Daniel Samper Ospina v. Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 3.0016069525797207
Longitude: -73.96890197152884
- Country Location (Lié Case Law)
- Colombia
- Decision Date
- 12 sept. 2017
- Case Status
- Affaire Résolue
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Dismissed
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Order to Update
- Rectification or Reformation order
- Reparations Made by Individual or Entity who Exercised FoE
- Keywords
- Defamation
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Suprême (cour d'appel de dernière instance)
- Case Number
- Rad. Nº 93.724
- Case Summary
The Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a politician who had referred to a journalist as a “child rapist”, “abuser of children” and a “child pornographer” on Twitter had violated the journalist’s right to honor and reputation. The tweets were in response to articles in which the journalist had mocked the name of the newborn daughter of a congresswoman. The Court held that the language used by the politician was not a proportionate way to defend the rights of the congresswoman’s daughter and unjustifiably infringed the fundamental rights of the journalist.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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