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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

November 4, 2008

Balsytė-Lideikienė v. Lithuania

Lithuania Incitement

July 16, 2009

Féret v. Belgium

Belgium

December 10, 2009

Willem v. France

France Boycott / BDS, Incitement

January 19, 2010

The Case of Alekseev, Baev, and Fedotova

Russian Federation LGBTI

April 20, 2010

Le Pen v. France

France

January 13, 2011

Hoffer and Annen v. Germany

Germany Criminal Defamation

February 17, 2011

Malhab v. Diffusion Métromédia CMR Inc.

Canada Civil Defamation

March 2, 2011

Snyder v. Phelps

United States LGBTI, Time, Place and Manner Restrictions

September 12, 2011

Afri-Forum v. Malema

South Africa Incitement

September 28, 2011

Eatock v. Bolt

Australia Civil Defamation, Racism