Cases

Egeland v Norway

Held

Holding that there was no violation of Article 10;

Domestic legal provisions to protect defendants and witnesses in criminal proceedings should be afforded a wide margin of appreciation, to include privacy in accordance with Article 8 (as recommended by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Rec(2003)13) and to ensure fair administration of justice in accordance with Article 6.

The qualifications under Article 10(2) included the duty not to disseminate photographs revealing personal and intimate information and this applied within the context of reporting criminal proceedings. There were obvious hallmarks of distress in the photographs published. It was immaterial that the defendant pictured had cooperated with the media on previous occasions.

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