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Clémentine Méténier

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Clémentine Méténier

Clémentine Méténier is a freelance journalist located near Grenoble. She combines written or drawn investigations (JusticeInfo.net, Le Monde Diplomatique, La Revue Dessinée) and long radio reports abroad (RFI, RTS, RTBF, Radio France) on societal subjects that have an international imprint, questioning justice and memory.

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Sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa. Photo: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo celebrates mass in a church in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Sexual violence in the Church: the African taboo
31 March 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
How can the taboo on sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa be broken? French priest and psychotherapist Stéphane Joulain, a member of the White Fathers, spoke to Justice Info about the “African silence”.
Reparations for victims of sexual violence in the French Church: what assessment can be made of the Commission for Recognition and Reparation? Photo: Gargoyles at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (France) Repairing violence within the Church: “It’s going to take time”
13 February 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
France’s Recognition and Reparation Commission (CRR) for alleged sexual violence committed by members of religious institutions, created in October 2021, is taking stock of three years of work. While the number of cases handled re [...]
Antoine Garapon, French magistrate and head of the Commission for Recognition and Reparation for sexual crimes committed in the Church, advocates restorative justice. illustration: portrait of Garapon. “Restorative justice is the very soul of justice”
11 February 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Are restorative processes, like those in France dealing with Church abuse, the future in dealing with crimes that courts cannot judge? This is the plea made by French magistrate Antoine Garapon, who heads the Recognition and Repar [...]
Russell Tribunal (citizen's tribunal): interview with Guillaume Mouralis - Illustration: portrait of Guillaume Mouralis. Guillaume Mouralis: “law and justice can be powerful tools of emancipation”
10 May 2024 by Clémentine Méténier
When international justice is lacking, citizens’ tribunals appear as a means of kick-starting justice when the will of States is not there. The historic model of the Russell Tribunal in 1967 established that the Americans used pro [...]
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Catholic residential school (named
22 February 2024 by Clémentine Méténier
Indian homes in French Guiana: truth commission project not yet ripe A request to create a "Truth Commission on Indian Homes in French Guiana (1935-2023)" was submitted on February 1, 2024, to the French National Assembly, in the form of a report by the Institut francophone pour la Justice et la Dé [...]
Around the world, justice for the Church's sexual crimes is increasing. Photo: priest.
17 November 2023 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual crimes in the Church: pressure grows as revelations spread Three years ago, Justice Info published a map of investigations undertaken around the world into sexual crimes in the Catholic Church. This year has been marked by important new revelations, particularly in Latin America and Europ [...]
Commission on sexual abuse in the Swiss Church. Photo: Activists from Ending Clergy Abuse pose with portraits of members of the clergy.
14 November 2023 by Clémentine Méténier
What next after Swiss report on sexual abuse in the Church? Since its publication in September, a report has been shaking up the secrecy that has surrounded sexual abuse in the Swiss Church since the mid-20th century. The report is still preliminary, but could pave the way towards a more s [...]
A church seen at night in France with some ornaments (a cross at the top) illuminated.
23 September 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Reparations for sexual abuse in the Church: Victims' discontent grows   In France, Almost a year after the publication of a shocking report by France’s Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, the reparations promised to victims are hardly materializing. Victims point to the flaws of the [...]
Frederick Flick (owner of the Flick company) stands during his sentencing at the Nuremberg trial in Germany.
12 September 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
In Nuremberg, “we started to judge company executives and managers” Historian and sociologist Guillaume Mouralis, who works on the history of legal practices in post-conflict situations, looks back at the pivotal moment of the Nuremberg Trials, which judged corporate executives at the end of the S [...]
Portrait of Leigh Payne (drawing) by Benoit Peyrucq
12 July 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Leigh Payne: Why Latin America is leading the way on corporate accountability JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Leigh Payne Latin America has been a hotbed of attempts to hold business accountable for serious human rights violations. Oxford sociology professor Leigh Payne has been working on the topic for de [...]
A scale whose weight tilts to one side (multiple logos of multinationals: Total, Ericsson, Lundin, Exxon Mobil, Lafarge). On the other side, the text
20 June 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Business and human rights: the pressure is mounting   There are a growing number of criminal proceedings aimed at holding multinational companies accountable for their direct or indirect role in international crimes or serious human rights violations. These include complicity in war [...]
Antoine Garapon
14 December 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
Antoine Garapon: "The Church says it's ready to repair, so we must believe it!" JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Antoine Garapon President of the Independent Commission on Recognition and Reparation for sexual crimes committed in French religious congregations The work of the Independent Commission on Sexual [...]
French policemen posted outside a church
28 October 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual abuse in the Church: Tough task for French justice The Church of France has covered up a massive crime, but what about the justice system and the statute of limitations? Shocked by the Sauvé report, the Minister of Justice has asked prosecutors to open investigations even if the f [...]
François Devaux speaks at the presentation of the Ciase report (sexual crimes in the french church)
19 October 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
French Church, "you must pay !" In 45 proposals, the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church of France calls for action to compensate, recognize, organize ceremonies and erect memorials. The Church will have to pay reparations, which could reach up [...]
7 October 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
Xavier Philippe: "The Commission on Sexual Abuse has taken power over the Church” In France, the Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) on October 5 presented an explosive report. Although this commission does not claim to be directly involved in transitional justice, it has used practices and princip [...]
Amzat Boukari-Yabara
18 June 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
Amzat Boukari-Yabara: “France, the United States and Brazil are the main bad guys on this issue of reparations” JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Amzat Boukari-Yabara Historian specialised in the African continent French historian Amzat Boukari-Yabara, a specialist on the African continent as well as Brazil, explores the international dimens [...]
Colonial Crimes: World map of justice initiatives
17 June 2021 by Clémentine Méténier
Colonial Crimes: World map of justice initiatives The colonial past is back in the spotlight in many countries, from New Zealand to France, Canada to Germany, or Sweden to the Netherlands. Official apologies, demands for reparations and restitution of cultural heritage, truth com [...]
10 September 2020 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual abuse in the Church: Is it a crime against humanity? Faced with the slow reactions of the Catholic Church and States, some wish to go further on punishing sexual abuse in the Church. Given its gravity and extent over time as well as across the world, they think a qualification as a [...]
A member of the Catholic Church on a worldmap
8 September 2020 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual abuse in the Church: map of justice worldwide With tens of thousands of victims worldwide over several decades, sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is an unprecedented issue of justice. In order to reveal and confront the magnitude of the crimes, many transitional [...]
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