Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 04/24/2008

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 the publication of an article about a leading politician in the Portuguese daily newspaper Público.

Parties: Campos Dâmaso c/ Portogallo

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression