Article 17 - Prohibition of abuse of rights
All Updates
Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.
Lenis v. Greece (dec.), no. 47833/20
Conviction of a senior church official for an article published on his personal blog containing hate speech and incitement to violence targeting homosexuals.
Decision | Legal Summary
Zhablyanov v. Bulgaria, no. 36658/18
Removal of a Deputy Speaker of Parliament for speeches and behaviour justifying repressions of the communist regime.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Zemmour v. France, no. 63539/19
Conviction for inciting discrimination and religious hatred.
Judgment
Bonnet v. France (dec.), no. 35364/19
Conviction for racial insults and calling into question crimes against humanity.
Decision
Mukhin v. Russia, no. 3642/10
Conviction for publications containing “You voted, you have the right to judge!” and “Death to Russia!”.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Wojczuk v. Poland, no. 52969/13
Allegations of mismanagement of public funds, irregularities and various flaws in the organisation of a public museum and its director.
Judgment
Z.B. v. France, no. 46883/15
Criminal conviction for having dressed a three-year old child with a T-Shirt glorifying terrorism.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Kilin v. Russia, no. 10271/12
Conviction for sharing content online within a small social-media group with intent to incite violence against non-Russian ethnicities.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Ayoub and Others v. France, nos. 77400/14 and 2 others
Dissolution of paramilitary-type far-right associations engaged in racist and antisemitic indoctrination.
Judgment | Legal Summary