Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 11/22/2007

Subject: The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the applicant’s conviction for having distributed a pamphlet in the course of an election campaign, the content of which was held to be defamatory by the French courts.

Parties: Desjardin c/ Francia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 12 Freedom of assembly