by HRWF | Sep 10, 2023 | Human Rights in the World
Mestan v. Bulgaria: A genuine recognition of linguistic rights? By Eva Meyermans Spelmans Strasbourg Observers (08.09.2023) – In the case of Mestan v. Bulgaria, the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) found that a law imposing Bulgarian as the...
by HRWF | Aug 8, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR: European Court of Human Rights to determine whether it was legal to worship by COVID ZENIT News (31.07.2023).- Are blanket bans on public worship compatible with the international human right to the communal exercise of religious freedom? This is the question...
by HRWF | Apr 1, 2023 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
A book of fairy tales harmful for children? Macatè v. Lithuania on restricting and labelling a children’s book that depicts same-sex families in a positive light By Ingrida Milkaitė Strasbourg Observers (31.03.2023) – On 23 January 2023, the Grand...
by HRWF | Feb 27, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings European Times (24.02.2023) – Jehovah’s Witnesses Russia (03.02.2023) – On January 31, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights, having considered...
by HRWF | Jan 7, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
European Court of Human Rights: governments should not call minority religions “cults” The Court ruled in favor of three Bulgarian Evangelical churches, and said its case law has “evolved” since it refused to censor two French report on “cults” in 2001. By Massimo...