Communicated on 11 January 2017
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 16582/16
Marcel SÂMPETRU
against Romania
lodged on 18 March 2016
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the publication of allegedly defamatory articles concerning the applicant, former prosecutor and counsellor of the vice-president of the Superior Council of Magistrates, accompanied by pictures, in a national newspaper (“România Liberă”) on 16 November 2011, 6 and 9 January 2012 and the failure to provide damages for the alleged infringement of the applicant’s reputation, as part of the right to respect for private life provided for by Article 8 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his private life, in particular his personal honour and reputation, within the meaning of Article 8 of the Convention, in light of the final decision of 30 January 2015 rendered by the Bucharest County Court (see, for example, Axel Springer AG v. Germany [GC], no. 39954/08, § 83, 7 February 2012 and Lavric v. Romania, no. 22231/05, 14 January 2014)?
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