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The feminist lawyer, and Joséphine Baker’s grand-niece, was impressed by the women in her family who transcended their conditions and…

A march is organized in tribute to the 27 migrants who died in the Channel on November 24, 2021, in…

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen talks to journalists after a meeting with the French prime minister to discuss the…

A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday, November 27, urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the dozens of suspects. The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his then-wife while she was drugged and unconscious.

Provisions for immunity from prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) apply to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday, November 27. In a statement the ministry reaffirmed its commitment to international justice after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, but also said that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states which are not a party to the ICC. Israeli is not an ICC member.

A new page was turned in the Pelicot rape trial on Wednesday, November 27, with the end of three days…

She sees everything. Hitler’s too-black mustache, the missing centimeters on a barricade, an actor’s stumble. She hears everything. The creak…

The Palestinian cause lost one of its most active defenders before international judicial bodies. Gilles Devers, a lawyer from Lyon…

The first time The World met him, he was wearing a Roman collar and a small silver cross pinned to…

France announced Monday, November 25, a new campaign to combat violence against women, including raising awareness about the use of…