123According to the European Court of Human Rights, that right compels public authorities to refrain from any unjustified interference in the private and family life of persons and in the relations between them. It thus imposes a negative and unconditional obligation on the public authorities which does not require implementation by way of specific provisions and which may also nevertheless be supplemented by a positive obligation to adopt legal measures seeking to protect private and family life (ECtHR, 24 June 2004, Von Hannover v. Germany, CE:ECHR:2004:0624JUD005932000, § 57, and ECtHR, 20 March 2007, Tysiąc v. Poland, CE:ECHR:2007:0320JUD000541003, §§ 109 and 110).
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