CASE OF MAGYAR KÉTFARKÚ KUTYA PÁRT v. HUNGARY
Hearing: Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt v. Hungary (no. 201/17) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2018-11-21 00:00:00)
Application no.: 201/17
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2020-01-20 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2020:0120JUD000020117
Respondent state: HUN
Articles of the Convention: 10;10-1;10-2;41
Judges: Alena Poláčková;Angelika Nußberger;Branko Lubarda;Carlo Ranzoni;Dmitry Dedov;Ganna Yudkivska;Guido Raimondi;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Marko Bošnjak;Paul Lemmens;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Robert Spano;Síofra O'Leary;Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer
Represented by: TORDAI Cs.
Issue: Section 2(1), 2(1)a, 2(1)(e), 141, 218 and 218(2)(d) of the Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (EPA) ; Article 2(1) of the Fundamental Law


Strasbourg case-law cited: Ahmet Yıldırım v. Turkey, no. 3111/10, §§ 49-50, ECHR 2012;Association Ekin v. France, no. 39288/98, § 46, ECHR 2001-VIII;Bédat v. Switzerland [GC], no. 56925/08, § 58, 29 March 2016;Cengiz and Others v. Turkey, nos. 48226/10 and 14027/11, § 54, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Centro Europa 7 S.r.l. and Di Stefano v. Italy [GC], no. 38433/09, § 141, ECHR 2012;Delfi AS v. Estonia [GC], no. 64569/09, §§ 120-122, ECHR 2015;Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, § 144, ECHR 2010;Gillow v. the United Kingdom, 24 November 1986, § 51, Series A no. 109;Gorzelik and Others v. Poland [GC], no. 44158/98, § 65, ECHR 2004 I;Ivinović v. Croatia, no. 13006/13, § 28, 18 September 2014;Jalloh v. Germany (dec.), no. 54810/00, 26 October 2004;Jersild v. Denmark, 23 September 1994, § 31, Series A no. 298;Kovach v. Ukraine, no. 39424/02, §§ 48-62, ECHR 2008;Kudrevičius and Others v. Lithuania [GC], no. 37553/05, § 115, ECHR 2015;Lykourezos v. Greece, no. 33554/03, §§ 50-58, ECHR 2006 VIII;Magyar Helsinki Bizottság v. Hungary [GC], no. 18030/11, 8 November 2016;Malone v. the United Kingdom, 2 August 1984, § 67, Series A no. 82;McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no. 31333/06, § 107, 10 September 2010;Neij and Sunde Kolmisoppi v. Sweden (dec.), no. 40397/12, 19 February 2013;O’Keeffe v. Ireland [GC], no. 35810/09, § 199, ECHR 2014 (extracts);Olsson v. Sweden (no. 1), 24 March 1988, § 61, Series A no. 130;Orlovskaya Iskra v. Russia, no. 42911/08, § 110, 21 February 2017;Öztürk v. Turkey [GC], no. 22479/93, § 49, ECHR 1999 VI;Parrillo v. Italy [GC], no. 46470/11, § 87, ECHR 2015;Paschalidis, Koutmeridis and Zaharakis v. Greece, nos. 27863/05 and 2 others, §§ 29-35, 10 April 2008;Perinçek v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27510/08, § 136, ECHR 2015 (extracts);Refah Partisi (the Welfare Party) and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 41340/98 and 3 others, §§ 87-88 and 100, ECHR 2003 II;Schwarzenberger v. Germany, no. 75737/01, § 31, 10 August 2006;Storck v. Germany (dec.), no. 61603/00, 26 October 2004;Társaság a Szabadságjogokért v. Hungary, no. 37374/05, 14 April 2009;Uhl v. Germany (dec.), no. 64387/01, 6 May 2004;Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 2) [GC], nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08, § 103, ECHR 2012;Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, §§ 69-77, 25 March 2014
Conclusion: Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression;Freedom to impart information;Freedom to receive ideas);Pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE