Article 6TRYC Woman who refuses sex is not ‘at fault’ in divorce in France, court rules

Woman who refuses sex is not ‘at fault’ in divorce in France, court rules

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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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European court of human rights sides with French woman whose husband obtained divorce on grounds she was only person at fault

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A woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered at fault" by courts in the event of divorce, Europe's highest human rights court has said, condemning France.

The European court of human rights (ECHR) sided on Thursday with a 69-year-old French woman whose husband had obtained a divorce on the grounds that she was the only person at fault because she had stopped having sexual relations with him.

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