Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 02/24/2009

Subject: The Court has stated the violation of art. 6 § 1 of the Convention in relation to the fairness of the procedure, for the impossibility to prosecute a deputy for libel because of his parliamentary immunity

Parties: C.G.I.L. e Cofferati c/ Italia

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Fair trial, public hearing - Independent and impartial tribunal