The unanimous decision found that France had violated her right to respect for ... groups argue that the ECHR decision reinforces the need to update French laws and cultural attitudes.

But the ECHR ruled that the French court was wrong, condemning France for a violation of the woman’s right to respect for private and family life. “The Court considered that the reaffirmation ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided Thursday with a French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband, saying she should not have been considered at fault on those grounds in ...