{"id":22003,"date":"2020-10-13T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=case_summary&#038;p=22003"},"modified":"2021-11-15T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:17:44","slug":"r-c-darrach-1998-2000","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-darrach-1998-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"R. c. Darrach (1998, 2000)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire concernait la constitutionnalit\u00e9 des dispositions des lois du Canada sur la protection des victimes de viol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est intervenu devant la Cour d&rsquo;appel de l&rsquo;Ontario et la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada, en coalition avec:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>L\u2019Association des centres contre les agressions \u00e0 caract\u00e8re sexuel<\/li><li>Le R\u00e9seau d\u2019action des femmes handicap\u00e9es (RAFCH)<\/li><li>Le Comit\u00e9 canadienne d\u2019action sur le statut de la femme<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Darrach a \u00e9t\u00e9 accus\u00e9 d&rsquo;agression sexuelle. Lors de son proc\u00e8s, il a tent\u00e9 de pr\u00e9senter des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de preuve sur les ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents sexuels de la plaignante. Il a contest\u00e9 la constitutionnalit\u00e9 des dispositions relatives \u00e0 la protection contre le viol du <em>Code criminel<\/em>, qui:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A exig\u00e9 que le d\u00e9fendeur fournisse des \u00ab d\u00e9tails sp\u00e9cifiques \u00bb sur la preuve de l&rsquo;histoire sexuelle \u00e0 \u00eatre pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e<\/li><li>A soulign\u00e9 l&rsquo;admissibilit\u00e9 des preuves de comportement sexuelle en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/li><li>N&rsquo;a pas permis au d\u00e9fendeur de faire t\u00e9moigner la plaignante \u00e0 l&rsquo;audience pour d\u00e9cider de l&rsquo;admissibilit\u00e9 de la preuve d&rsquo;ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents sexuels<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Le juge du proc\u00e8s a rejet\u00e9 les arguments de M. Darrach et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9clar\u00e9 coupable d\u2019agression sexuelle. La Cour d&rsquo;appel a rejet\u00e9 son appel. M. Darrach a interjet\u00e9 appel devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada, soutenant que les dispositions violaient son droit de pr\u00e9senter une d\u00e9fense pleine et enti\u00e8re, son droit de ne pas \u00eatre tenu de t\u00e9moigner contre lui-m\u00eame et son droit \u00e0 un proc\u00e8s \u00e9quitable en vertu des arts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e1\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e5\">11(c)<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e5\">11(d)<\/a> de la Chartre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La Coalition a fait valoir que les dispositions n\u2019enfreignaient pas les droits de M. Darrach sou les arts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e1\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e5\">11(c)<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e5\">11(d)<\/a>. De plus, les dispositions \u00e9taient requises en vertu des arts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2f\">15<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2j4\"><em>28 de la Chartre<\/em><\/a> pour promouvoir l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 et donner effet aux droits des plaignantes de ne pas \u00eatre abus\u00e9s dans les proc\u00e8s pour agression sexuelle. La Coalition a soulign\u00e9 que l&rsquo;agression sexuelle \u00e9tait une pratique d&rsquo;in\u00e9galit\u00e9 et que la question de savoir si une femme avait consenti \u00e0 une activit\u00e9 sexuelle dans le pass\u00e9 n&rsquo;avait aucun rapport avec son consentement \u00e0 l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 en question lors d&rsquo;un proc\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9sultat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La Cour supr\u00eame a estim\u00e9 que les dispositions relatives \u00e0 la protection des victimes du viol \u00e9taient constitutionnelles. Elles prot\u00e9geaient l&rsquo;int\u00e9grit\u00e9 du proc\u00e8s et respectaient les droits de toutes les personnes impliqu\u00e9es. La Cour a soulign\u00e9 que le \u00ab double mythe \u00bb &#8211; selon lequel une exp\u00e9rience sexuelle ant\u00e9rieure signifie qu&rsquo;une plaignante \u00e9tait plus susceptible d&rsquo;avoir consenti et qu&rsquo;elle \u00e9tait moins cr\u00e9dible en tant que t\u00e9moin &#8211; n&rsquo;avait pas sa place dans la salle d&rsquo;audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien que cela ait mis fin \u00e0 la bataille sur la constitutionnalit\u00e9 des dispositions du des protections pour les victimes de viol du Canada, la lutte continue pour s&rsquo;assurer que ces dispositions sont correctement appliqu\u00e9es par les juges de premi\u00e8re instance afin de garder les deux mythes hors de la salle d&rsquo;audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le LEAF remercie Susan Vella et Christine Boyle, avocates devant la Cour d&rsquo;appel de l&rsquo;Ontario dans cette affaire. Le LEAF remercie \u00e9galement Elizabeth Thomas et Carissima Mathen, avocates devant la Cour supr\u00eame dans cette affaire, ainsi que Carole Brown, agente d&rsquo;Ottawa pour la Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire de la Coalition (Cour d&rsquo;appel de l&rsquo;Ontario) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Darrach_CA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire de la Coalition (Cour supr\u00eame du Canada) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Darrach_SCC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisez la d\u00e9cision de la Cour d\u2019appel de l\u2019Ontario <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onca\/doc\/1998\/1998canlii1648\/1998canlii1648.html?autocompleteStr=darra&amp;autocompletePos=2\" 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\/2000\/2000scc46\/2000scc46.html?autocompleteStr=darra&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 FAEJ dans cette affaire mais que votre nom n\u2019appara\u00eet pas ici, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel \u00e0 &nbsp;<\/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":[592,646,590],"class_list":["post-22003","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry","tag-consent-fr","tag-rape-shield-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. 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