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EU-CITZEN: Ad-Hoc Request SLAPP in the EU Context EU-CITZEN: ACADEMIC NETWORK ON EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS Ad-Hoc Request SLAPP in the EU context Author(s) Petra Bárd, Judit Bayer, Ngo Chun Luk and Lina Vosyliute Coordinated by Sergio Carrera Partner(s) involved CEPS Version v.2 Delivery date 29 May 2020 Total number of pages 67 (including Annex) This publication has been produced with the financial support of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and the EU-CITZEN Network and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. Contents CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1. CHALLENGE SETTING: SLAPP IN THE EU ........................................................................................................ 4 1.1. WHAT IS AT STAKE: EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS .................................................................... 5 1.2. EU-SPECIFIC CROSS-BORDER ISSUES: JURISDICTION, INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF FORUM SHOPPING ................................ 6 1.3. SLAPP VICTIMS ACROSS EUROPE AND EU REACTIONS ............................................................................................. 8 2. DEFINITIONAL CHALLENGES TO BE EXPLORED IN FUTURE RESEARCH ........................................................ 11 2.1. THE “SPEAKER” TO BE PROTECTED...................................................................................................................... 12 2.2. THE “SPEECH”, OR CONTENT TO BE PROTECTED .................................................................................................... 14 2.3. THE IMPACT ON DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION ...................................................................................................... 15 2.4. THE LAWSUIT IS MERITLESS ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.5. THE INTENT TO INTIMIDATE .............................................................................................................................. 15 3. LEGAL AND NON-LEGAL TOOLS USED IN A SLAPP-RELATED CONTEXT. ....................................................... 16 3.1. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH MAY BE USED TO “SILENCE” JOURNALISTS AND NGOS ..................................................... 16 3.1.1 Instruments limiting free speech: civil and criminal, substantive and procedural laws ...................... 17 Defamation and libel: the difference between statements of facts and value statements ...................................... 17 Criminal defamation .................................................................................................................................................. 18 Covid-19 .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.1.2 Other, non-freedom of expression related legal tools ........................................................................ 21 The burden of being a whistle-blower ...................................................................................................................... 21 Community participation .......................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2. OTHER, NON-LEGAL FORMS OF JOURNALISTS' AND NGO’S HARASSMENT................................................................... 24 4. MODELS AND TECHNIQUES OF ANTI-SLAPP REGULATION TO BE EXPLORED IN A FUTURE RESEARCH ........ 25 4.1. THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF POWERS............................................................... 26 4.2. DISMISSING THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE MERITS PHASE ....................................................................................... 26 4.2.1 Legality and opportunity ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.2.2 Abuse of rights .................................................................................................................................... 28 4.3. TECHNIQUES IN THE MERITS PHASE TO OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SLAPPS ................................................. 29 4.3.1 Cost transfer, legal aid for litigants ..................................................................................................... 29 4.3.2 Publicity and warning against SLAPPers ............................................................................................. 29 4.3.3 SLAPP-back .......................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT .................................................................... 30 4.4.1 Freedom of speech and its limits ......................................................................................................... 30 4.4.2 The constitutional pre-requisites to successfully fight against SLAPP ................................................. 32 4.4.3 Potential abuse of anti-SLAPP legislation (particularly by government-sponsored NGOs) ................. 33 4.4.4 The importance of an independent judiciary ...................................................................................... 34 5. FUTURE RESEARCH AVENUES ..................................................................................................................... 35 ANNEX – CASE STUDIES ................................................................................................................................. 38 CASE STUDY 1 – CROATIA: SLAPP SUITS TARGETING JOURNALISTS .............................................................................. 40 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 41 CASE STUDY 2 – ITALY: THREATS BY THE SICILIAN MAFIA ........................................................................................... 41 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 43 CASE STUDY 3 – MALTA: THE ASSASSINATION OF DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA ................................................................ 45 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 47 This publication has been produced with the financial support of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and the EU-CITZEN Network and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. CASE STUDY 4 – POLAND: MULTIPLE CASES AGAINST PROFESSOR WOJCIECH SADURSKI ................................................... 47 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 48 CASE STUDY 5 – HUNGARY: VEXATION OF CIVIL ACTIVISTS .......................................................................................... 48 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 51 CASE STUDY 6 – FRANCE: PIERRE ALAIN MANNONI AND SLAPPS-LIKE ‘CRIMINALISATION OF SOLIDARITY’ CASES .................. 52 Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................... 53 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................... 57 ACADEMIC SOURCES .............................................................................................................................................. 57 MEDIA SOURCES ................................................................................................................................................... 61 CASE-LAW ........................................................................................................................................................... 66 CJEU case-law .............................................................................................................................................. 66 ECtHR case-law ............................................................................................................................................ 66 National case-law ........................................................................................................................................ 67 LAWS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, MODEL LAWS ........................................................................................................... 67 This publication has been produced with the financial support of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and the EU-CITZEN Network and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. 1. Challenge setting: SLAPP in the EU Key Findings A free and functional press, especially investigative journalism,
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