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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that France failed to protect the rights of three teenage girls who reported being raped, as the country debates changing how the crime of rape is defined.

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The attack occurred at a high school in Doulon, near Nantes

The 15-year-old suspect was overpowered by teachers at the school in Nantes, western France

France is in the midst of a long-running debate on expanding the definition of rape to include the absence of consent.

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The European Court of Human Rights has sided with three women who said they were raped when they were aged 13, 14 and 16 and argued that French authorities did not protect them well enough