30/03/2023 Forced suicide in French law Before the law of July 30, 2020 introducing two new aggravating circumstances to moral harassment, suicide and attempted suicide, we were, in France, faced with a legal vacuum. If moral harassment at work was recognized in 2002, ratifying years of industrial tribunal jurisprudence, it was not until 2010 that […]

23/01/2023 An estimate of the figures for forced suicide in Belgium Suicides by gender in Belgium There are around 2,000 suicides per year in Belgium. Suicide represents the 7th cause of death for the total Belgian population, all causes combined. Men commit suicide approximately 3 times more than women. However, the trend is reversed when […]

23/01/2023 Une définition du suicide forcé Les violences psychologiques répétées (mensonges, sarcasmes, mépris, humiliations, dénigrement, insultes, isolement, état de dépendance financière, harcèlement, menaces, et cetera) instaurent une pression psychologique continue sur la victime. Il s’agit ni plus ni moins du processus d’emprise. En effet, il ne s’agit pas d’un dérapage ponctuel mais de l’installation et […]