Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/14/2007

Subject: Freedom of expression, on account of an order made against the Hachette Filipacchi company in civil proceedings following publication in Paris-Match of a photograph of the dead body of the Prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac

Parties: Hachette Filipacchi Associés c/ Francia

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal