In the case of M.A. and Others v. France the Court held that there had been no violation of the right to respect for private life.

The case concerned the creation, under French criminal law, of the offence of purchasing sexual relations, which, in the applicants’ allegation, seriously endangered the physical and mental integrity and health of individuals engaged in prostitution, and radically infringed on their right to respect for private life, in so far as this included the right to personal autonomy and sexual freedom.

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