A case brought by a French woman living in a same-sex partnership was dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, denying her paternity leave. The ECtHR concluded that a lesbian woman was not discriminated against when her application for paternity leave was denied. The woman had argued that the rejection violated Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) and Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.