The human rights tribunal dismisses the case of the privacy of Mosley

STRASBOURG, France- the European Court of human rights rejected Tuesday a claim by the former head of motorsport world Max Mosley, who sought to impose borders of press after he was involved in a sex scandal.

He took the case to the Court based in Strasbourg, arguing that British law had failed to protect his privacy and requested a change in the law that would oblige newspapers to warn people before setting out their private lives.

Seven judges said in a statement that they had found no violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on the rights of man, which protects private and family life.

Mosley, 70, had already won a case before a British court against the news of the world tabloid who published a history of front page titled "boss F1 a Nazi orgy ill with 5 prostitutes."

But he argued that he was still a victim of a violation by the United Kingdom of his right to privacy, as the damage ￡ 60,000 (69 000 euros), he received in his action against the paper was unable to restore his privacy after millions of people had seen the embarrassing report.

The Court held that the European Convention of human rights "does not require media to give prior notice of publications provided to those in their.".

Compel the media to provide a notice "would a deterrent on journalism, investigative reports, and even political effect" which are evaluated in the European conventions, said the decision.

Speaking to the BBC in London, Mosley suggested that he could appeal the decision, explaining that his case was on privacy, not expression.

"It is only if newspapers should have the right to publicize aspects very private life which has no public interest," he said.

The Court said Mosley case has been compromised by the fact that he has not cited "a single jurisdiction" where media companies were required to provide notice to the subjects of a sensitive story.

"Nor stated any international legal texts that require States to adopt such a requirement", said the judges.

Mosley said that his case was intended to close this "legal vacuum".

"This is where ambush people newspapers." (L'écart) not were closed again and perhaps it will be a day ", he added.

Mosley, who acknowledged paying five women for sex, said the event represented in the book is a fantasy of prison and challenged the assertion that the episode was on the theme of the nazis.

The Strasbourg decision is likely to be seen as a welcome respite from the British media the growth of anger at what is called "super-injunctions" - Privacy orders granted by the courts of celebrities that this mention that they exist even or who had been granted.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, said last month and that he felt "difficult" on some of these injunctions.

Cameron said judges used laws on the rights of man "to deliver a kind of right of privacy" and added that it should be for Parliament to decide on the balance between the freedom of the press and privacy.