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ECHR Rules France Failed to Protect Young Rape Victims' Rights

French authorities did not do enough to protect the rights of three teenage girls after they reported being raped, according to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. .

ECHR Rules France Failed to Protect Young Rape Victims' Rights

French rapist Pelicot questioned about murder

For several years, Frenchman Dominique Pelicot coerced his wife Gisèle into being raped and invited other men to assault her. Now, Pelicot has been questioned about new crimes – including a murder – committed in the 90s.

French rapist Pelicot questioned about murder

Pelicot's daughter: Dad should die in prison

Dominique Pelicot was well aware of what he did and he is not sick. That's what Caroline Darian, daughter of one of France's worst rapists of all time, says.

Pelicot's daughter: Dad should die in prison

Man behind rape website Pelicot arrested

The founder of a website used to commit sexual offenses is formally accused of a crime, according to prosecutors in France. The website has, among other things, been used by Dominique Pelicot.

Man behind rape website Pelicot arrested

Pelicot does not appeal the rape verdict

The Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment for, among other things, aggravated rape following a series of assaults on his drugged wife, will not appeal the verdict, announces his lawyer. .

Pelicot does not appeal the rape verdict

Macron thanks Pelicot after rape trial

France's President Emmanuel Macron thanks Gisèle Pelicot for her courage, the day after the highly publicized rape conviction against her ex-husband and 50 other men fell. "Thank you Gisèle Pelicot .

Macron thanks Pelicot after rape trial

Gisèle Pelicot: Thought of my grandchildren

Gisèle Pelicot describes the trial as difficult, and says that she thought of her grandchildren. I have fought this battle also with them in mind, she says in a first comment after the verdicts.

Gisèle Pelicot: Thought of my grandchildren

Maximum sentence for "The Monster from Avignon" – 51 men convicted

Dominique Pelicot is sentenced to the maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment for, among other things, aggravated rape, announces the court in Avignon. All 51 defendants in the highly publicized French case are deemed guilty, most of them for aggravated rapes.

Maximum sentence for "The Monster from Avignon" – 51 men convicted

Now the "monster from Avignon" gets his sentence

20 years in prison has been described as too little. But it is the maximum sentence for rape in France, and therefore Dominique Pelicot is expected to get it when the judges now rule in one of the most talked-about sexual offense cases of all time.

Now the "monster from Avignon" gets his sentence

Rape-accused Pelicot praises ex-wife's "courage"

Dominique Pelicot, who has acknowledged years of rapes against his former wife Gisèle, asks for forgiveness from his family in his final plea. The judges in the highly publicized case are expected to deliver their verdict on Thursday.

Rape-accused Pelicot praises ex-wife's "courage"

Pelicot Memoirs to be Published

"And I stopped calling you dad". This is the title of Caroline Darian's memoirs, which will be published in Swedish on January 13 next year.

Pelicot Memoirs to be Published