Miris document ID: 1049463542118 DECISION No. 7 of June 4, 1996 on the motion by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria asking for binding interpretation of the provisions of Articles 39, 40 and 41 of the Constitution Author: Constitutional Court of Bulgaria Language: English Source: Constitutional Court of Bulgaria Country: Bulgaria Category: judgment/decision Government level: National - State Level Guiding principle: The Court declared that Articles 39, 40 and 41 of the Constitution proclaim as the individual's fundamental rights the right to freely express and publicise opinion and the right to seek, obtain and disseminate information. The restriction on statements that appeal to fan up hatred derives from the Constitution-honoured values like tolerance, mutual respect and the ban to preach hatred on a racial, national, ethnic or religious basis. Date of judgement: 1996-6-4 Document number: 7 Official version: yes Published on: 1049462444934 Edition number: 55 Legally binding: yes Subject areas: freedom of opinion; identity; media; non-discrimination; religion Minority groups: all Related laws: Constitution of Bulgaria get HTML document