The ECHR validates the 'Nordic model' of banning the purchase of sexual services. It also warns about the lack of European consensus on how prostitution should be addressed.

The law sanctions those who pay for sexual services both in the streets and in brothels. There is a national debate about the reintegration of prostituted women into society.

“There are around 33,000 prostituted women in France, and 80% are victims of trafficking”, says Marcel Georgel. He works algonside victims of human trafficking in Nantes (France).