La pena detentiva per la diffamazione tra Corte costituzionale e Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo: l’ordinanza della Corte costituzionale n. 132 del 2020
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
La pena detentiva per la diffamazione tra Corte costituzionale e Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo: l’ordinanza della Corte costituzionale n. 132 del 2020 / M. Cuniberti. - In: OSSERVATORIO COSTITUZIONALE. - ISSN 2283-7515. - 2020:5(2020 Oct 06), pp. 121-139.
Abstract:
: With Ordinance no. 132 of 2020, the Constitutional Court has postponed of one year
the decision on whether the criminal provisions envisaging custodial sentences for the offence of
defamation committed through the press conflict with the Italian Constitution. Such postponement
has been decided in order to grant the Parliament an adequate time to enact new legislation to
amend such provisions and make them compatible with the Italian Constitution, removing the
unconstitutional profiles that have been already identified by the Court. Such decision-making
technique has been used in the past by the Constitutional Court, for instance in the Cappato case,
raising certain doubts among scholars; however, in the case at stake it seems to be an acceptable
solution if compared against the decisions that the Court could have taken and in light of the
uncertainty that still characterize the orientation of the EDU Court on the subject of defamation
committed through the press.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Freedom of Press; Constitutional Court; European Court of Human Rights; Defamation
Elenco autori:
M. Cuniberti
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