RTV Slovenija case goes to Strasbourg court

After the Slovenian Constitutional Court reversed its decision to stay the legislative changes on the governance of the public broadcaster, the petitioners challenging the law have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights. They allege violation of the right to a fair trial.

"By lifting the temporary suspension, the Constitutional Court deprived the petitioners of the only legal remedy available to us in Slovenia, which opens our path to the European Court of Human Rights," Peter Gregorčič, the lead challenger of the law, and Matej Avbelj, the jurist who authored the...