Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

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Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

Lindholm and the Estate after Leif Lindholm v. Denmark, no. 25636/22

05.11.2024

Administration of blood transfusion to an unconscious Jehovah’s Witness in an emergency situation despite his advance medical directive refusing such measure.
Judgment


Mikyas and Others v. Belgium (dec.), no. 50681/20

09.04.2024

Pupils prohibited from wearing the Islamic veil by State school regulations in the Flemish Community.
Decision | Legal Summary


Kanatli v. Türkiye, no. 18382/15

12.03.2024

Conviction for refusing to perform military reserve service on conscientious grounds.
Judgment


Föderation der Aleviten Gemeinden in Österreich v. Austria, no. 64220/19

05.03.2024

Refusal to register the applicant association as a religious community.
Judgment


Executief van de Moslims van België and Others v. Belgium, nos. 16760/22 and 10 others

13.02.2024

Obligation to stun animals prior to their ritual slaughter.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Sardar Babayev v. Azerbaijan, nos. 34015/17 and 26896/18

01.02.2024

Conviction of a clergyman for preaching and conducting prayers solely based on ban on the conduct of religious rituals by persons who obtained their education abroad.
Judgment


Advisory opinion as to whether an individual may be denied authorisation to work as a security guard or officer on account of being close to or belonging to a religious movement [GC], no. P16-2023-001

14.12.2023

Denial of authorisation to work as a security guard on account of being close to or belonging to a religious movement.
Advisory Opinion | Legal Summary


Ossewaarde v. Russia, no. 27227/17

07.03.2023

Administrative sanction of the applicant for holding Bible meetings at his home without notifying the authorities.
JudgmentLegal Summary


Tonchev and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 56862/15

13.12.2022

Information circulated to schools by the municipal authority containing pejorative and hostile remarks about the Evangelical denomination to which the applicant associations and pastors belonged.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Ilyin and Others v. Ukraine, no. 74852/14

17.11.2022

Refusal to register a religious community as a legal entity due to name being liable to mislead believers and the general public. 
Judgment | Legal Summary


Aygün v. Belgium, no. 28336/12

08.11.2022

Parents prohibited from burying their sons abroad during the criminal investigation into their killing. Applicability and merits.
Judgment


Loste v. France, no. 59227/12

03.11.2022

State’s positive obligations concerning observance of religious neutrality clause by foster family.
Judgment


Constantin-Lucian Spînu v. Romania, no. 29443/20

11.10.2022

Denial of permission for prisoner to attend religious services outside prison during Covid-19 pandemic.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (No. 2), no. 34417/10

14.06.2022

Refusal to allocate room in high-security prison to Muslim prisoner for congregational Friday prayers. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia, nos. 32401/10 and 19 others

07.06.2022

Forced dissolution of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious organisations and others measures.
Judgment


Teliatnikov v. Lithuania, no. 51914/19

07.06.2022

No clear alternative to military service for conscientious objectors.
Judgment 


Anderlecht Christian Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Belgium, no. 20165/20

05.04.2022

Failure to grant congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses exemption from property tax.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway [GC], no. 15379/16

10.12.2021

Adoption by foster parents with a religious faith different to that of a biological parent (Article 8 in light of Article 9).
Judgment | Legal Summary


Centre of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia, no. 37477/11

23.11.2021

Use of derogatory language and unsubstantiated allegations for describing applicant’s centre’s religious beliefs.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Corley and Others v. Russia, nos. 292/06 and 43490/06

23.11.2021

Enforced departures of foreign missionaries connected with their religious work, with the objective of preventing the spreading of their teaching.
Judgment  


De Wilde v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 9476/19

09.11.2021

Applicability: the non-recognition of a movement as a religion at domestic level.
Decision | Legal Summary


Polat v. Austria, no. 12886/16

20.07.2021

Post-mortem examination of a new-born, despite parents' objections on religious grounds. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Ancient Baltic religious association “Romuva” v. Lithuania, no. 48329/19

08.06.2021

Denial of State recognition to a pagan religious association.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], nos. 47621/13 and 5 others

08.04.2021

Applicability: parent fined and children excluded from preschool for refusal to comply with statutory child vaccination duty.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Neagu v. Romania, no. 21969/15

10.11.2020

Obligation for prisoners to furnish documentary proof of religious conversion.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Saran v. Romania, no. 65993/16

10.11.2020

Refusal to provide a prisoner meals compatible with the precepts of his religion.
Judgment | Legal Summary 


The Religious Denomination of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria v. Bulgaria, no. 5301/11

10.11.2020

Measures by municipality and court decisions preventing construction of a house of worship on its own land.
Judgment


Perovy v. Russia, no. 47429/09

20.10.2020

Mere presence of seven-year-old child at one-off short religious ceremony in municipal school, without indoctrination aims.
Judgment | Legal summary


Mariș v. Romania (dec.), no. 58208/14

29.09.2020

Refusal to rectify religion in prison file.
Decision | Legal Summary


Christian Religious Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Armenia (dec.), no. 73601/14

29.09.2020

Refusal to exempt religious organisation from taxation on regular imports of religious material.
Decision | Legal Summary


Stavropoulos and Others v. Greece, no. 52484/18

25.06.2020

Birth certificate revealing parents’ choice not to christen their child.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Erlich and Kastro v. Romania, nos. 23735/16 and 23740/16

09.06.2020

Execution of a judgment recognising the right of Jewish prisoners to have kosher meals.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Korostelev v. Russia, no. 29290/10

12.05.2020

Muslim prisoner reprimanded for performing acts of worship at night time in breach of prison schedule.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Dyagilev v. Russia, no. 49972/16

10.03.2020

Dismissal of request for replacement of compulsory military service with its civilian alternative. Conscientious objection.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Nasirov and Others v. Azerbaijan, no. 58717/10

20.02.2020

Measures against members of the Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses for door to-door preaching and distribution of religious literature.
Judgment


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