Herzberg and Others v. Finland

Abstract

State responsibility — Nature and kinds of — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Acts and omissions of State organs and officials — Connected with legislation — Finnish Penal Code — Censorship of radio and television programmes dealing with homosexuality — Whether measures necessary for the protection of public morals — Margin of discretion for national authorities — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Whether entitled to review national legislation in general

The individual in international law — In general — Human rights and freedoms — Freedom of expression and information — Censorship of radio and television programmes dealing with homosexuality — Finnish Penal Code — Whether measures necessary for the protection of public morals — Margin of discretion — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, Article 19 — Optional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Whether entitled to review national legislation in general