The Strasbourg-based court said France violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to the right to respect for private and family life.

"I hope that this decision will mark a turning point in the fight for women's rights in France," the woman said.

Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favour of a 69-year-old Frenchwoman whose husband had obtained a divorce on ...

while Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said French legislation should now be amended. The Strasbourg-based court said France violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ...

A woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered 'at fault' by courts in the event of divorce, ...

A French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband and had been considered at fault in a divorce, has won a case at Europe’s top human rights court.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that French courts had violated a woman’s rights by citing her refusal ...

The Strasbourg-based court said France violated article 8 of the European Convention on Human ... While French criminal justice abolished conjugal duty in 1990, "civil judges continue to impose ...

"I hope that this decision will mark a turning point in the fight for women's rights in France," the woman said.

The Council of Europe's Secretary General, Alain Berset, discussed how Switzerland is implementing the recent climate ruling ...