European Court of Human Rights : Olaffson v. Iceland

According to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Iceland has breached the right to freedom of expression of the editor of a web-based media site, by holding him liable for defamation. The applicant in this case is Mr. Ólafsson, editor of the web-based media site Pressan. He published article...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voorhoof, Dirk
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: European Audiovisual Observatory 2017
Subjects:
Law and Political Science
Right to freedom of expression
right to reputation
sex offences
defamation
HRC
Iceland
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8522538
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8522538
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8522538/file/8522549
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Summary:According to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Iceland has breached the right to freedom of expression of the editor of a web-based media site, by holding him liable for defamation. The applicant in this case is Mr. Ólafsson, editor of the web-based media site Pressan. He published articles alleging that a political candidate (‘A.’) had sexually abused children. The allegations were based on statements made by relatives of ‘A.’ who had declared that he had sexually abused them when they were children. These allegations were also forwarded to the police and the child protection services, but for an unknown reason, the police had not instigated an investigation.

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