Transcript MEDIA LAW
MEDIA LAW
Copenhagen University
Session 7
Dirk VOORHOOF
Ghent University
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Recent restrictive trends in case law ECtHR
Seminar in ECtHR Strasbourg 10 October 2008
Lindon, Otchakovsky-Laurens and July v. France (GC), 22 October 2007
Stoll v. Switzerland (Grand Chamber), 10 December 2007
Rumyana Ivanova v. Bulgaria, 14 February 2008
Alithia Publ. Company Ltd. & Constantinides v. Cyprus, 22 May 2008
Backes v. Luxembourg, 8 July 2008
Soulas a.o. v. France, 10 July 2008
Flux (n°6) v. Moldova, 29 July 2008
Cuc Pascu v. Romania, 16 September 2008
Petrina v. Romania, 14 October 2008
and … Denis Leroy v. France, 2 October 2008,
“Reasons for serious concern regarding the future of freedom of
expression in Europe”
See http://www-ircm.u-strasbg.fr/seminaire_oct2008/index.htm
Interesting recent judgments
and decisions
ECtHR 10/3/2009 Times Newspapers v. UK
(Internet Publication Rule not in breach with Art.
10)
ECtHR DECISION 10/2/2009
The Wall Street Journal a.o. v. UK
(onus on defendant to give evidence of
defamatory allegations, presumption of falsity is
not incompatible with Art. 10)
Other interesting recent judgments
ECtHR 02/12/2008
UK v. Finland
(Internet, right of anonymity based on FOE is not
absolute, breach of Art. 8)
ECtHR 16/12/2008
Khursid Mustafa and Tarzabachi v. Sweden
(Satellite antenne installation, right to recieve
TV-programs, end of tenancy agreement,
violation of Article 10)
ECtHR 5/3/2009
Hachette Filipacchi Presse v. France
(Restrictions/sanctions (indirect) advertising for
tobacco products no violation of Art. 10, public
health, minors)
More interesting recent judgments
ECtHR 18/12/2008
Kasakov v. Russia
(Court order to make public apology is in breach
with Art. 10)
ECtHR 26/2/2009
Kudeshkina v. Russia
(whistleblower, judge, manipulation,
interviews in media, dismissal, breach of Article
10)
And one more particular
recent judgment
ECtHR 03/02/2009
Women on Waves v. Portugal
(concerning the Portuguese authorities’ decision
to prohibit the ship Borndiep, which had been
chartered with a view to staging activities
promoting the decriminalisation of abortion, from
entering Portuguese territorial waters. The ship
was banned from entering Portuguese territorial
waters by a ministerial order, on the basis of
maritime law and Portuguese health laws, and its
entry was blocked by a Portuguese warship.
Violation of Art. 10)