Alternatives to Prosecution without Due Process in B.G. v. France: Stereotyped Reasoning on Sexual Consent and the Procedural Protection of Sexual Violence Complainants under Article 6 § 1 ECHR

by Marilena I. Katsogiannou The intersection of alternatives to prosecution and fair trial guarantees has long occupied a contested space in European criminal procedure. In B.G. v. France (application no. 70945/17, 19 March 2026), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confronted this tension in its most acute form: a minor who had reported a…