nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c3a237eaf8049fd3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260630s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c3a237eaf8049fd3 doi eng 342 23 Escobar Veas, Javier Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9266-0396 Compelled Decryption of a Mobile Phone - The Right Against Self-Incrimination in Minteh v. France Escobar Veas, Javier Verfassungsblog 2026-06-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Minteh v. France, decided in May 2026, the ECtHR held that compelling a suspect to reveal the password to a mobile phone does not violate the right against self-incrimination. And while courts across jurisdictions have adopted different frameworks, the ECtHR unanimously found no violation. In my view, rather than analyzing whether evidence exists independently of the suspect’s will, courts should explore whether the defendant is compelled to actively participate. This approach would tackle why compelling defendants to reveal their passwords is different from taking their fingerprints. CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 6 ECHR EU Minteh v. France decryption self-incrimination (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/compelled-decryption-of-phone/ raw object