Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 03/19/2019

Subject: The judgment according the domestic courts’ refusal to impose civil liability on an Internet forum host after vulgar comments about Ms Høiness had been posted on the forum was legitimate: the judges had acted within their discretion, when seeking to establish a balance between the right to private life and to freedom of expression

Parties: Høiness c. Norvegia

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