A woman who was blamed by French courts for her divorce because she no longer had sex with her husband won an appeal in Europe's top human rights court, the court said on Thursday, reigniting a debate in France over women's rights.

Italy’s highest court has confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder, a sensational case that polarized trial

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Romania's far-right presidential candidate to overturn a domestic court decision to annul a December presidential election.

The Strasbourg-based court said France violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to the right to respect for private and family life.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that refusal to have sex is not grounds for divorce in a historic victory for consent and women's rights in France.

A woman blamed for her divorce due to lack of intimacy successfully appealed the decision in the European Court of Human Rights, highlighting issues of women's rights in France. The ruling deemed the French courts' decision a violation of the woman's private life,

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled today, in a Chamber formation and by unanimous vote, that no interim measures should be indicated in the

The European court of human rights (ECHR) sided Thursday with a French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband, saying she should not have been considered at fault on those grounds in their divorce.

ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox has a final shot at clearing her name of the last vestige of criminal wrongdoing when Italy’s highest court on Thursday hears her appeal of a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate.

Italy's Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon upheld Amanda Knox's criminal conviction for slandering her former boss, Patrick Lumumba, nearly two decades ago.

An American who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British housemate, Ms. Knox was found guilty of falsely accusing someone else of the crime.