Information Note on the Court’s case-law 226
February 2019
Association ACCEPT and Others v. Romania (communicated case) - 19237/16
Article 14
Discrimination
LGBT rights film screening interrupted by group shouting homophobic abuse: communicated
Article 8
Article 8-1
Respect for private life
LGBT rights film screening interrupted by group shouting homophobic abuse: communicated
The applicants, an LGBT rights non-governmental organisation and five private individuals, attended a public screening of a film on the topic of LGBT rights. The screening was interrupted by a group of people who entered the venue and shouted homophobic abuse. Some of the intruders were holding a flag of a dissolved far-right party. The event could no longer continue. The investigation into the applicants’ criminal complaint was closed by the prosecutor and that decision upheld by the courts.
Communicated under Articles 3, 8, 11, 13 and 14 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 12.
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