No Room for Homophobic Hate Speech Under the EHCR: Carl Jóhann Lilliendahl v. Iceland
The post comments on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Carl Jóhann Lilliendahl v. Iceland of May 12th 2020, regarding freedom of expression in cases concerning homophobic hate speech through online comments. In that decision the Court struck out the applicant's complaint as...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1426403 |
Summary: | The post comments on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Carl Jóhann Lilliendahl v. Iceland of May 12th 2020, regarding freedom of expression in cases concerning homophobic hate speech through online comments. In that decision the Court struck out the applicant's complaint as manifestly ill founded, providing an example of the rigid viewpoint adopted by the Court towards homophobic speech. |
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