The Changing Face of Media Freedom Under the ECHR

Bar Review, April 2008

11 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2011

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Eoin Carolan

University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Law

Date Written: 2008

Abstract

This article considers the changing approach of the European Court of Human Rights to freedom of expression. It reviews the Court's decisions in Pfeifer v. Austria and Stoll v. Switzerland and concludes that they represent an increasingly narrow view of freedom of expression on the part of the Court.

The article also considers the Court's expansion of the scope of Article 8 and its increasing tendency to examine journalistic expression on grounds of journalistic process, language or presentation.

It concludes that the recent trend of these decisions has been away from the robust defence of freedom of expression traditionally associated with the Court's Article 10 jurisprudence.

Keywords: European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, Article 10, Article 8, freedom of expression, privacy, reputation, Pfeifer, Stoll

Suggested Citation

Carolan, Eoin, The Changing Face of Media Freedom Under the ECHR (2008). Bar Review, April 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1959467

Eoin Carolan (Contact Author)

University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Law ( email )

Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

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