P v Poland

Hearings

Council of Europe

13 Feb 2025 (Application no. 56310/15); [2025] IRLR 393, ECtHR (Ivana Jelić P, Judges Alena Poláčková, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Lətif Hüseynov, Péter Paczolay, Gilberto Felici, Alain Chablais, and Ilse Freiwirth Section Registrar)

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Reasonableness of dismissal — Secondary school teacher writing internet blog for adults featuring some sexually explicit content — Whether activity threatened protection of morals of minors in manner justifying sanction imposed — Whether breach of right to freedom of expression — European Convention on Human Rights, art 10

(Application no. 56310/15); [2025] IRLR 393, ECtHR

Commentary

Global Freedom of Expression
P v Poland: expands expression Case comment

Strasbourg Observers
P. v. Poland: Protecting teachers’ online free speech, overlooking homophobic prejudice Case comment

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