L. and Others v. France: The ECHR Condemns France’s Failure to Recognize the Vulnerability of Underage Victims of Sexual Violence

Criminal law

On April 24, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a landmark judgment in the case of L. and Others v. France. Three women, minors at the time of the events, accused the French state of failing to protect them adequately or to recognize them as...

Harassment in packs: one message is enough

Criminal law

Harassment in packs: one message is enough Article 222-33-2-2 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to “harass a person by repeated comments or behaviour the purpose or effect of which is to degrade their living conditions, resulting in an impairment of...

Study on the interest or not of the severity of sentences

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Consideration of the harshness of sentences The question of knowing whether justice must be even harsher to prevent recidivism is a complex and controversial question. While increasing the severity of the sentence may seem like a...

Euthanasia: bill filed, Senate Bill No. 735, 2011-2012; Senate website

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Several senators, led by Mr. Jacques Mézard, tabled on July 31, 2012, bill no. 735 relating to medical assistance in dying . The purpose of article 1 of this proposal is to add a new paragraph to article L. 1110-9 of the Public...

Fight against domestic violence: the Grenelle and the empowerment of victims

Criminal law, Family law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Fight against domestic violence: the Grenelle and the empowerment of victims The Grenelle of domestic violence: a crucial meeting for  change The Grenelle des violences conjugales, held on September 3, 2019, was a pivotal event...

Right to abortion in Monaco

Criminal law, Monegasque law

Estimated reading time (in minutes)  The Fight for Reproductive Rights: Abortion in  Monaco  Decriminalization of abortion: Progress or limit? Until today abortion is prohibited in the Principality of Monaco except in cases of rape or serious illness of the...