German argued ban interferes with his private life
(NEWSER) - Incest is not a human right, a European court has ruled. The not-surprising decision was passed down yesterday by the International European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in response to a suit by a German man who has had four children with his biological sister. Dad Patrick Stuebing, 35, has been convicted several times for incest. He argued that the German law banning incest "violates the fundamental right to respect for private and family life" guaranteed by the European Convention for Human Rights. The seven justices ruled unanimously that while German officials did indeed interfere with Stuebing's private life, the incest prohibition is "aimed at the protection of morals and the rights of others," and was thus permissible, reports Der Spiegel. More»
