What is Academic Freedom and Are Its Protections in Slovenia Sufficient?

The European Court for Human Rights has in its case law extended Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights to multiple other areas. The ar- ticle primarily discusses the concept of academic freedom. The Court’s defini- tion of academic freedom is generally very broad, but it has established certain situations where academics actually enjoy a more limited freedom of expres- sion. And despite the high degree of protection academic freedom is awarded by the Court, some countries endeavour to expand it. For example, the United Kingdom is in the process of enacting a higher education freedom of expres- sion bill that would severely expand the scope of this right, for which it has received some pushback.

Key words: ECtHR, ECHR, freedom of expression, academic freedom, Mahi v Belgium, Torres v Spain, higher education (freedom of expression) bill.