PAVEL IVANOV v. RUSSIA

Application Number 35222/04 European Court of Human Rights The applicant published articles in his newspapers calling for, inter alia, the exclusion of Jews from social life. He was charged with publicly inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred. The ECtHR found that the speech fell outside the scope of Convention protection. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-79619%22]} Theme(s): Anti-Semitism Date: […]

WILLEM v FRANCE

Application Number 10883/05 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant, a Mayor at the material time, called for the boycotting of Israeli Products. He was fined 1,000 Euro on the grounds that he incited discrimination. The ECtHR found that there was no violation of Article 10 since preventing such incitement is […]

BALDASSI AND OTHERS V FRANCE

Application Number 15271/16 and 6 others European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicants are eleven members of the “Palestine 68 Collective,” a French organization supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement which calls for, amongst others, the boycott of Israeli products. The applicants were punished for incitement to discrimination and received […]