The right to be forgotten concerning the criminal past

Developments in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights with particular reference to the anonymisation of digital press archives

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ID21982104
AutoresMikel Anderez Belategi (0000-0003-3591-3240, University of the Basque Country, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume14
Fascículo6
Páginas1639-1669
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOñati Socio-legal Series (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2079-5971 • E-ISSN: 2079-5971
EditoraOnati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.35295/osls.iisl.1938
OpenAlexW4399333715
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas10

Do offenders have a right “to be forgotten”? What is the content of this right, and against whom can it be exercised? These questions have become more pressing with the irruption of new information and communication technologies, which entail a new risk of perpetuating a virtual criminal record. The growing role of the digital archives of the press has led some jurisdictions to adopt different measures to anonymise or de-reference personal data. The Strasbourg Court, historically reluctant to accept any interference with the initial publication of personal data concerning convicted offenders, has recently dealt with the compatibility of different measures involving the anonymisation or de-indexing of news articles in the digital archives. This contribution describes these recent legal developments, focusing on the criteria developed by Strasbourg to assess the legitimacy of anonymisation measures adopted by States in response to right-to-be-forgotten requests against the media

Human rights · Political science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Law in Society and Culture

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