{"id":22066,"date":"2020-10-13T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/case_summary\/r-v-m-m-l-1994\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T22:06:47","slug":"r-c-m-m-l-1994","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/r-c-m-m-l-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"R. c. M. (M.L.) (1994)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire portait sur la question de savoir si l&rsquo;absence de r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 sexuelle signifiait le consentement \u00e0 cette activit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est intervenu devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Une jeune fille de 16 ans a \u00e9t\u00e9 agress\u00e9e sexuellement par son beau-p\u00e8re. Elle ne s&rsquo;est pas oppos\u00e9e verbalement au contact sexuel ni n&rsquo;a r\u00e9sist\u00e9 physiquement. Un jury a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le beau-p\u00e8re coupable d&rsquo;agression sexuelle. La Cour d&rsquo;appel de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse a infirm\u00e9 la d\u00e9claration de culpabilit\u00e9, concluant que la Couronne n&rsquo;avait pas prouv\u00e9 que la plaignante n&rsquo;avait pas consenti \u00e0 l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 sexuelle. La Couronne a interjet\u00e9 appel devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ a fait valoir que l&rsquo;absence de r\u00e9sistance n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas la m\u00eame chose que le consentement. Cette interpr\u00e9tation \u00e9tait enracin\u00e9e dans les mythes n\u00e9fastes du viol. Il niait la personnalit\u00e9 des plaignantes d&rsquo;agression sexuelle et offrait la moindre protection contre les agressions sexuelles aux personnes les plus vuln\u00e9rables \u00e0 de telles agressions.<\/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 la plaignante n\u2019\u00e9tait pas oblig\u00e9e de dire non et que l\u2019absence de r\u00e9sistance ne signifie pas le consentement. Comme il y avait suffisamment de preuves pour que le jury ait condamn\u00e9 le beau-p\u00e8re, la Cour supr\u00eame a r\u00e9tabli la condamnation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ remercie Chantal Tie et Jean Whalen, avocates dans cette affaire, ainsi que Carole Brown, agente d&rsquo;Ottawa pour le FAEJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire de FAEJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/R-v-M-ML-Factum-LEAF_Redacted.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\/1994\/1994canlii77\/1994canlii77.html\" 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":[592,594,595,590],"class_list":["post-22066","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry","tag-consent-fr","tag-only-yes-means-yes-fr","tag-resistance-fr","tag-sexual-assault-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R. c. 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