@article{7249956,
  abstract     = {{In finding no violation of the right to privacy and the right to reputation, the European Court upholds a high level of freedom of expression for a joke in a TV-programme about the sexual orientation of a television celebrity in Portugal. For the European Court it was important that the domestic courts, in dismissing the defamation complaint by Mr Sousa Goucha, took into account the context in which the joke had been made, and referred to the playful and irreverent style of the television comedy show and its usual humour. It also noted that Mr Sousa Goucha, as a well-known television host, is a public figure, who had earlier publicly declared his homosexuality.}},
  author       = {{Voorhoof, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{2078-6158}},
  journal      = {{IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE)}},
  keywords     = {{humour,public figure,satire,freedom of expression,privacy,sexual orientation,TV-programme,celebrity,HRC}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{2--3}},
  publisher    = {{European Audiovisual Observatory}},
  title        = {{European Court of Human Rights: Sousa Goucha v. Portugal}},
  url          = {{http://merlin.obs.coe.int/newsletter.php?year=2016&issue=6&iris_ref=2016+6+1}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}