European Court of Human Rights : Pendov v. Bulgaria

Dirk Voorhoof Human Rights Centre, Ghent University and Legal Human Academy In a highly topical decision on hate speech, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the

Poland, the ECtHR found that holding the administrator of a local website liable for defamatory third-party comments, which upon notice had been immediately removed,

This state of affairs cast doubt on whether the interpretation given by the higher-level domestic courts in the present case – namely, that a statement

Therefore, the publishing of Mrs Rodina’s family photograph without taking any precautions could not be regarded as “contributing to any debate of general

Finally, the ECtHR recognised that the German courts had carefully balanced the right of the applicant company to freedom of expression against P.’s right to

Dirk Voorhoof Human Rights Centre, Ghent University and Legal Human Academy In a case concerning freedom of political expression and the right to protest, the European Court of

Croatia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the level of seriousness associated with the erroneous labelling of a photograph in a lifestyle

Dirk Voorhoof Human Rights Centre, Ghent University and Legal Human Academy Balancing the freedom to convey remarks in a television interview concerning a matter of