'This seminar will provide participants with a comprehensive insight into the recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), with a focus on the most important judgments since 2020. The training will provide the participants with the necessary tools to identify and address human rights violations relating to Article 10 and apply that provision in domestic proceedings.'
The full programme is as follows:
Thursday, 27 May 2021
13:00 Getting familiar with the online platform and ice-breaking exercise
13:20 Welcome and introduction
Sanja Jovičić
I. THE ESSENCE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
13:30 Foreseeability of the law limiting political expression
• Comparison between the ECHR and other international standards
• Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) [GC], no. 14305/17, 22 December 2020
• Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt v. Hungary [GC], no. 201/17, 20 January 2020
Ivana Jelić
14:00 Discussion
14:15 Short break
14:25 How to ensure the fairness of proceedings concerning Art. 10 ECHR interferences?
Hatice Çoban v. Turkey, no. 36226/11, 29 October 2019
Daniel Rietiker
14:55 Discussion
15:10 Short break
II. BALANCING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS
15:20 Balancing freedom of expression against the protection of one’s reputation
• Journalists: Gheorghe-Florin Popescu v. Romania, no. 79671/13, 12 January 2021
• Political figures: Kılıçdaroğlu v. Turkey, no. 16558/18, 27 October 2020
• Private companies: OOO Regnum v. Russia, no. 22649/08, 8 September 2020
Diana-Olivia Hatneanu
15:50 Discussion
16:00 Short break
16:10 Private life v. freedom of expression
• Defamation: Miljević v. Croatia, no. 68317/13, 25 June 2020
• Public figures and discriminatory statements against minority groups:
Budinova and Chaprazov v. Bulgaria, no. 12567/13, 16 February 2021; Behar and Gutman v. Bulgaria, no. 29335/13, 16 February 2021
Kirill Belogubets
16:40 Discussion
17:00 End of first seminar day
Friday, 28 May 2021
9:00 Connecting to the online platform
III. SPECIAL CASES
9:30 Free flow of information on the internet
• Vladimir Kharitonov v. Russia, OOO Flavus and Others v. Russia, Bulgakov v. Russia and Engels v. Russia
• Pendov v. Bulgaria, no. 44229/11, 26 March 2020
Antoine Buyse
10:00 Discussion
10:15 Short break
10:25 Incitement to hatred and violence – how to analyse the relevant statements?
• Altintaş v. Turkey, no. 50495/08, 10 March 2020
Ali Bozkaya
10:55 Discussion
11:10 Short break
11:20 Exercising freedom of expression in professional life
• Whistleblowers – Herbai v. Hungary, no. 11608/15, 5 November 2019
• Judiciary – Goryaynova v. Ukraine, no. 41752/09, 8 October 2020; Panioglu v. Romania, no. 33794/14, 8 December 2020, Guz v. Poland, no. 965/12, 15 October 2020
Raluca Stancescu-Cojocaru
11:50 Discussion
12:05 Short break
IV. PRACTICAL TIPS
12:15 How to submit a case successfully to the ECtHR
• Admissibility criteria
• Interim measures
Sanja Jovičić
12:45 Discussion
13:00 End of seminar
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