EIGIRDAS AND VI "DEMOKRATIJOS PLETROS FONDAS" v. LITHUANIA - 84048/17 (Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} : Second Section)

Art 10 • Freedom of expression • Unjustified obligation to publish decisions of the media self-regulatory body, which disciplined the applicants for breaching requirements of journalists' and publishers' ethics in relation to two articles on matters of public interest • Interferences not "necessary in a democratic society"

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Arnfinn Bårdsen , President , Jovan Ilievski, Egidijus Kūris, Pauliine Koskelo, Saadet Yüksel, Diana Sârcu, Davor Derenčinović , judges , and Dorothee von Arnim, Deputy Section Registrar,

the applications (nos. 84048/17 and 84051/17 ) against the Republic of Lithuania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Lithuanian national, Mr Eduardas Eigirdas ("the first applicant"), and VĮ "Demokratijos plėtros fondas" ("the second applicant"), on 11 December 2017;