Свободата на словото и паметниците на тоталитарния режим в България в контекста на решението на Европейския съд по правата на човека по делото „Генов и Сърбинска срещу България“
Freedom of Speech and the Monuments of the Totalitarian Regime in Bulgaria in the Context of the ECHR Ruling „Genov and Sarbinska Against Bulgaria“

Author(s): Peter Slavov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Genov vs. Bulgaria; ECHR; Totalitarian Monuments
Summary/Abstract: The ruling of the ECHR against Bulgaria on the case „Genov and Sarbinska vs. Bulgaria“, which acknowledged as unlawful the detention and the Court decision of the Bulgarian courts against the civil activist, call for a different approach to the monuments, remnants of the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria. Because the actual „crime“ Mr. Genov was accused of was precisely this - to have written a message and painted such a monument, situated next to the entrance of the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Socialist party, thus expressing his protest against the behaviour of the Bulgarian Government at the time. The acknowledgement by the ECHR as „admissible“ the expression of civil statements in such a way, there comes the question of the consequences for the other such monuments, still standing in public places across Bulgaria, and whether it is proper, government and municipalities to spend the taxpayers’ money on „protecting“ these from such colouring, or should they be moved to the Museum of totalitarian art.

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