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: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2015-06-16 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2015:0616JUD006456909
Respondent state: EST
Articles of the Convention: 8;8-1;10;10-1;10-2;17
Judges: András Sajó;Angelika Nußberger;Dean Spielmann;Dmitry Dedov;Elisabeth Steiner;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Ineta Ziemele;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Khanlar Hajiyev;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Nona Tsotsoria;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: OTSMANN V. ; TURK K.
Issue: Articles 17, 19 and 45 of the Constitution ; Subsection 2 of section 134, section 1047, 1045-1074, 1050 and 1055 of the Obligations Act ; Section 138 of the Civil Code (General Principles) Act ; Information Society Services Act ; Article 244 of the Code of Civil Procedure
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. v. Norway, no. 28070/06, § 64, 9 April 2009;Ahmet Yıldırım v. Turkey, no. 3111/10, § 48, ECHR 2012;Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 48876/08, § 100, ECHR 2013;Ashby Donald and Others v. France, no. 36769/08, § 40, 10 January 2013;Axel Springer AG v. Germany [GC], no. 39954/08, 7 February 2012;Bladet Tromsø and Stensaas v. Norway [GC], no. 21980/93, ECHR 1999 III;Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 35, Reports 1996 V;Castells v. Spain, 23 April 1992, § 46, Series A no. 236;Centro Europa 7 S.r.l. and Di Stefano v. Italy [GC], no. 38433/09, ECHR 2012;Chassagnou and Others v. France [GC], nos. 25088/94, 28331/95 and 28443/95, § 113, ECHR 1999 III;Chauvy and Others v. France, no. 64915/01, ECHR 2004 VI;De Haes and Gijsels v. Belgium, 24 February 1997, § 37, Reports 1997 I;Editorial Board of Pravoye Delo and Shtekel v. Ukraine, no. 33014/05, §§ 63-64, ECHR 2011;Evans v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 6339/05, § 77, ECHR 2007 I;Garaudy v. France (dec.), no. 65831/01, ECHR 2003 IX;Gawęda v. Poland, no. 26229/95, § 39, ECHR 2002-II;Gorzelik and Others v. Poland [GC], no. 44158/98, § 67, ECHR 2004 I;Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France, no. 71111/01, 14 June 2007;Hertel v. Switzerland, 25 August 1998, § 46, Reports 1998 VI;Incal v. Turkey, 9 June 1998, § 54, Reports 1998 IV;Jersild v. Denmark, 23 September 1994, Series A no. 298;K.U. v. Finland, no. 2872/02, § 49, ECHR 2008;Kopp v. Switzerland, 25 March 1998, § 59, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-II;Krone Verlags GmbH & Co. KG v. Austria (no. 4), no. 72331/01, § 32, 9 November 2006;Kruslin v. France, 24 April 1990, § 29, Series A no. 176-A;Lehideux and Isorni v. France, 23 September 1998, §§ 47 and 53, Reports 1998 VII;Lindon, Otchakovsky-Laurens and July v. France [GC], nos. 21279/02 and 36448/02, § 41, ECHR 2007 IV;Maestri v. Italy [GC], no. 39748/98, § 30, ECHR 2004-I;MGN Limited v. the United Kingdom, no. 39401/04, 18 January 2011;Mosley v. the United Kingdom, no. 48009/08, 10 May 2011;Mouvement raëlien suisse v. Switzerland [GC], no. 16354/06, § 48, ECHR 2012;Norwood v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 23131/03, ECHR 2004 XI;Palomo Sánchez and Others v. Spain [GC], nos. 28955/06, 28957/06, 28959/06 and 28964/06, § 57, 12 September 2011;Pavel Ivanov v. Russia (dec.), no. 35222/04, 20 February 2007;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;Print Zeitungsverlag GmbH v. Austria, no. 26547/07, § 39, 10 October 2013;Purcell and Others v. Ireland, no. 15404/89, Commission decision of 16 April 1991, Decisions and Reports 70, p. 262;Rekvényi v. Hungary [GC], no. 25390/94, § 35, ECHR 1999 III;Rotaru v. Romania [GC], no. 28341/95, § 52, ECHR 2000-V;Steel and Morris v. the United Kingdom, no. 68416/01, § 87, ECHR 2005 II;Tammer v. Estonia, no. 41205/98, § 62, ECHR 2001 I;Thoma v. Luxembourg, no. 38432/97, § 62, ECHR 2001 III;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, § 27, ECHR 2009;Verlagsgruppe News GmbH v. Austria, no. 76918/01, § 31, 14 December 2006;VgT Verein gegen Tierfabriken v. Switzerland, no. 24699/94, § 52, ECHR 2001 VI;Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 2) [GC], nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08, ECHR 2012;Witzsch v. Germany (dec.), no. 7485/03, 13 December 2005
External sources: Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on a new notion of media;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;CJEU, Case C-131/12 Google Spain and Google
Conclusion: No violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression -{General} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression;Freedom to impart information)
Separate opinion: TRUE