The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in view of breaching privacy in media. Part I. Evolution of jurisdiction

Michał Zaremba

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The article contains a discussion of the stand of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the legal boundaries of protecting privacy from violations on account of media. This standpoint evolved through the years, and as the key stages of this development, verdicts in the cases Tammer, von Hannover (1) and Axel Springer and von Hannover (nr 2) are recalled. The test created in these two verdicts is the crown achievement of the Courts jurisdiction work concerning the relations of article 8 and article 10 of the Convention.

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protection of privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, public debate, celebritization of politics, press law, media law, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms