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Op-Ed: Getting Away with Sexual Harassment Just Got Easier
Wednesday, June 20, the Senate finished its report on a new sexual harassment law that will fill the current legal void surrounding the issue. In the wake of the Presidential Election, a major court...
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Philippe Courroye’s Fight Against His Transfer
Photo: Fred Dufour “A manhunt” are the words that the Nanterre prosecutor Philippe Courroye used in late July in Le Figaro to announce his transfer by the Department of Justice. Validated by a decree...
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Taubira and Security Issues: the Never-ending Debate between Sanction and...
Christiane Taubira, Minister of Justice, in the French National AssemblyBERTRAND GUAY AFP.COM Christiane Taubira, the French Minister of Justice, recently triggered a storm of criticism after she...
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Taubira Announces Equal Rights for Same-Sex Couples, Controversy Ensues from...
French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira Photo: AFP: THOMAS SAMSON In an interview for the French newspaper La Croix, the Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, announced that gay couples would...
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Rédoine Faïd Escapes from Lille Prison, Manhunt Ensues
Sequedin Prison in Lille, France, where Faïd was being held until his escape.Photo: Flickr.com/orchestre national de lille (officiel) In what CNN described as an event “that went as if scripted for a...
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“Wall of Jerks” in French Magistrates Union Raises Concerns of Political...
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy is one of those featured on the “Wall of Jerks.”Photo: Flickr.com/Guillaume Paumier A storm over political bias of France’s judges has blown up, with the revelation of...
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Cahuzac is Back
Jérôme CahuzacPhoto: http://www.flickr.com/photos/partisocialiste On July 17, the parliamentary commission of inquiry looked into Jérôme Cahuzac’s period as France’s budget minister and decided to...
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The Complexities of Remembering: 20 Years After the Rwandan Genocide
Leaders of remembrance group Ibuka released balloons at a ceremony to honor the memory of those killed in the Rwandan Genocide. Photo: Emma Hurt for LJP. PARIS- 20 years ago this spring Rwanda...
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