MELTEX LTD AND MESROP MOVSESYAN v. ARMENIA / ECHR

Notes

Date	17/06/2008
AppNr	32283/04
Body	Court (Third Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	10; 29-3; 34; 35-3; 41
Violated / NonViolated	10
Citations	8

Conclusions:

Non-pecuniary damage - award
Remainder inadmissible
Violation of Art. 10

Keywords:

(art. 10-1) freedom to impart ideas
(art. 10-1) freedom to impart information
(art. 10-1) licensing of broadcasting enterprises
(art. 10-2) interference
(art. 10-2) safeguards against abuse
(art. 34) victim
(art. 35-3) ratione personae

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Third Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Language	ENGLISH
Application Number	32283/04
Importance Level	2
Represented by	YILDIZ K.
Respondent State	Armenia
Date of Judgment	17/06/2008
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 10 ; Remainder inadmissible ; Non-pecuniary damage - award
Articles	10 , 29-3 , 34 , 35-3 , 41
Separate Opinions	No
Law at Issue	Television and Radio Broadcasting Act
Strasbourg Case Law	Agrotexim and Others v. Greece, judgment of 24 October 1995, Series A no. 330, p. 25, § 66 ; Amat-G Ltd and Mebaghishvili v. Georgia, no. 2507/03, § 33, ECHR 2005-... ; G.J. v. Luxembourg, no. 21156/93, § 24, 26 October 2000 ; Ankarcrona v. Sweden (dec.), no. 35178/97, 27 June 2000 ; Brook v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 38218/97, 11 July 2000 ; CDI Holding Aktiengesellschaft and Others v. Slovakia (dec.), no. 37398/97, 18 October 2001 ; Comingersoll S.A. v. Portugal [GC], no. 35382/97, §§ 35, 36, ECHR 2000-IV ; Demuth v. Switzerland, no. 38743/97, § 30, ECHR 2002-IX ; F. Santos Lda. and Fachadas v. Portugal (dec.), no. 49020/99, 19 September 2000 ; Freedom and Democracy Party (ÖZDEP) v. Turkey [GC], no. 23885/94, § 57, ECHR 1999-VIII ; García Ruiz v. Spain [GC], no. 30544/96, § 26, ECHR 1999-I ; Glas Nadezhda EOOD and Anatoliy Elenkov v. Bulgaria, no. 14134/02, §§ 40, 49-51, ECHR 2007-... ; Grauso v. Poland, no. 27388/05, Commission decision of 9 April 1997 ; Hasan and Chaush v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 30985/96, § 84, ECHR 2000-XI ; Helle v. Finland, judgment of 19 December 1997, Reports 1997-VIII, §§ 59-60 ; Hiro Balani v. Spain, judgment of 9 December 1994, Series A no. 303-B, pp. 29-30, § 27 ; Hirvisaari v. Finland, no. 49684/99, § 30, 27 September 2001 ; Informationsverein Lentia and Others v. Austria, judgment of 24 November 1993, Series A no. 276, p. 13, §§ 27, 46 ; Nosov v. Russia (dec.), no. 30877/02, 20 October 2005 ; Radio ABC v. Austria, judgment of 20 October 1997, Reports 1997-VI, p. 2197, §§ 27, 41 ; Rotaru v. Romania [GC], no. 28341/95, § ..., ECHR 2000-V ; United Christian Broadcasters Ltd v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 44802/98, § 33, 7 November 2000 ; Vatan v. Russia, no. 47978/99, § 48, 7 October 2004 ; Verein Alternatives Lokalradio Bern and Verein Radio Dreyeckland Basel, no. 10746/84, Commission decision of 16 October 1986, Decisions and Reports (DR) 49, p. 126 ; Vidal v. Belgium, judgment of 22 April 1992, Series A no. 235-B, § 33 ; Wierzbicki v. Poland, no. 24541/94, § 45, 18 June 2002
External Sources	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe : Recommandation Rec(2000)23 to Member States on the independence and functions of regulatory authorities for the broadcasting sector
Keywords	"(Art. 10-1) FREEDOM TO IMPART IDEAS" "(Art. 10-1) FREEDOM TO IMPART INFORMATION" "(Art. 10-1) LICENSING OF BROADCASTING ENTERPRISES" "(Art. 10-2) INTERFERENCE" "(Art. 10-2) SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ABUSE" "(Art. 34) VICTIM" "(Art. 35-3) RATIONE PERSONAE"

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