Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/30/2009

Subject: decision of the Grand Chamber (no 32772/02) of 30.06.09, on the violation of article 10 of the ECHR for the reiterated prohibition imposed on the claiming firm to broadcast on television an advertisement denouncing battery breeding of pigs

Parties: Verein gegen Tierfabriken Schweiz (VgT) c/ Svizzera (n°2)

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 11 Freedom of expression - Freedom of information - Media