Lehideux and Isorni v. France
Lehideux and Isorni v. France (case no. 55/1997/839/1045, application no. 24662/94, Publication 1998-VII, no. 92, was a case heard by the European Court of Human Rights on whether a person had the right under the free speech granted under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights to undermine or threaten other rights granted under other articles of the convention. In a judgment handed down 23 September 1998 the court ruled that the protections in Article 17, the prohibition of abuse of rights, did restrict the right of free speech granted under Article 10.
This ruling has had a direct influence on International treaty law. The "Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems" requires participating States to criminalize the dissemination of racist and xenophobic material through computer systems, as well as of racist and xenophobic-motivated threats and insults[1]. Article 8, Section 1 of the protocol specifically covers the denial of the Holocaust and other genocides recognised as such by other international courts set up since 1945 by relevant international legal instruments. The Council of Europe Explanatory Report of the protocol states "European Court of Human Rights has made it clear that the denial or revision of “clearly established historical facts – such as the Holocaust – […] would be removed from the protection of Article 10 by Article 17” of the ECHR (see in this context the Lehideux and Isorni judgment of 23 September 1998)"[2].
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- Judgment
- ECHR : Lehideux and Isorni v. France Publication : 1998-VII, no. 92 on the website of Netherlands Institute of Human Rights faculty of Law
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