MAGYAR KÉTFARKÚ KUTYA PÁRT v. HUNGARY JUDGMENT
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In the case of Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt v. Hungary,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber
composed of:
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, President,
Guido Raimondi,
Angelika Nußberger,
Robert Spano,
Branko Lubarda,
Ledi Bianku,
Paul Lemmens,
Valeriu Griţco,
Dmitry Dedov,
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro,
Síofra O’Leary,
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström,
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer,
Alena Poláčková,
Jolien Schukking,
Péter Paczolay,
Ivana Jelić, judges,
and Johan Callewaert, Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 21 November 2018 and 30 September
2019,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 201/17) against Hungary
lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a
Hungarian political party, Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt (“the applicant
party” or “the MKKP”), on 16 December 2016.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr Cs. Tordai, a lawyer practising
in Budapest. The Hungarian Government (“the Government”) were
represented by their Agent, Mr Z. Tallódi, Ministry of Justice.
3. The application was allocated to the Fourth Section of the Court
(Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court). On 23 January 2018 a Chamber of that
Section composed of Ganna Yudkivska, President, Vincent A. De Gaetano,
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Faris Vehabović, Carlo Ranzoni, Marko
Bošnjak, Péter Paczolay, judges, and also of Marialena Tsirli, Section
Registrar, delivered a judgment in which it held unanimously that there had
been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention. On 23 April 2018 the
Government requested the referral of the case to the Grand Chamber in