Perinçek v. Switzerland

E654106

Perinçek v. Switzerland is a landmark European Court of Human Rights case concerning freedom of expression in relation to the denial of the Armenian genocide.

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Perinçek v. Switzerland canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf case of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
freedom of expression case ⓘ
human rights case ⓘ
landmark judgment ⓘ
applicant Doğu Perinçek ⓘ
articleInvoked Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
chamber Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfApplicant Turkey ⓘ
court European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
fieldOfLaw European human rights law ⓘ
criminal law and speech regulation ⓘ
freedom of expression law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
finding no abuse of rights under Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
no need to examine Article 14 separately ⓘ
violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
holding Switzerland violated the applicant’s right to freedom of expression ⓘ
impact cited in later freedom of expression jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
influenced debates on memory laws in Council of Europe states ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalIssue denial of the Armenian genocide ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
historical debate and public interest ⓘ
limits of hate speech laws ⓘ
margin of appreciation ⓘ
protection of the reputation and rights of others ⓘ
partyTypeOfApplicant individual ⓘ
partyTypeOfRespondent state ⓘ
principle distinction between Holocaust denial and other genocide denials ⓘ
enhanced protection for political speech ⓘ
importance of open debate on matters of history ⓘ
narrow interpretation of restrictions on speech ⓘ
ratioDecidendi Swiss authorities did not show a pressing social need for the interference ⓘ
criminal conviction was not necessary in a democratic society ⓘ
statements did not amount to a call for hatred or intolerance ⓘ
statements were on a matter of public interest ⓘ
region Council of Europe ⓘ
respondentState Switzerland ⓘ
subjectMatter compatibility of genocide denial laws with Article 10 ECHR ⓘ
criminal conviction for publicly denying the Armenian genocide ⓘ
topic Armenian genocide ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Genocide

Holocaust denial comparison ⓘ
genocide denial ⓘ
historical memory laws ⓘ

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Doğu Perinçek → notableCourtCase → Perinçek v. Switzerland ⓘ