Freedom of Religion and Belief
GEORGIA/ECHR: Georgian Muslim Relations and Others v. Georgia A bleeding pig’s head and other expressions of religious hatred with no police intervention by dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf1 Strasbourg Observers (23.04.2024) – On 30 November, the Fifth Division of the...
Human Rights in the World, Uncategorized
Hamas at the heart of a decision of the European Court Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany: An Organisation Supporting the Terrorist Entity Hamas Does Not Enjoy Protection under the ECHR by Tommaso Virgili (*) Strasbourg Observers (19.01.2024)...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR/SPAIN: Hearing on blood transfusion administered to a Jehovah’s Witness against her will Watch HERE the video recording of the Grand Chamber hearing in the case Pindo Mulla v. Spain (Application no. 15541/20) Registrar of the European Court (10.01.2024) –...
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...
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...