When authorizing the prosecution of an accused person, the criminal and penal prosecuting attorney (the prosecutor) may decide to identify you, as the victim, using only your initials and date of birth in the public documents prepared for the trial.
This is done in particular circumstances, for example if you are the victim of a violent crime, to protect you against intimidation and retaliation, or if you are under the age of 18.
In all cases, the prosecutor will protect your contact information at all times. Your address and telephone number will not be given to the defence lawyer during the disclosure of the evidence against the accused. The general public will also not have access to this information.
At your request, or at the request of the prosecutor, a judge may prohibit the publication of information that can be used to identify you, by ordering a publication ban.
At your request or with your consent, the judge can lift the ban in certain cases.
If you are the victim of sexual violence, the prosecutor can ask the judge to limit