Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 07/12/2016

Subject: The judgment according to which the conviction for defamation of a journalist was disproportionate, it violated his freedom of expression and in particular the Court noted that the domestic court had not drawn a distinction between statements of fact and value judgments and that a certain degree of “exaggeration” or even “provocation” was permitted in the exercise of journalistic freedom

Parties: Reichman c. Francia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression