;Ontario a confirm\u00e9 l&rsquo;acquittement. La Couronne a interjet\u00e9 appel devant la Cour supr\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ et la RAFHC ont fait valoir que les plaignants ayant une d\u00e9ficience mentale ne devraient \u00eatre tenus que de promettre de dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Exiger davantage emp\u00eacherait les femmes handicap\u00e9es mentales d&rsquo;acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la justice, malgr\u00e9 l&rsquo;omnipr\u00e9sence de la violence sexuelle contre les femmes handicap\u00e9es. Cela aggraverait leur victimisation, les d\u00e9valoriserait en tant qu&rsquo;\u00eatres humains et permettrait \u00e0 leurs agresseurs de continuer leurs abus. L&rsquo;exclusion de leurs preuves perp\u00e9tuerait \u00e9galement les st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes selon lesquels les femmes handicap\u00e9es sont plus indignes de confiance que les autres t\u00e9moins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9sultats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Une majorit\u00e9 de la Cour supr\u00eame a statu\u00e9 que les plaignantes handicap\u00e9es qui pouvaient communiquer leurs preuves n&rsquo;avaient qu&rsquo;\u00e0 promettre de dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 pour pouvoir t\u00e9moigner. En cons\u00e9quence, la majorit\u00e9 a accueilli l\u2019appel de la Couronne et a ordonn\u00e9 un nouveau proc\u00e8s pour D.A.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est reconnaissant \u00e0 Joanna Birenbaum, avocate dans cette affaire, ainsi qu&rsquo;\u00e0 Nadia Effendi, agente d&rsquo;Ottawa pour le FAEJ et le RAFHC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire du FAEJ et du RAFHC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/D.A.I-SCC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisez la d\u00e9cision de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/scc\/doc\/2012\/2012scc5\/2012scc5.html?autocompleteStr=r%20v%20D.A.I&amp;autocompletePos=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nos dossiers sont imparfaits, mais nous faisons de notre mieux pour les mettre \u00e0 jour &#8211; si vous \u00e9tiez impliqu\u00e9 avec le FAEJ dans cette affaire mais que votre nom n&rsquo;appara\u00eet pas ici, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel \u00e0<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:info@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>info@leaf.ca<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[619,590],"class_list":["post-21628","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry","tag-a2j-fr","tag-sexual-assault-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cette affaire concernait l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la justice pour les plaignantes d&rsquo;agression sexuelle ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle. FAEJ, en partenariat avec le R\u00e9seau d\u2019action des femmes handicap\u00e9es du Canada (RAFHC), est intervenu aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada. Faits K.B., une adulte ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle, a rapport\u00e9 \u00e0 un enseignant que son beau-p\u00e8re D.A.I. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-14T15:01:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/\",\"name\":\"R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-18T00:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-14T15:01:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"R\u00e9sum\u00e9s de d\u00e9cisions\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"R. c. D.A.I. (2012)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/\",\"name\":\"LEAF\",\"description\":\"Women&#039;s Legal Education and Action Fund\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LEAF\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LEAF_FAEJ_hz_names_colour_rgb.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LEAF_FAEJ_hz_names_colour_rgb.svg\",\"width\":612,\"height\":110,\"caption\":\"LEAF\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF","og_description":"Cette affaire concernait l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la justice pour les plaignantes d&rsquo;agression sexuelle ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle. FAEJ, en partenariat avec le R\u00e9seau d\u2019action des femmes handicap\u00e9es du Canada (RAFHC), est intervenu aupr\u00e8s de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada. Faits K.B., une adulte ayant une d\u00e9ficience intellectuelle, a rapport\u00e9 \u00e0 un enseignant que son beau-p\u00e8re D.A.I. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/","og_site_name":"LEAF","article_modified_time":"2021-09-14T15:01:53+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/","url":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/","name":"R. c. D.A.I. (2012) - LEAF","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-18T00:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-14T15:01:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-dai\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"R\u00e9sum\u00e9s de d\u00e9cisions","item":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"R. c. D.A.I. (2012)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/","name":"LEAF","description":"Women&#039;s Legal Education and Action Fund","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#organization","name":"LEAF","url":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LEAF_FAEJ_hz_names_colour_rgb.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LEAF_FAEJ_hz_names_colour_rgb.svg","width":612,"height":110,"caption":"LEAF"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_summary\/21628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_summary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_summary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}