nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d90173baf2156d26 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241003s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d90173baf2156d26 doi eng 342 23 Steininger, Silvia Author aut Sex Work Can’t Buy Human Rights - The ECtHR’s Intersectional Blindness in M.A. and Others v. France Steininger, Silvia Verfassungsblog 2024-10-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a recent decision on the merits in M.A. and Others v. France, the ECtHR held that French legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual acts did not violate the rights of 261 sex workers. The decision retreats into the Court’s traditional interpretative toolbox of European consensus and (procedural) margin of appreciation. I argue that the ECtHR decision does not only demonstrate blindness towards the rising sensitivity towards intersectional grounds of discrimination in human rights law but also contradicts recent proposals on “a human rights-based approach to sex work” promoted by several UN organs and the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights. CC BY-SA 4.0 European Court of Human Rights Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg France Human Rights Human Rights Prostitution Sexarbeit intersectionality prostitution sex work (DE-588)1003803-6 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg (DE-588)10298350-1 gnd Human Rights (DE-588)4047516-5 gnd Prostitution Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-sex-work-intersectionality/ raw object