On 7 and 8 November 2022, the Alexis Danan de Bretagne association, which is committed to child protection, brought together professionals from across France and Quebec in Rennes for a conference dedicated to the prevention of violence against children: ‘What if we protected them… by talking about prevention’.

🎤 Mr Thuan Dit Dieudonné’s presentation

Mr Grégory Thuan Dit Dieudonné opened the second day with a presentation on detecting and identifying child prostitution, and on a key legal issue: consent.

How can we identify a child at risk? And what legal weight does a minor’s so-called ‘consent’ carry? These are essential questions for all those who work with children.

A multidisciplinary symposium

Alongside:

  • doctors, including a paediatric forensic pathologist in charge of the minors’ interview unit at Rennes University Hospital
  • psychologists from the Montpellier and Reims University Hospitals
  • police officers from Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine
  • child protection services from the Ille-et-Vilaine department
  • the Marie-Vincent Foundation (Quebec) and a professor of philosophy at University College Dublin

🧒 Key themes

  • The role of prevention in society
  • Preventing violence from pregnancy onwards and among very young children
  • Prevention by the gendarmerie
  • Problematic sexual behaviour in children
  • Prevention tools for 5–18-year-olds

Why it is essential

Protecting a child starts with knowing how to spot the danger. The law has a role to play at every stage: reporting, protecting, and ensuring recognition that, when it comes to exploitation, a child never consents.

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