Olivier Duhamel Explained
Olivier Duhamel (born 2 May 1950) is a French former university professor and politician.[1] As a member of the social-democratic Socialist Party, he was elected as a member of the European Parliament from 1997 to 2004.[1] [2] In 2021 he resigned from the FNSP and his academic position after being accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. In mid-April 2021, French media, citing sources close to the investigation, reported that Duhamel had admitted to sexually abusing his stepson.
Biography
Olivier Duhamel was born on 2 May 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France,[2] the son of politician Jacques Duhamel.[3]
He has taught at the University of Franche-Comté, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.[1] He was also a visiting professor at the University of Washington and New York University.[1] He is a faculty member of Sciences Po, though he stopped teaching in 2010.[1] [4] [5] [6]
He was an advisor to the Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1995, and to Georges Vedel in 1993 and Édouard Balladur in 2007.[1] [6] He served as MEP from 1997 to 2004.[1] [2]
He writes in the popular press for La Marseillaise and Valeurs Actuelles.[1] He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of another publication, POUVOIRS.[1] [5] [6] [7] He is an editor for the European Constitutional Law Review.[1] He also appears on France Culture, LCI, and Europe 1.[1] [5] [6]
He is the Vice-President of Le Siècle.[8] He is also a member of the Club des Juristes, a legal think tank in France.[6]
Accusation of incest and child abuse
See main article: Duhamel scandal.
In January 2021, he was accused by his stepdaughter Camille Kouchner in a book titled La Familia Grande of sexually abusing her twin brother, Duhamel's stepson, when he was 13 in 1988: this offence is outside the statute of limitation for criminal charges.[3] [9] He subsequently resigned from the FNSP, his academic, and media posts.[10] Saying “Being the subject of personal attacks, and eager to protect the institutions I work for, I resign from [all of my positions]."[11] The allegations against him are said to have sparked an online movement of people speaking out about family abuse,[12] [13] [14] and to have led to new laws toughening sexual assault laws against minors.[15] On 5 January 2021, Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into the allegations.[11] In mid-April 2021, French media, citing sources close to the investigation, reported that Duhamel had admitted to sexually abusing his stepson.[16] [17]
Bibliography
- Chili ou la Tentative, Révolution/Légalité (Gallimard,1974)
- La Gauche et la Cinquième République (PUF, 1980)
- Dictionnaire des œuvres politiques (co-edited with François Châtelet and Évelyne Pisier, PUF, 1986)
- Dictionnaire constitutionnel (co-edited with Yves Mény, PUF, 1991)
- Las Democracias (co-edited with Manuel Cepeda, TM editors, Bogota)
- Démocratie, démocraties (co-edited with Robert Darnton, Éditions du Rocher, 1999)
- Le quinquennat (Presses de Sciences Po, 2000, 2008)
- Vive la VIe République (Seuil, 2002)
- Pour l'Europe - Le texte intégral de la Constitution expliqué et commenté (Seuil, 2003)
- Histoire des présidentielles (Seuil, 2007)
- Le starkozysme (co-written with Michel Field, Seuil, 2008)
- Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques (Seuil, 2009)
- Histoire de la Ve République (1958–2009) (co-written with Guy Carcassonne and Jean-Jacques Chevallier, Dalloz, 2009).
Notes and References
- Web site: Sciences Po webpage . 7 October 2011 . 29 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130629150215/http://master.sciences-po.fr/droit/content/olivier-duhamel . dead .
- http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?id=2314&language=EN&nodecoration=yes European Parliament webpage
- News: High-profile French political scientist accused of sexually abusing stepson . 5 January 2021 . The Guardian . 5 January 2021 . en.
- Camille Stromboni, 'Sciences po Paris : le dernier cours d'Olivier Duhamel', in L'Etudiant, 3 December 2010 http://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/iep/sciences-po-toute-l-actu-des-iep-12372/sciences-po-paris-le-dernier-cours-d-olivier-duhamel-15467.html
- http://www.franceculture.com/personne-olivier-duhamel.html France Culture webpage
- Web site: Club des Juristes webpage . 7 October 2011 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065736/http://www.leclubdesjuristes.com/membres/professeurs-des-universites/duhamel-olivier . dead .
- http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/-La-revue-.html POUVOIRS website
- AFP, '"Le Siècle": Nicole Notat présidente', in Le Figaro, 12 November 2010 http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2010/11/12/97001-20101112FILWWW00603-le-siecle-nicole-notat-presidente.php
- News: 4 January 2021. Olivier Duhamel, l'inceste et les enfants du silence. fr. Le Monde.fr. 4 January 2021.
- Web site: Compte Twitter personnel (@o_duhamel), le 4 janv. 2021 à 16h26, "Étant l'objet d'attaques personnelles, et désireux de préserver les institutions dans lesquelles je travaille, j'y mets fin à mes fonctions.". 2021-02-02.
- Web site: 2021-01-07. Incest allegations against top political scientist rattle Paris establishment. 2021-01-21. POLITICO. en-US.
- News: 2021-01-19. Olivier Duhamel: French incest allegations prompt victims to speak out. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-01-21.
- Web site: French victims of child abuse speak out in new #MeToo wave. 2021-01-21. ABC News. en.
- Web site: Incest allegation triggers French national reckoning. 2021-01-21. The Week UK. 19 January 2021 . en.
- News: Jabkhiro. Juliette. 2021-01-21. France passes new sex assault law to protect minors after Olivier Duhamel scandal. en-GB. The Telegraph. 2021-01-21. 0307-1235.
- News: French intellectual Olivier Duhamel confesses to sexually abusing stepson. France 24. 2021-04-14. 2021-04-15. en-GB.
- News: 2021-04-14. Olivier Duhamel: French political scientist faces inquiry over sex abuse claims. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-04-15.