Le 1er juillet 2026, le Conseil constitutionnel a \u00e9t\u00e9 saisi d\u2019une question prioritaire de constitutionnalit\u00e9 (QPC) par la Cour de cassation (chambre criminelle, arr\u00eat n\u00b0 1025 du 23 juin 2026). La QPC, enregistr\u00e9e sous le n\u00b0 2026-1221 QPC, a \u00e9t\u00e9 soulev\u00e9e par M. Colas A., repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par la SCP Waquet, Farge, Hazan, F\u00e9liers, avocat au Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat et \u00e0 la Cour de cassation. Elle porte sur la conformit\u00e9 \u00e0 la Constitution de l\u2019article 656-1 du code de proc\u00e9dure p\u00e9nale, dans sa r\u00e9daction issue de la loi n\u00b0 2021-1729 du 22 d\u00e9cembre 2021 pour la confiance dans l\u2019institution judiciaire.<\/p>\n
L\u2019article contest\u00e9 encadre les conditions de t\u00e9moignage, devant les juridictions p\u00e9nales, des agents de certains services de renseignement mentionn\u00e9s au code de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 int\u00e9rieure, ainsi que de certaines personnes mentionn\u00e9es au code p\u00e9nal, lorsque ces t\u00e9moignages portent sur des faits connus dans le cadre de missions int\u00e9ressant la d\u00e9fense et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale. La disposition pr\u00e9voit notamment que leur identit\u00e9 r\u00e9elle ne doit jamais appara\u00eetre au cours de la proc\u00e9dure judiciaire. La QPC met en cause la compatibilit\u00e9 de ce dispositif avec les droits et libert\u00e9s garantis par la Constitution.<\/p>\n
Le Conseil constitutionnel a examin\u00e9 cette QPC au regard de la Constitution, de l\u2019ordonnance organique n\u00b0 58-1067 du 7 novembre 1958, du code p\u00e9nal, du code de proc\u00e9dure p\u00e9nale, du code de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 int\u00e9rieure, de la loi du 22 d\u00e9cembre 2021 pr\u00e9cit\u00e9e, ainsi que du r\u00e8glement du 4 f\u00e9vrier 2010 relatif \u00e0 la proc\u00e9dure des QPC. Il a pris en compte les observations \u00e9crites du requ\u00e9rant (21 juillet et 5 ao\u00fbt 2026), du Premier ministre (22 juillet 2026) et celles, en intervention, du Conseil national des barreaux (CNB), repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par la SCP Lyon-Caen et Thiriez. \u00c0 l\u2019audience publique du 17 septembre 2026, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 entendus l\u2019avocate du requ\u00e9rant, l\u2019avocat du CNB et le repr\u00e9sentant du Premier ministre, avant l\u2019examen du dossier par le rapporteur.<\/p>\n
Les principaux acteurs publics impliqu\u00e9s sont le Conseil constitutionnel (contr\u00f4le de constitutionnalit\u00e9 des lois), la Cour de cassation (transmission de la QPC), le Premier ministre (d\u00e9fense de la loi contest\u00e9e) et le Conseil national des barreaux (intervention en qualit\u00e9 de partie intervenante). La question soulev\u00e9e touche \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quilibre entre, d\u2019une part, la protection de la d\u00e9fense et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale et, d\u2019autre part, les garanties constitutionnelles attach\u00e9es au proc\u00e8s p\u00e9nal (droits de la d\u00e9fense, droit \u00e0 un proc\u00e8s \u00e9quitable, publicit\u00e9 et transparence de la proc\u00e9dure). Aucune implication sp\u00e9cifique n\u2019est explicitement mentionn\u00e9e dans le champ de la sant\u00e9, des affaires sociales, de la solidarit\u00e9, du handicap, du travail ou de l\u2019emploi, mais la d\u00e9cision finale du Conseil constitutionnel pourrait avoir des effets transversaux sur les garanties proc\u00e9durales dans les contentieux p\u00e9naux, y compris ceux pouvant concerner ces domaines.\u00a0(contenu r\u00e9sum\u00e9 par l’IA)\u200bLire la Suite<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Le 1er juillet 2026, le Conseil constitutionnel a \u00e9t\u00e9 saisi d\u2019une question prioritaire de constitutionnalit\u00e9 (QPC) par la Cour de cassation (chambre criminelle, arr\u00eat n\u00b0 1025 du 23 juin 2026). 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