CASE OF KARÁCSONY AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY
Hearing: Karácsony and Others v. Hungary (no. 42461/13) and Szél and Others v. Hungary (no. 44357/13) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2015-07-08 00:00:00)
Application no.: 44357/13
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2016-05-17 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0517JUD004246113
Respondent state: HUN
Articles of the Convention: 10;10-1;10-2;35;35-1;41;P1-3
Judges: András Sajó;Angelika Nußberger;Branko Lubarda;Egidijus Kūris;Erik Møse;Guido Raimondi;Helena Jäderblom;Ján Šikuta;Johannes Silvis;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Khanlar Hajiyev;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Nebojša Vučinić;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Yonko Grozev;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: KARSAI D.
Issue: Section 26 §§ 1 of the Constitutional Court Act no. CLI ; Section 48 § 3 and 49 § 4 of the Parliament Act ; Article 5 § 7 of the Fundamental Law
Strasbourg case-law cited: A, B and C v. Ireland [GC], no. 25579/05, § 281, ECHR 2010;A. v. the United Kingdom, no. 35373/97, ECHR 2002 X;Amuur v. France, 25 June 1996, § 50, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 III;Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 48876/08, § 100, ECHR 2013 (extracts);Association Ekin v. France, no. 39288/98, ECHR 2001 VIII;C.G.I.L. and Cofferati v. Italy, no. 46967/07, § 71, 24 February 2009;Castells v. Spain, 23 April 1992, Series A no. 236;Centro Europa 7 S.r.l. and Di Stefano v. Italy [GC], no. 38433/09, ECHR 2012;Cordova v. Italy (no. 1), no. 40877/98, ECHR 2003 I;Cordova v. Italy (no. 2), no. 45649/99, § 60, ECHR 2003 I (extracts);Cumhuriyet Vakfı and Others v. Turkey, no. 28255/07, 8 October 2013;De Jorio v. Italy, no. 73936/01, § 52, 3 June 2004;Delfi AS v. Estonia [GC], no. 64569/09, ECHR 2015;Féret v. Belgium, no. 15615/07, § 65, 16 July 2009;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, § 141, ECHR 2010;Golder v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1975, § 34, Series A no. 18;Gorzelik and Others v. Poland [GC], no. 44158/98, § 90, ECHR 2004 I;Hoon v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 14832/11, 13 November 2014;Huhtamäki v. Finland, no. 54468/09, § 51, 6 March 2012;Iatridis v. Greece [GC], no. 31107/96, § 58, ECHR 1999 II;Incal v. Turkey, 9 June 1998, § 53, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998 IV;Jerusalem v. Austria, no. 26958/95, § 36, ECHR 2001 II;Karácsony and Others v. Hungary, no. 42461/13, §§ 32-33, 16 September 2014;Kart v. Turkey [GC], no. 8917/05, ECHR 2009 (extracts);Klass and Others v. Germany, 6 September 1978, § 55, Series A no. 28;Korbely v. Hungary [GC], no. 9174/02, §§ 72-73, ECHR 2008;Kudeshkina v. Russia, no. 29492/05, § 83, 26 February 2009;Kudrevičius and Others v. Lithuania [GC], no. 37553/05, 15 October 2015;Kyprianou v. Cyprus [GC], no. 73797/01, §§ 171 and 181, ECHR 2005 XIII;Leyla Şahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 44774/98, § 108, ECHR 2005 XI;Lindon, Otchakovsky-Laurens and July v. France [GC], nos. 21279/02 and 36448/02, § 41, ECHR 2007 IV;Lombardi Vallauri v. Italy, no. 39128/05, 20 October 2009;Maestri v. Italy [GC], no. 39748/98, § 30, ECHR 2004-I;Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Others v. Hungary, nos. 70945/11, 23611/12, 26998/12, 41150/12, 41155/12, 41463/12, 41553/12, 54977/12 and 56581/12, § 50, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Malone v. the United Kingdom, 2 August 1984, § 67, Series A no. 82;McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no. 31333/06, § 107, 10 September 2010;Morice v. France [GC], no. 29369/10, § 155, 23 April 2015;O’Keeffe v. Ireland [GC], no. 35810/09, § 199, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Otegi Mondragon v. Spain, no. 2034/07, § 50, ECHR 2011;Parrillo v. Italy [GC], no. 46470/11, § 87, 27 August 2015;Patrono, Cascini and Stefanelli v. Italy, no. 10180/04, § 61, 20 April 2006;Perinçek v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27510/08, § 197, 15 October 2015;Piermont v. France, 27 April 1995, § 76 in fine, Series A no. 314;Rotaru v. Romania [GC], no. 28341/95, § 52, ECHR 2000-V;Sanoma Uitgevers B.V. v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 38224/03, § 100, 14 September 2010;Saygılı and Seyman v. Turkey, no. 51041/99, §§ 24-25, 27 June 2006;Steel and Morris v. the United Kingdom, no. 68416/01, § 95, ECHR 2005 II;Stoll v. Switzerland [GC], no. 69698/01, § 106, ECHR 2007 V;Sürek v. Turkey (no. 1) [GC], no. 26682/95, § 61, ECHR 1999 IV;Syngelidis v. Greece, no. 24895/07, § 42, 11 February 2010;Szél and Others v. Hungary, no. 44357/13, §§ 30 31, 16 September 2014;Tănase v. Moldova [GC], no. 7/08, ECHR 2010;United Communist Party of Turkey and Others v. Turkey, 30 January 1998, § 45, Reports 1998 I;Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection), [GC], no. 17153/11 and 29 other cases, §§ 69-77, 25 March 2014;Waite and Kennedy v. Germany [GC], no. 26083/94, § 54, ECHR 1999 I;X and Others v. Austria [GC], no. 19010/07, § 163, 19 February 2013;Young, James and Webster v. the United Kingdom, 13 August 1981, § 63, Series A no. 44;Ždanoka v. Latvia [GC], no. 58278/00, §§ 98 and 103, ECHR 2006 IV;Zollmann v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 62902/00, ECHR 2003 XII
External sources: Article 41 § 2 (a) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;Venice Commission Report on the Role of the Opposition in a Democratic Parliament (Study No. 497/2008), 84th Plenary Session, 15-16 October 2010;Venice Commission Report on the Scope and Lifting of Parliamentary Immunities (Study No. 714/2013), 98th Plenary Session, 21-22 March 2014;Rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999 with subsequent modifications of the Rules);Resolution 1965 (2013) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the Discipline of the Members of the Parliamentary Assembly;Resolution 1601 (2008) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Procedural Guidelines on the Rights and Responsibilities of the Opposition in a Democratic Parliament;Article 28 of the Statute of the Council of Europe;Rule 11 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament (8th parliamentary term, September 2015);Chapter IV of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament on Measures to be taken in the event of non compliance with the standards of conduct of members;Annex XV (Guidelines for the interpretation of the standards of conduct of Members) to the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament;Rules 36 to 38 of the Rules of Procedure of the Bundestag, Germany;Rules 58 § 2 and 59 of the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives, Netherlands
Conclusion: Preliminary objection dismissed (Article 35-1 - Effective domestic remedy);Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression -{General} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction);Damage - award (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: FALSE