CJC Database

ECtHR jurisprudence: Article 12 of the European Convention of Human RightsECtHR, Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom, October 22, 1981.ECtHR, Rees v. United Kingdom, October 17, 1996. ECtHR, Salgueiro da Silva Mouta v. Portugal, March 21, 2000.ECtHR, Christine Goodwine v. United Kingdom, July, 1, 2002ECtHR Fette v. France, February, 26, 2002. ECtHR, L. y V v. Austria, January, 9, 2003. ECtHR, Schalk and Koft v. Austria, June, 23, 2010.

TRIIAL CASE

Spain, Tribunal Constitucional (Constitutional Court), 20/2012, constitutional, judgment, 16 February 2012

Deciding court: Constitutional Court

Topic: Right to fair trial - Access to justice

National Follow Up Of (when relevant): No

ECtHR jurisprudence: No

TRIIAL CASE

Spain, High Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha, judgment nº 404/1999, of 10 May, contentious-administrative jurisdiction

Deciding court: High Court of Justicie of Castilla-La Mancha

Topic: Impartiality

National Follow Up Of (when relevant):

ECtHR jurisprudence:

TRIIAL CASE

CJEU, C-158/21 Puig Gordi, Judgment of 31 January of 2023

Deciding court: Court of Justice of the European Union

Topic: Right to an independent tribunal and fair trial

National Follow Up Of (when relevant): N/A

ECtHR jurisprudence: N/A

TRIIAL CASE

Spain, Supreme Court, Judgment 2614/2016, Contentious-Administrative chamber, 14 of December of 2016

Deciding court: Spanish Supreme Court. Contentious-Administrative chamber.

Topic: Right to freedom of expression – disciplinary measures

National Follow Up Of (when relevant): N/A

ECtHR jurisprudence: Article 10.1 ECHR (freedom of expression)

TRIIAL CASE

M.D. and Others vs. Spain, App no 36584/17 (ECtHR 28 June 2022)

Deciding court: European Court of Human Right

Topic: Political speech of judges and the right to private life and freedom of expression.

National Follow Up Of (when relevant): N/A

ECtHR jurisprudence: Article 8.1 of the Convention (private life)Article 10.1 of the Convention (freedom of expression)Regarding article 10 ECHR: Yılmaz and Kılıç v. Turkey, no. 68514/01, § 58, 17 July 2008; Baka v. Hungary [GC], no. 20261/12, § 140, 23 June 2016; Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft and Others v. Switzerland, (dec.), no. 68995/13, § 72, 12 November 2019).Regarding article 8 ECHR: M.M. v. the Netherlands, no. 39339/98, § 46, 8 April 2003; S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 30562/04 and 30566/04, § 67; Libert v. France, no. 588/13, §§ 40 and 42, 22 February 2018; ECHR 2008, Catt v. the United Kingdom, no. 43514/15, § 112, 24 January 2019).

TRIIAL CASE

Benitez Moriana and Iñigo Fernández vs. Spain, App no 36537/15 and 36539/15 (ECtHR 9 March 2021)

Deciding court: European Court of Human Right

Topic: Right to freedom of expression – Critics to the judiciary - right to honour of judges and citizens trust in the judiciary

National Follow Up Of (when relevant): N/A

ECtHR jurisprudence: Article 10.1 of the Convention (freedom of expression)Regarding article 10 ECHR: Perinçek v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27510/08, § 196 ECHR 2015 (extracts); Peruzzi v. Italy, no. 39294/09, § 45, 30 June 2015; Morice v. France [GC], no. 29369/10, §§ 124 et seq., ECHR 2015Medžlis Islamske Zajednice Brčko and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina ([GC], no. 17224/11, § 77, 27 June 2017; Miljević v. Croatia, no. 68317/13, § 53, 25 June 2020)