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European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania

Dirk Voorhoof (UGent)
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The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered a judgment concerning restrictions on literature about same-sex relationships written specifically for children. The ECtHR found that measures taken against a children’s book of fairy tales had intended to limit children’s access to information depicting same-sex relationships as essentially equivalent to different-sex relationships. According to the ECtHR, the fairy tales had not contained sexually explicit content, nor had they promoted same-sex families over others. On the contrary, the fairy tales in the book had advocated respect for, and acceptance of, all members of society in this fundamental aspect of their lives, namely a committed relationship. The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR found, unanimously, that restricting children’s access to such information had not pursued any aim that could be accepted as legitimate to justify the interference with the author’s right to freedom of expression and information as guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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Freedom of expression, Ban on literature, same sex relations, children's book

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Voorhoof, Dirk. “European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE), no. 2023–3, 2023.
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Voorhoof, D. (2023). European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania.
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Voorhoof, Dirk. 2023. “European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE).
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Voorhoof, Dirk. 2023. “European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania.” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE).
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Voorhoof D. European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania. IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE). 2023.
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D. Voorhoof, “European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania,” IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE), no. 2023–3. 2023.
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  issn         = {{2078-6158}},
  keywords     = {{Freedom of expression,Ban on literature,same sex relations,children's book}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  series       = {{IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE)}},
  title        = {{European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) : Macaté v. Lithuania}},
  url          = {{https://merlin.obs.coe.int/article/9680}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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