Bucur v. Romania

Case Law
Country
Country Location

Latitude: 46.325168912004486

Longitude: 24.596189618110312

Country Location (linked Case Law)
Romania
Decision Date
8 de jan. de 2013
Case Status
Closed
Case Outcome (Procedural)
  • Admissibile
  • Appeal allowed
  • Reversed Lower Court
Case Outcome (Disposition)
  • Judgment in Favor of Defendant
  • Law or Action Overturned or Deemed Unconstitutional
  • Monetary Damages/Fines
  • Suspension of conviction issued against individual exercising FoE
Keywords
  • National Security
  • Privacy
Case Number
No. 40238/02
Case Summary

In this case, the European Court of Human Rights held that if a public employee brings concerns of illegal surveillance of the public, so long as those disclosures are made in good faith, the government may not fire the employee and thus violate his freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights.

The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.

Source Name and URL
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression