VEREIN GEGEN TIERFABRIKEN SCHWEIZ (VgT) v. SWITZERLAND (No. 2) / ECHR

Notes

Date	30/06/2009
AppNr	32772/02
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	10; 10-1; 35; 35-1; 35-3; 46; 46-1; 46-2
Violated / NonViolated	10
Citations	313

Conclusions:

Preliminary objection dismissed (lack of jurisdiction)
Preliminary objection dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies)
Violation of Art. 10

Keywords:

(art. 10-1) freedom of expression
(art. 35-1) exhaustion of domestic remedies
(art. 35-3) ratione materiae
(art. 46-1) abide by judgment
(art. 46-2) execution of judgment
(art. 46-2) reopening of proceedings
positive obligations

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	32772/02
Importance Level	1
Represented by	REMPFLER R. W.
Respondent State	Switzerland
Date of Judgment	30/06/2009
Conclusion	Preliminary objection dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies) ; Preliminary objection dismissed (lack of jurisdiction) ; Violation of Art. 10
Articles	10 ; 10-1 ; 35 ; 35-1 ; 35-3 ; 46 ; 46-1 ; 46-2
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Sections 139a and 140 of the former Federal Judicature Act ; Section 122 of the 2005 Federal Court Act
Strasbourg Case Law	Appleby and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 44306/98, § 40, ECHR 2003-VI ; Assanidze v. Georgie [GC], no. 71503/01, § 198 and § 202, ECHR 2004-II ; Bottazzi v. Italy [GC], no. 34884/97, § 22, ECHR 1999-V ; Castells v. Spain du 23 April 1992, Series A no. 236, § 43 ; Claes and Others v. Belgium, nos. 46825/99, 47132/99, 47502/99, 49010/99, 49104/99, 49195/99 and 49716/99, § 53, 2 June 2005 ; Dammann v. Switzerland, no. 77551/01, § 52, 25 April 2006 ; Editions Plon v. France, no. 58148/00, § 53, ECHR 2004-IV ; Folgerø and Others v. Norway (dec.), no. 15472/02, of 14 February 2006 ; Fuentes Bobo v. Spain, no. 39293/98, § 38, 29 February 2000 ; Gençel v. Turkey, no. 53431/99, § 27, 23 October 2003 ; Handyside v. the United Kingdom, 7 December 1976, § 49, Series A no. 24 ; Hatton and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 36022/97, §§ 98 and ss., ECHR 2003-VIII ; Hertel v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 3440/99, ECHR 2002-I ; Krcmár and Others v. the Czech Republic (dec.), no. 69190/01, 30 March 2004 ; Lehideux and Isorni v. France, 23 September 1998, § 55, Reports des arrêts and décisions 1998-VII ; Leterme v. France, 29 April 1998, Reports 1998-III ; Lingens v. Austria du 8 July 1986, Series A no. 103, § 42 ; Lyons and Others v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 15227/03, ECHR 2003-IX, p. 422 and p. 431 ; Marckx v. Belgium, judgment of 13 June 1979, § 31, Series A no. 31, § 58 ; Mehemi v. France (no. 2), no. 53470/99, § 43, ECHR 2003-IV ; Monnat v. Switzerland, no. 73604/01, § 55 and § 58, ECHR 2006-X ; Murphy v. Ireland, no. 44179/98, § 72, ECHR 2003-IX (extracts) ; Öcalan v. Turkey [GC], no. 46221/99, § 210, ECHR 2005-IV ; Osman v. the United Kingdom, 28 October 1998, Reports 1998-VIII, § 116 ; Özgür Gündem v. Turkey, no. 23144/93, §§ 42-46, ECHR 2000-III ; Pailot v. France, 22 April 1998, Reports 1998-II, § 57 ; Papamichalopoulos and Others v. Greece (former Article 50), judgment of 31 October 1995, Series A no. 330-B, § 34 ; Pauger v. Austria, no. 24872/94, Commission decision of 9 January 1995, Decisions and Reports 80-A, p. 170 ; Pelladoah v. the Netherlands, judgment of 22 September 1994, Series A no. 297-B, § 44 ; Popov v. Russia, no. 26853/04, § 263, 13 July 2006 ; Rando v. Italy, no. 38498/97, § 17, 15 February 2000 ; Saïdi v. France, judgment of 20 September 1993, Series A no. 261-C, § 47 ; Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GC], nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, § 249, ECHR 2000-VIII ; Sørensen and Rasmussen v. Denmark [GC], nos. 52562/99 and 52620/99 ECHR 2006-I, § 58 ; Sunday Times v. the United Kingdom (no. 2), 26 November 1991, § 51, Series A no. 217 ; Thorgeir Thorgeirson v. Iceland du 25 June 1992, Series A no. 239, § 63 ; Verein gegen Tierfabriken (VgT) v. Switzerland, no.. 24699/94, § 75, ECHR 2001-VI ; Wingrove v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 25 November 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-V, § 58 ; Young, James and Webster v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 13 August 1981, Series A no. 44, § 49
External Sources	Recommendation No. R (2000) 2 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the re-examination or reopening of certain cases at domestic level following judgments of the European Court of Human Rights <http://court3/hudoc/ViewHtml.asp?Item=1&Action=Html&Notice=0&Noticemode=0&RelatedMode=0&X=511093949> ; Paragraph 35 of the report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (doc. 8808, 12 June 2000) ; Rules for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 May 2006 ; Article 35 of the Draft Articles of the International Law Commission on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts adopted by the General Assembly at its 53rd session (2001) and reproduced in Official Records of the General Assembly, 56th Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/56/10) ; Article 26, and the third paragraph of the preamble, of the Vienna Convention of 23 May 1969 on the Law of Treaties
Keywords	"(Art. 10-1) FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" "(Art. 35-1) EXHAUSTION OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES" "(Art. 35-3) RATIONE MATERIAE" "(Art. 46-1) ABIDE BY JUDGMENT" "(Art. 46-2) EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT" "(Art. 46-2) REOPENING OF PROCEEDINGS" "POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS"

Application Documents 1

VEREIN GEGEN TIERFABRIKEN SCHWEIZ (VGT) v. SWITZERLAND

10 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits)

04/10/2007

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