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Human Rights in a Positive State - Books

This book critically and comprehensively engages with the European Court of Human Rights’ positive obligations case law, including references to media law matters

ECtHR ruling in Delfi and MTE cases: More Questions Than Answers - Legal Resources

The role of online news portals as intermediaries and their liability for user-generated content has been at the centre of two recent ECtHR cases (DELFI and MTE). Divergent outcomes leave room for many questions

Recent developments of the ECtHR case law on freedom of expression - HTML5 video

An informative video presentation on the overview of the European Court of Human Rights case law concerning freedom of expression, media and journalism in 2015

Freedom of expression and defamation (2016) - Reports

The Council of Europe has published a new study of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the special relation between freedom of expression and defamation

ECtHR: Conviction of journalists for an interview using a hidden camera infringed their freedom of expression - Legal Resources

After a lengthy legal fight, Swiss journalists obtained a positive ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, determining that their conviction for using a hidden camera in the case of insurance broker malpractice violated their rights

Court rules online news sites are not liable for offensive readers’ comments - Legal Resources

In the MTE case, the ECHR tested the principles set forth in the controversial Grand Chamber’s Delfi case concerning the notion of liability of news portals for readers' comment

Encryption and Anonymity Annual Report - Reports

In this report, David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, addresses the use of encryption and anonymity in digital communications

Slovakia: Does Media Policy Promote Media Freedom and Independence? - Reports

In the framework of a project funded by the European Union – “European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems” – this study combines a country-based study with a comparative analysis across media sectors and media services in Slovakia