nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230912-220903-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230912s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230912-220903-0 doi eng 342 23 Greif, Elisabeth Author aut Sex Workers in Strassburg - How the ECHR Begins Assessing the French Sex Purchase Ban Greif, Elisabeth Verfassungsblog 2023-09-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A few years ago, France banned buying sex. In M.A. and Others v. France the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) now held that a motion of sex workers against that ban is admissible. The Court did not rule on the merits at this stage – this will follow in a subsequent judgement. Nevertheless, this admissibility decision marks a milestone as, for the first time, the Court will examine whether a sex purchase ban violates the rights of sex workers as guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights. The ruling appears eagerly anticipated due to its legal precedent within Member States that have passed similar legislation. CC BY-SA 4.0 ECHR prostitution sex work swedish model Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sex-workers-in-strassburg/ raw object