Article 10 ECHR
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Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society". This right includes the freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas.
Case law
- Handyside v United KingdomHandyside v United KingdomHandyside v. United Kingdom was a case decided by ECtHR in 1976. Its most famous conclusion is that Freedom of expression [..] is applicable not only to "information" or "ideas" that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend,...
(1976) - Lingens v Austria (1986) 8 EHRR 407
- The Observer and The Guardian v United Kingdom (1991) 14 EHRR 153, the "SpycatcherSpycatcherSpycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer , is a book written by Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass. It was published first in Australia...
" case. - Otto-Preminger-Institut v Austria, see Liebeskonzil (1994)
- Jersild v. DenmarkJersild v. Denmark-Facts:Mr. Jersild, a journalist, had conducted and edited a TV interview with members of a group of young people, calling themselves "the Greenjackets", who made abusive and derogatory remarks about immigrants and ethnic groups in Denmark during the interview....
(1994) - Bowman v United Kingdom (1998) 26 EHRR 1
- Appleby v United Kingdom (2003) 37 EHRR 38
- Steel and Morris v United Kingdom (2005), see McLibel caseMcLibel caseMcDonald's Corporation v Steel & Morris [1997] EWHC QB 366, known as "the McLibel case" was an English lawsuit filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris over a pamphlet critical of the company...
- Mueller and Others v Switzerland (1988), application number 10737/84
See also
- First Amendment to the United States ConstitutionFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...