Name of the act/s*

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 26 May 2020 in the case of Mándli and Others v Hungary

Subject area

freedom of expression, parliament

Brief description of the contents of the act

The case concerned the suspension of the applicants’ Parliament accreditation as journalists.

The Court found in particular that the applicants, journalists working for various media outlets, had been reporting on a matter of public interest – alleged illicit payments linked to the National Bank. Their accreditation to work in parliament had been suspended after they had tried to interview deputies outside the designated areas for such work.

While acknowledging the right of parliaments to regulate conduct on their premises, the Court found that the applicants had no mechanism to appeal against the suspension of their accreditation. The sanction against them had thus not been accompanied by sufficient safeguards, resulting in a breach of Article 10 of the Convention (freedom of expression).

*Act citation /year and number

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 26 May 2020 in the case of Mándli and Others v Hungary

Enacted by

European Court of Human Rights

Official link to the text of the act

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-202540