The features of international protection of rights in the information relations field are investigated. Modern information technologies form new types of public relations, the object of which is information. Information has an impact on all spheres of human activity and generates information relations that are in constant dynamics and development, as new information technologies appear, new types and methods of information transmission and protection are created. The article analyzes the international legal basis of information relations. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights. The norms of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, devoted to freedom of expression, are considered. It was found that sometimes it is extremely difficult to determine the degree of potential threat to human rights and freedoms, and often this is the cause of judicial errors on the part of national courts and become a reason for applying to the European Court of Human Rights. Special attention is paid to the consideration of judicial practice concerning relations arising on the Internet, the activities of online mass media (online newspapers, information portals, etc.), as well as a completely new case of cyberstalking. The practice of the European Court of Human Rights shows that free media space and the right to information are the foundation of any democratic society. Maintaining a balance between public and private interests, a person's right to respect for their private life and the right to express their opinion is extremely important in a modern state governed by the rule of law

European court of human rights, international protection of rights, information relations, cyberstalking

Kolosov Aleksandr Viktorovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Comparative Law, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), e-mail: lex.x@mail.ru

Kolosov, A. V. Mezhdunarodnaya zashchita prav v sfere informacionnyh otnoshenij (na primere praktiki Evropejskogo suda po pravam cheloveka) [International Protection of Rights in the Information Relations Field (on the Example of the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights)] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2021, no 1(92), pp. 100–105. DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2021.1.100. (in Russian).

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