The court found France failed to respect the European human rights convention's provisions on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment PATRICK HERTZOG

The European rights court on Thursday found France's laws on sexual consent are insufficient, ruling against the authorities in a case involving a woman who accused her boss of coercing her into an abusive relationship.

The plaintiff, an assistant pharmacist now in her 40s, worked on a temporary contract at a hospital in 2010, when she entered into a sado-masochistic sexual relationship with the head of the department.

Sado-masochism typically involves one person inflicting pain or humiliating treatment on another, although the roles can switch.

The woman, named only as E.A, born in 1983, was around a decade-and-a-half younger

See Full Page