Sex Work Can’t Buy Human Rights - The ECtHR’s Intersectional Blindness in M.A. and Others v. France Steininger, Silvia Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-10-03 eng
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 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 Steininger, Silvia European Court of Human Rights Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg France Human Rights Human Rights Prostitution Sexarbeit intersectionality prostitution sex work Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Human Rights Prostitution 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-sex-work-intersectionality/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/d90173baf2156d26 241003 10.59704/d90173baf2156d26 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)