Controversy about commercial of the Verein gegen Tierfabriken continues
The Association Against Factory Farming (VgT) has prevailed for the second time in the dispute over a television commercial before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. As a result, the dispute—which has been ongoing since 1994—over the television commercial, which features images of industrial animal farming that are at times shocking, is entering the next phase.
The Association Against Animal Factories (VgT) has been vindicated for the second time by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg in a dispute over an advertisement. This means that the dispute over the television advertisement, which has been going on since 1994 and consists in part of shocking images of industrial animal husbandry, has entered the next round. At the time, Swiss television had refused to broadcast the advertisement and was vindicated in its refusal by a Federal Court ruling in 1997. The European Court of Human Rights had already overturned the Federal Court's decision for the first time in 2001.
According to Frank Schürmann, Switzerland's representative before the ECHR, the new decision from Strasbourg does not automatically mean that the commercial must now be broadcast. It will be up to the Federal Supreme Court to rule on this issue in any appeal proceedings.
As reported by the SDA, VgT President Erwin Kessler is still demanding that the commercial be broadcast.
According to Frank Schürmann, Switzerland's representative before the ECHR, the new decision from Strasbourg does not automatically mean that the commercial must now be broadcast. It will be up to the Federal Supreme Court to rule on this issue in any appeal proceedings.
As reported by the SDA, VgT President Erwin Kessler is still demanding that the commercial be broadcast.
