Las fronteras entre el honor del funcionario público, la libertad de expresión y el delito de difamación, según los límites que impone el principio de lesividad (Amicus Curiae)

Abstract

This contribution is based on an amicus curiae regarding a criminal case in the Republic of Peru about the fundamental relation of two elementary constitutional principles in the Penal law: the contradiction between the right to be respected in one’s social standing (honor) on the one side and the right to freedom of expression on the other. The legal analysis is conducted according to the German penal system, aiming at contributing to the Peruvian legal doctrine and collaborating with the Peruvian judiciary in the search of the best legal arguments.