Decades after a landmark rape trial in France, the Pelicot case shows ‘shame has changed sides’

Agnès Fichot will never forget that day in 1977 when, just a few years out of law school, she picked up the phone to call the office of Gisèle Halimi, France’s most renowned lawyer. The decision was a natural one: she wanted to work with her, it was as simple as that. She admired Halimi’s … Continue reading Decades after a landmark rape trial in France, the Pelicot case shows ‘shame has changed sides’