Members of the military have human rights

The Spanish Supreme Court overturned a corporal's expulsion from the military for publishing on a web page an article about corruption in the Spanish military.  The Spanish  Supreme Court annulled his expulsion from the military and held that he was protected by the right to freedom of expression.  The Spanish Supreme Court held that the case was governed by the European Court of Human Rights' 1997 decision in Grigoriades v. Greece, which held that the insults launched by a Greek member of the military had an insignificant impact on military discipline and therefore were protected by the right to freedom of expression.

Members of the military are protected by the right to freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights provided that their opinions and public declarations do not constitute a real threat to military discipline and the cohesion of the Armed Forces.