Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Human rights — Freedom of expression — Refusal by State authorities to grant licence to receive television broadcasts by dish aerial from foreign telecommunications satellite without consent of the broadcasting State — Scope of freedom — Whether commercial parties and interests entitled to protection — Whether refusal prescribed by law — Whether refusal necessary in a democratic society — Relevance of technical and legal developments subsequent to facts of case — Consideration of international telecommunications law — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 10