theres been a fairly recent case posted which had been all through the portuguese courts and portugal lost in the ECHR...that is a fact...all your posts are opinion
May well be the McCanns will also win...taht is my opinion
Was that the case of the journalist? The judges were well aware of the inclination of the ECHR to uphold freedom of expression rather than 'the right to honour', and they were very careful not to do that in the case before them.
On the national instances' side there is a clear tendency to secondarily favour freedom of expression and to overestimate the right to honour.
This has caused Portugal to be condemned by the ECHR for violation of art. 10° of the European Convention on Human Rights (cf. the cases Lopes Gomes da Silva vs Portugal (2000), Urbino Rodrigues vs Portugal (2005), Roseiro Bento vs Portugal (2005). Almeida Azevedo vs Portugal (2007), Colaço Mestre vs Portugal (2007), Leonel Azevedo vs Portugal (2008), Medipress Sociedade Jornalistica. Lda. Vs Portugal (2016) and Tavares de Almeida Fernandes and Almeida Fernandes vs Portugal (2017)).
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