CASE OF DELFI AS v. ESTONIA
Hearing: Delfi AS v. Estonia (no. 64569/09) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2014-07-09 00:00:00)
Application no.: 64569/09
Document type: CHAMBER
Document date: 2013-10-10 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2013:1010JUD006456909
Respondent state: EST
Articles of the Convention: 8;8-1;10;10-1;10-2;35;35-3
Judges: Dmitry Dedov;Elisabeth Steiner;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Julia Laffranque;Khanlar Hajiyev;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: OTSMANN V.
Issue: Information Society Services Act ; Articles 17, 19 and 45 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ; Section 138 of the Civil Code (General Principles) Act ; Sections 134, 1043, 1045, 1046, 1047 and 1055 of the Obligations Act
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. v. Norway, no. 28070/06, § 64, 9 April 2009;Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 48876/08, § 100, 22 April 2013;Axel Springer AG v. Germany [GC], no. 39954/08, 7 February 2012;Bernh Larsen Holding AS and Others v. Norway, no. 24117/08, § 126, 14 March 2013;Bladet Tromsø and Stensaas v. Norway [GC], no. 21980/93, §§ 58-59, ECHR 1999-III;Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 35, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V;Castells v. Spain, 23 April 1992, § 46, Series A no. 236;Chauvy and Others v. France, no. 64915/01, §§ 43-45, ECHR 2004-VI;De Haes and Gijsels v. Belgium, 24 February 1997, § 37, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-I;Editorial Board of Pravoye Delo and Shtekel v. Ukraine, no. 33014/05, §§ 60-68, ECHR 2011 (extracts);Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France, no. 71111/01, 14 June 2007;Hertel v. Switzerland, 25 August 1998, § 46, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-VI;Incal v. Turkey, 9 June 1998, § 54, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-IV;Jersild v. Denmark, 23 September 1994, § 31, Series A no. 298;Krone Verlag GmbH & Co. KG v. Austria (no. 4), no. 72331/01, 9 November 2006;Lindon, Otchakovsky-Laurens and July v. France [GC], nos. 21279/02 and 36448/02, ECHR 2007-IV;MGN Limited v. the United Kingdom, no. 39401/04, § 142, 18 January 2011;Mosley v. the United Kingdom, no. 48009/08, § 111, 10 May 2011;Mouvement raëlien suisse v. Switzerland [GC], no. 16354/06, § 48, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Pérez de Rada Cavanilles v. Spain, 28 October 1998, § 43, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-VIII;Pfeifer v. Austria, no. 12556/03, § 35, 15 November 2007;Polanco Torres and Movilla Polanco v. Spain, no. 34147/06, § 40, 21 September 2010;Prager and Oberschlick v. Austria, 26 April 1995, § 38, Series A no. 313;Radio France and Others v. France, no. 53984/00, §§ 20 and 30, ECHR 2004-II;Steel and Morris v. the United Kingdom, no. 68416/01, § 87, ECHR 2005-II;Tammer v. Estonia, no. 41205/98, § 62, ECHR 2001-I;Timciuc v. Romania (dec.), no. 28999/03, § 144, 12 October 2010;Times Newspapers Ltd v. the United Kingdom (nos. 1 and 2), nos. 3002/03 and 23676/03, §§ 20, 21 and 38, ECHR 2009;Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 2) [GC], nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08, ECHR 2012
External sources: Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market
Conclusion: Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 35-3 - Ratione materiae);No violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression -{General} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression)
Separate opinion: FALSE