Alapjogi jogesetek – a strasbourgi Emberi Jogok Európai Bírósága

Absztrakt

Recently, in a number of judgments adopted against Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights examined some interesting issues pertaining to the freedom of expression. Notably, the Court was confronted with two cases concerning the non-verbal expression of criticism by the parliamentary opposition, eventually sanctioned by the Speaker, as well as with another case concerning the dismissal of a journalist for publishing a book criticising his employer in breach of confidentiality clause. Furthermore, this paper presents another case against Hungary, which concerns the right of an accused to the respect for his family life.

As far as judgments against other countries are concerned, this review recounts cases touching on the investigation into the crackdown on demonstrations in Bucharest in June 1990; on the capture and detention of an Iraqi national by the British forces during the hostilities in Iraq in 2003; on the family life of a person whose immigration status in the Netherlands was precarious from the outset; as well as on the abuse of the right of application in a case concerning the possibility, in Switzerland, to obtain drugs enabling a suicide.