Combating sexual and gender-based violence

It is up to you to choose whether you communicate the incident to professionals based outside of Sciences Po or on your campus. In both cases, the interaction will be confidential and Sciences Po’s senior management team will only be informed if you so wish.

The National Coordination for Student Support (CNAÉ)

The helpline of the National Coordination for Student Support (CNAÉ) is free, confidential, and accessible by phone at 3040 and by email at 3040@enseignementsup.gouv.fr. It is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The helpline is intended for students facing difficulties, such as emotional distress, gender-based and sexual violence, discrimination, administrative and financial difficulties, etc. The helpline is staffed by professional counsellors from the association En Avant Toute(s).

Contact the SGBV Specialist Nurses based on each campus:

• infirmiere.dijon@sciencespo.fr
• infirmiere.lehavre@sciencespo.fr
• infirmier.menton@sciencespo.fr
• infirmiere.nancy@sciencespo.fr
• infirmiere.paris@sciencespo.fr
• infirmier.poitiers@sciencespo.fr
• infirmiere.reims@sciencespo.fr

With your consent, any of these people can submit a report to Sciences Po’s SGBV Officer. If you instead choose to communicate the incident to a colleague, be aware that the person will be under an obligation to submit a report.

Have a query about the support mechanism? Read the full information page.

Full guidance is set out in the document "Procedure to follow in the event of a report of sexual or gender-based violence" (PDF, 82 Ko).

Reporting the incident

Should you agree to lift confidentiality, France Victimes and the SGBV Specialist Nurses will submit a report that will be received by Sciences Po’s SGBV Officer.

If you would like to submit a report yourself, you can fill out the report form.

The preliminary internal investigation

You can find the information on the dedicated page about the Preliminary Internal Investigation Unit (CEIP).

Provision of support measures

Sciences Po’s SGBV Officer will contact you following your report and support you throughout the internal investigation and the disciplinary procedure.

The disciplinary procedure

The president of Sciences Po may refer the matter to the relevant disciplinary body:

• The disciplinary body for “faculty” for temporary faculty members and staff assigned to the IEP de Paris (MESR)
• The relevant disciplinary body at host institutions for staff made available to the IEP de Paris (CNRS)
• The Human Resources Department (French labour law procedure) for permanent faculty members

The disciplinary sanctions for faculty members range from an official warning to dismissal.

Find out more about the disciplinary procedure and sanctions.

Possibility of referral to the judicial authorities

Exceptionally, if the victim has not already reported the incident to the police, the president of Sciences Po may refer the case to the public prosecutor’s office in the event of a suspected crime or misdemeanour (see Article 40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure (Fr)).