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Case Decision Year

Region

Africa (5)
Asia and Asia Pacific (17)
Europe and Central Asia (108)
Middle East and North Africa (1)
North America (21)
Latin-America and Caribbean (9)

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Decision Direction

Expands Expression (50)
Mixed Outcome (61)
Contracts Expression (51)

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National Perspective (109)
International and/or Regional Perspective (54)

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162 Cases Found

July 10, 2003

Murphy v. Ireland

Ireland

June 14, 2004

Gündüz v. Turkey

Turkey

November 16, 2004

Norwood v. United Kingdom

United Kingdom

September 13, 2005

İ.A. v. Turkey

Turkey Content-Based Restriction

April 30, 2006

Giniewski v. France

France Racism

October 6, 2006

Erbakan v. Turkey

Turkey Political speech

November 14, 2006

Medya FM Reha Radio v. Turkey

Turkey Ban, Incitement

November 7, 2007

The Case of the Holocaust Denial

Spain Discrimination, Genocide, Incitement, Insult, Positive Obligations, Racism

July 10, 2008

Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v. Firma Feryn NV

Belgium Discrimination

October 10, 2008