US EditionTop European court condemns France over failure to protect girls who reported rape
- The European Court of Human Rights ruled that France failed to protect three minors who filed rape complaints.
- The court found that previous courts did not adequately consider the minors' vulnerability when assessing their capacity to understand and give consent.
- The ruling stated that France violated the applicants' rights under Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, due to detrimental treatment and gender-based discrimination.
- Rights organizations have called for a legal amendment to define rape based on the lack of consent, supported by a November 2024 poll showing that 90% of French people favor this change.
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European rights court finds France failed to protect child victims of sexual assault
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that France failed to offer effective protection to three minors when they filed rape complaints. The ECtHR highlighted serious shortcomings in how the investigating authorities and domestic courts handled the minors’ cases. The court found that the previous courts failed to assess the full context of the events properly and did not adequately consider the applicants’ vulnerability as …
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The first time a man touched me without my consent I was 11 years old. It happened in a water park where I had decided to celebrate my birthday with some friends from school. A boy quite older than me, whom I did not know at all, approached me from behind and tried to penetrate me with his fingers under the water. I still remember the expression of defiant pride on his face and the laughter with which he responded to my more than legitimate indi…
Rape on minors: France condemned by the ECHR for failing to protect victims
On Thursday 24 April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned the French State for failing to protect three minors who had denounced in vain the rapes of which they had been victims.
European justice condemns France for gender-based treatment of complainants
For the first time, the State was pinned on Thursday by the European Court of Human Rights for failing in its judicial treatment of three cases of rape against minors, including "sexist stereotypes" and, in one case, "sex-based discrimination".
France condemned by the ECHR for failing to protect minors who reported rape
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France on Thursday for the judicial response to three minors who had denounced rape in vain and pinned it for the first time for "secondary victimization". ...
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France failed to protect rights of teen rape victims: Europe court
The European rights court condemned France on Thursday for failing to protect the rights of three teenagers who reported rape, including one who accused 14 firemen of abuse.
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