Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Spain) - Tribunal Constitucional

Date: 05/28/2014

Subject: The Constitutional Court, on the relation between the right to honour and freedom of expression when the alleged violation of the right regards politicians, recalls the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg; the decision n. 77/2014 of 22.05.2014, on the legitimacy of a trial in absentia against a disabled person, in the light of the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa, Josep Lluís Carod Rovira y el partido político Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Freedom of information

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