nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/68d1dc4242c12813 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250514s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/68d1dc4242c12813 doi eng 342 23 Zinigrad, Roman Author aut The Dark Side of Humor - The ECtHR and the Normalization of Hate Speech Zinigrad, Roman Verfassungsblog 2025-05-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On March 3, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) released its final judgment in Yevstifeyev and others v. Russia. The decision concerned two applications against the Russian government, claiming that the domestic authorities had failed to comply with their obligation to “respond adequately” to homophobic messages and thus violated the applicants’ right to private life under Articles 8 and 14 of the Convention. This ruling offers an excellent illustration of the Court’s flawed understanding of the role of humor and satire in the protection of free speech. CC BY-SA 4.0 Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Free Speech Hate Speech Minority Protection (DE-588)1003803-6 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/yevstifeyev-ecthr-humor-free-speech/ raw object