Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ]

In its decision in the case of M’Bala M’Bala v. France (application no. 25239/13) the European Court of Human Rights has by a majority declared the application inadmissible. The decision is final. The case concerns the conviction of Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala, a comedian with political activities, for public insults directed at a person or group of persons on account of their origin or of belonging to a given ethnic community, nation, race or religion, specifically in this case persons of Jewish origin or faith. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

The applicant, Dieudonné M’Bala, is a French national, who was born in 1966 and lives in Paris (France). He is a comedian known by the stage name “Dieudonné”. He has also engaged in political activities. On 26 December 2008 Dieudonné M’Bala put on a performance at the “Zénith” in Paris in the context of a show entitled “J’ai fait l’con” (“I’ve been a naughty boy”). At the end of the show he invited Robert Faurisson, an academic who has received a number of convictions in France for his negationist and revisionist opinions, mainly his denial of the existence of gas chambers in concentration camps, to join him on stage. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »