Banking secrecy, sex trials, media justice... The former President of the Geneva Bar Association, named best living French-speaking orator, remains one of the freest voices in French-speaking Switzerland. An intimate conversation.
Whether or not to lock up an accused person is sometimes a Cornelian choice. A reflection on freedom and security, based on two contemporary novels.
The militant view that women in Switzerland are working «for free» until mid-February because of wage discrimination has once again been echoed in the press. However, studies show a derisory difference for two equal jobs.
DOSSIER «L'HOMME ET L'ANIMAL», Enzo Santacroce | Animals occupy a central place in the human environment. They are both endearing companions and savage, aggressive beasts to be slaughtered. This ambivalence is actually our own, since ethologists have demonstrated that the continuity between animal and human behavior is based on the search for food, material security and habitat construction. Seduction games are no exception. The similarities are sometimes so disturbing that the definition of man, and his place within nature, are constantly called into question. In the long history of these ambiguous relationships, animal trials, a veritable institution between the 16th and 17th centuries, bear witness to the fascination that animals hold for mankind.
ANALYSIS, Nadine Richon | Exactly five years ago, in April 2017, the Sarah Halimi case began—the case of the Jewish retiree murdered by her 27-year-old neighbor, who was deemed completely not criminally responsible. Today, the circle is complete: legally concluded, the case was effectively buried in January 2022 with the release of a report by a deeply divided parliamentary commission, which nevertheless confirmed the absence of any police or judicial misconduct. Nathanaël Majster, one of the attorneys consulted by Sarah Halimi’s family, outlines possible avenues for reopening this case, which remains a wound and an insult to Jews, whether or not they identify with «the community.».
In Geneva, Pierre Maudet came second in the first round of the race for the Council of State. His former party,...
The famous myth adapted for the Castellinaria Festival
How twisted is that thinking? I'll give you that.
Last May, in a videoconference speech on the theme of financing development in poor countries, our current President Simonetta Sommaruga defended her vision of a global society: less unequal, more sustainable and better able to meet the challenges of societal change, including the current pandemic and climate change. But if this banal speech struck me, it's because she also wanted tomorrow's world to be... fairer! By this, the Socialist Federal Councillor didn't really mean justice, but social justice. So what is this notion that we come across so often? Does it have anything to do with traditional justice?
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