PUBLICATIONS DE LA MIVILUDESEnglish : Report Miviludes 2007
Introduction report The founding decree of the Inter-ministerial Mission of Vigilance and Combat against Sectarian Aberrations requires that its Chairman present an annual report to the Prime Minister. Given that the Mission was created in December 2002, this document is the fifth report. The first two reports, in chronological order, had successively placed an emphasis on sectarian risk and then on sectarian aberrations, with a clear definition of the scope of activities and with specification of the nature of the risks and the means of apprehending the reality in strict compliance with law, intended for the attention of the Parliament, which closely monitors its action, and of its citizens, who expect the State to protect them against a danger which is considered as particularly intolerable. In its third report, the Mission highlighted and presented examples of four sectors which required acute vigilance and the provision of exhaustive information to political and administrative leaders, in view of the position of the potential victims : approaches targeting minors, sectarian aberrations in the field of health in the wider sense of the term, the risk of penetration of economic systems and the infiltration of a leading sector in terms of image, i.e. humanitarian assistance. Last year, the decision was made to address new issues, matching developments in the sectarian environment, together with the capacity of the organisations in question and of their leaders to adapt on a daily basis. For MIVILUDES, it was not a matter of stigmatizing any particular individual in principle, but of adequately fulfilling its role as a regulator, by proceeding with an upstream analysis of risks, and an objective investigation of changes to dangers. Indeed, each time that the State has taken measures against a particular type of risk, the sectarian movement has quickly adapted by working around the texts, by developing new methods of approach, or by integrating new sectors. It is this very same notion of the role and responsibilities of MIVILUDES, which took the forefront in the development and finalization of this present report. The latter have been carried out under the supervision and complete endorsement of the Orientation council. The strengths of the works resumed in these pages lie in the fact that they represent an essential reminder of the judicial laws in force, not only with respect to the categorization of the actions of public players, which can only be carried out in accordance with constitutional principles and laws, but moreover with full transparency with respect to the citizens’ expectations of the public judicial system, which is responsible for defending the rights and liberties of all parties. It was impossible for MIVILUDES to ignore the work of the Parliamentary Investigatory Commission on "Sects and Minors : stolen childhood", which, under the presidency of Mr. Georges Fenech, presented its report in December, 2006. It then commenced the monitoring of the fifty recommendations proposed by the aforementioned Commission and presently accounts for the measures already adopted, those still in their developmental stages, and the reasons for the abandonment of any proposals if applicable. Matters relating to health have been highlighted, as it is palpable that this is one of the three fields, together with education and the economy, out of which stem the most numerable new doctrines, new schools of thought often perceived by target audiences as a general source of risk and the risk of sectarian aberrations in particular. MIVILUDES is naturally only and exclusively interested in this latter aspect of the sectarian movement. In order to determine sectarian risk and measure the amplitude of the harm inflicted on the economic environment, a study was conducted on the means of gaining hold and on the current situation for two practices : “systemic constellations” and “multi-level sales” methods, which have been the subject of many questions over the last year. We examined how the use of certain practices by often self proclaimed pseudo-specialists was likely to have serious effects on the inner harmony of individuals and their environment. This report assesses the problems associated with the unabated fad favouring shamanist practices which call for the mostly uncontrolled use of hallucinogens. After the categorization of ayahuasca and iboga ensuing from the risk assessment highlighted in previous reports, in 2007 a chapter is devoted to the “Datura” phenomenon, the new medium for shamans. The potential for the aberrations which accompany this phenomenon is thereby analysed. Several members of the MIVILUDES Orientation council, particularly those representing family or educational institutions, have expressed their wishes for the satanic phenomenon to be updated since last year’s report, to take its most recent developments in France into consideration. In collaboration with our diplomatic correspondents, MIVILUDES compared the public policies implemented to handle the problem of sectarian aberrations in the main Western European and North American countries for the first time last year. This year, a chapter is devoted to the legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions which are implemented in Central and Eastern Europe, which were not addressed in 2006. Finally, even more so than in previous years, 2007 was marked by the frantic lobbying efforts of sectarian movements and their satellite associations. A confirmed developing trend saw many companies incapacitate departments in charge of the vigilance and combat against sectarian aberrations and it became evident that the influence strategies used by the movements were extremely effective. Their aptitude for reversing the reality of situations resembled their shrewdness in recruiting followers. The example of their actions in the context of an OSCE project is the subject of one of the chapters of this report. Finally, each administration on the Executive operational control committee of the Mission had the possibility of providing their own annual activity report to optimise the information provided to readers on the work done by each individual ministerial department. These contributions provide actual demonstrations of the reality of the specific focus points of previous years and provide information on the developments announced in 2005 and 2006. MIVILUDES itself reports on its activities in the fields of action defined in its founding texts : distribution of information, training seminars, departmental vigilance units, international approaches, liaising with family defence associations, meetings with heads of movements (at their request) wishing to establish contact with the public authority, etc. 2007 can be looked back on as a year of work and efforts so as to ensure that victims and their families are heard, respected and supported throughout the difficult times which they face. The executives of MIVILUDES have also had to devote much time, as was the case for many other political and administrative leaders and leaders of associations, in confronting all sorts of attacks, primarily legal actions, aiming to intimidate individuals, to incapacitate their action and to discredit the former on national and international political scenes. However much of a nuisance such harassment has been, it has in no way impinged on the determination of all those selfless people, who have helped to fight for the acknowledgement of the harm sustained by the victims and their families. May the latter be reassured that the active forces of the Nation, represented by the MIVILUDES Orientation council, whose action is controlled and supported by these forces, do not intend to let the Republic give up and renounce on ensuring the safety of the most vulnerable people, struggling against actions motivated solely by the lure of money or the quest for absolute control over individuals. >> DOCUMENTS JOINTS |
