@misc{8755090,
  abstract     = {{The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered a judgment in which, for the first time, it refers to the notion of SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). In its judgment of 15 March 2022, in the case of OOO Memo v. Russia, the ECtHR expresses its concerns about the risk for democracy of court proceedings instituted with a view to limiting public participation. The case concerns a civil defamation suit brought by a Russian regional state body against a media company. The ECtHR found that allowing executive bodies to bring defamation proceedings against members of the media places an excessive and disproportionate burden on the media. This could have an inevitable chilling effect on the media in the performance of their task as purveyor of information and as public watchdog.}},
  articleno    = {{2022-5:1/19}},
  author       = {{Voorhoof, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{2078-6158}},
  keywords     = {{Freedom of expression,defamation,chilling effect,SLAPP,democracy,public watchdog,state body's reputation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2022-5}},
  pages        = {{2}},
  series       = {{IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE)}},
  title        = {{European Court of Human Rights : OOO Memo v. Russia}},
  url          = {{https://merlin.obs.coe.int/article/9474}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}