Strasbourg Consortium

Language: French

Organization: European Court of Human Rights

Topic: Limitations - Rights of Others, Freedom of Expression

Other Information: Applicant, Jean-Marie Le Pen, protests his conviction and fine for "incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence towards a group of people because of their origin or their membership or non-membership of a specific ethnic group, nation, race or religion", on account of statements he made about Muslims in France in an interview with Le Monde daily newspaper.

Cases: (click to display case information) 

• Le Pen v. France