{"id":1616,"date":"2012-04-24T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2012-04-23T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T12:17:08","slug":"german-brother-and-sister-lose-human-rights-court-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2012\/04\/24\/german-brother-and-sister-lose-human-rights-court-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"German Brother And Sister lose Human Rights Court Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3756,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/world-europe-17690997&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250709034035\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/world-europe-17690997&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 03:32:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 17:44:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 17:44:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a familar refrain in the UK that the European Court of Human Rights interferes in the law of sovreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore it was refreshing to read last week that the Court upheld the right of a sovereign country to retain the ban on incest. 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