A woman filed an appeal against France before the European Court of Human Rights for “interference in private life” e “violation of physical integrity”, after the French justice “imposed” her “conjugal duty”: two associations that assist and support her in her legal and civil battle made it known.
The Court of Appeal of Versailles (Paris) had sanctioned the woman in 2019 for refusing to have sex with her husband. The judges pronounced a divorce due to the fault of the woman, especially for this reason, considering that the facts, “confirmed by the admission of the wife, constitute a serious and repeated violation of the duties and obligations of marriage, which make it intolerable to continue the marriage. life in common “.
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The decision of the court of appeal was then confirmed by the Supreme Court. The two associations that assist women, the Foundation for Women and the Feminist Collective Against Rape, condemn the fact that French justice “continues to impose marital duty”, “thus denying the right of women to consent or not in the relationship sexual “.
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The two associations recall that “in 47% of the 94,000 rapes and attempts of sexual violence recorded every year, the aggressor is the spouse or ex-spouse of the victim”. “Marriage – conclude the two associations asking for the condemnation of France – is not and must not be sexual servitude”.
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