Article 9 - All Updates - ECHR-KS
Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
All Updates
Ossewaarde v. Russia, no. 27227/17
Administrative sanction of the applicant for holding Bible meetings at his home without notifying the authorities.
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Tonchev and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 56862/15
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
Refusal to register a religious community as a legal entity due to name being liable to mislead believers and the general public.
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Aygün v. Belgium, no. 28336/12
Parents prohibited from burying their sons abroad during the criminal investigation into their killing. Applicability and merits.
Judgment
Loste v. France, no. 59227/12
State’s positive obligations concerning observance of religious neutrality clause by foster family.
Judgment
Constantin-Lucian Spînu v. Romania, no. 29443/20
Denial of permission for prisoner to attend religious services outside prison during Covid-19 pandemic.
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Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (No. 2), no. 34417/10
Refusal to allocate room in high-security prison to Muslim prisoner for congregational Friday prayers. Applicability and merits.
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Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia, nos. 32401/10 and 19 others
Forced dissolution of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious organisations and others measures.
Judgment
Teliatnikov v. Lithuania, no. 51914/19
No clear alternative to military service for conscientious objectors.
Judgment
Anderlecht Christian Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Belgium, no. 20165/20
Failure to grant congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses exemption from property tax.
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Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway [GC], no. 15379/16
Adoption by foster parents with a religious faith different to that of a biological parent (Article 8 in light of Article 9).
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Centre of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia, no. 37477/11
Use of derogatory language and unsubstantiated allegations for describing applicant’s centre’s religious beliefs.
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Corley and Others v. Russia, nos. 292/06 and 43490/06
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
Applicability: the non-recognition of a movement as a religion at domestic level.
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Polat v. Austria, no. 12886/16
Post-mortem examination of a new-born, despite parents' objections on religious grounds. Applicability and merits.
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Ancient Baltic religious association “Romuva” v. Lithuania, no. 48329/19
Denial of State recognition to a pagan religious association.
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Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], nos. 47621/13 and 5 others
Applicability: parent fined and children excluded from preschool for refusal to comply with statutory child vaccination duty.
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Neagu v. Romania, no. 21969/15
Obligation for prisoners to furnish documentary proof of religious conversion.
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Saran v. Romania, no. 65993/16
Refusal to provide a prisoner meals compatible with the precepts of his religion.
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The Religious Denomination of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria v. Bulgaria, no. 5301/11
Measures by municipality and court decisions preventing construction of a house of worship on its own land.
Judgment
Perovy v. Russia, no. 47429/09
Mere presence of seven-year-old child at one-off short religious ceremony in municipal school, without indoctrination aims.
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Christian Religious Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Armenia (dec.), no. 73601/14
Refusal to exempt religious organisation from taxation on regular imports of religious material.
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Mariș v. Romania (dec.), no. 58208/14
Refusal to rectify religion in prison file.
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Stavropoulos and Others v. Greece, no. 52484/18
Birth certificate revealing parents’ choice not to christen their child.
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Erlich and Kastro v. Romania, nos. 23735/16 and 23740/16
Execution of a judgment recognising the right of Jewish prisoners to have kosher meals.
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Korostelev v. Russia, no. 29290/10
Muslim prisoner reprimanded for performing acts of worship at night time in breach of prison schedule.
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Dyagilev v. Russia, no. 49972/16
Dismissal of request for replacement of compulsory military service with its civilian alternative. Conscientious objection.
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Nasirov and Others v. Azerbaijan, no. 58717/10
Measures against members of the Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses for door to-door preaching and distribution of religious literature.
Judgment