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CUREDI ID Question at stake Country Official Citation Date of decision Author
CUREDI033DE014 Whether it is possible, when sentencing, to take into consideration the ideas of a person who has grown up in a foreign legal order. Germany Federal Court of Justice, Judgment of 27 January 2011, 2 StR 493/10 (BGH, Urteil vom 27. Januar 2011, 2 StR 493/10)
 2011-01-27 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI047DE003 Whether a private association campaigning against abortion can, in view of its right to freedom of religion, be ordered not to address women who are about to enter a pregnancy counselling centre. Germany Higher Administrative Court Baden-Württemberg, Decision of 10 June 2011, 1 S 915/11 (VGH Baden-Württemberg, Beschluss vom 10. Juni 2011, 1 S 915/11)
ECLI:DE:VGHBW:2011:0610.1S915.11.0A
2011-06-10 Adina Müller; Michael Germann View
CUREDI041UK001 Whether the appellants, as women victims of trafficking in Albania, are members of a ‘particular social group’ under the Refugee Convention, and whether internal relocation is possible for them. United Kingdom AM and BM (Trafficked women) Albania CG [2010] UKUT 80 (IAC)
 2010-02-18 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI041UK002 Whether “former victims of trafficking” and “former victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation” can be members of a “particular social group” (PSG) under the Refugee Convention. Whether the appellant is at risk of persecution in Moldova based on membership in such a group. United Kingdom SB (PSG – Protection Regulations – Reg 6) Moldova CG [2008] UKAIT 00002
 2007-04-26 Iulia Mirzac; Katia Bianchini View
CUREDI041UK003 Whether members of a family involved in a blood feud in Albania form a “particular social group” under the Refugee Convention and whether internal relocation is possible for them. United Kingdom EH (blood feuds) Albania CG [2012] UKUT 00348 (IAC)
 2012-10-15 Iulia Mirzac; Katia Bianchini View
CUREDI018DE009 Whether an army regulation prohibiting a Goth soldier from wearing his desired long hair violates his right to free development of his personality. Germany Federal Administrative Court, Decision of 31 January 2019, 1 WB 28/17 (BVerwG, Beschluss vom 31. Januar 2019, 1 WB 28/17)
ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2019:310119B1WB28.17.0
2019-01-31 Mariana Monteiro de Matos View
CUREDI013UK016 Whether internal relocation was a viable alternative for the appellant, an asylum seeker from the Gambia who feared witchcraft persecution on the ground of religious beliefs. United Kingdom Ismaila Demba v SSHD [2015] UKUT 01405 (IAC)
 2015-08-25 Katia Bianchini View
CUREDI045AT006 Whether Article 43a of the School Education Act, which prohibits children under the age of ten from wearing religious headwear in school, violates the freedom of religion and the right of parents to have their children educated in accordance with their religious and philosophical convictions. Austria Constitutional Court, Judgement of 11 December 2020, G 4/2020 (VfGH, Erkenntnis vom 11. Dezember 2020, G 4/2020)
ECLI:AT:VFGH:2020:G4.2020
2020-12-11 Kerstin Wonisch; Alexander Ganepola View
CUREDI045RU007 Whether the Chekhov Town Council’s refusal to allow the pastor of the Evangelical Church to hold religious services in a public area violated the rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of religion protected by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Russia Barankevich v Russia, App no 10519/03, 26 July 2007
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2007:0726JUD001051903
2007-07-26 Kerstin Wonisch; Alexander Ganepola View
CUREDI033DE021 Whether the father of the victim, who did not actively commit the criminal act himself, can be punished as a co-perpetrator of murder under specific aggravating circumstances. Germany Regional Court Kleve, Judgment of 29 December 2009, 170 Kls -101 Js 105/09 10/09 (LG Kleve, Urteil vom 29.Dezember 2009, 170 Kls -101 Js 105/09-10/09)
ECLI:DE:LGKLE:2009:1229.170KLS101JS105.09.00
2009-12-29 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE015 Whether the pressure on the perpetrator by his family to commit the crime, resulting from ideas from other cultures, may be assessed as a mitigating circumstance in favour of the perpetrator. Germany Federal Court of Justice, Fourth Criminal Division, Judgment of 01 February 2007, 4 StR 514/06 (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH 4. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 01. Februar 2007, 4 StR 514/06)
 2007-02-01 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE016 Whether ideas rooted in the original culture of perpetrator and victim may be taken into consideration in assessing a spousal rape as a less serious case (Art.177 para 5 German Penal Code). Germany Federal Court of Justice, 2nd Criminal Division, Judgment of 29 August 2001, 2 StR 276/01 (BGH 2. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 29.08.2001, 2 StR 276/01)
 2001-08-29 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE017 Whether “archaic” (“archaische”) traditions in which the perpetrator is rooted, may be regarded a mitigating circumstance if, in the perpetrators’ country of origin, state law punishes the described acts. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 1. Criminal Division, Order of 18 August 2009, 1 StR 351/09 (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH 1. Strafsenat, Beschluss vom 18. August 2009, 1 StR 351/09)
 2009-08-18 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE018 Whether a homicide committed out of anger over an insult may fulfil one of the possible criteria for murder under specific aggravating circumstances, namely the existence of base motives. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 5th Criminal Division, Judgement of 28 November 2018, 5StR 379/18 (BGH 5. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 28. November 2018, 5 StR 379/18)
ECLI:DE:BGH:2018:281118U5STR379.18.0
2018-11-28 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE019 Whether a mediation process carried out according to norms of a cultural minority can qualify as a legitimate form of reconciliation within the meaning of Section 46 a of the German Penal Code. Germany Regional Court Freiburg, 10th Small Criminal Chamber, Judgment of 18 June 2019, 63/17 10 Ns 130 Js 3000/17 (LG Freiburg 10. Kleine Strafkammer, Urteil vom 18.Juni 2019, 63/17 10 Ns 130 Js 3000/17)
ECLI:DE:LGFREIB:2019:0618.63.17.10NS130JS30.00
2019-06-18 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE020 Whether a Yezidi clergyman present at a reconciliation meeting has the right to refuse to give evidence. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 4th Criminal Division, Judgement of 15 April 2010 4 StR 650/09 (BGH 4. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 15. April 2010, 4 StR 650/09)
 2010-04-15 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI018GR010 Whether the application by Greek courts of sharia law instead of Greek civil law to the applicant’s deceased husband’s will constituted discrimination and violated the applicant’s right to property. Greece Molla Sali v Greece, App no 20452/14, 19 December 2018
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2018:1219JUD002045214
2018-12-19 Mariana Monteiro de Matos View
CUREDI013UK017 Whether the claimant, who was a Turkish woman facing a non-consensual arranged marriage, and who feared persecution at the hands of their family on their discovery that she had breached social norms mandating pre-marital virginity, was, therefore, qualified for protection under the Refugee Convention. United Kingdom SSHD v YK (PSG - Women) Turkey CG [2002] UKIAT 05491
 2002-10-28 Katia Bianchini; Libby Johnston View
CUREDI023NL005 Whether a man, after having concluded an informal customary marriage in Morocco, committed a criminal act of bigamy by subsequently entering into a second marriage in the Netherlands. Netherlands Supreme Court, Decision of 1 December 2009 (Hoge Raad 1 december 2009)
ECLI:NL:HR:2009:BJ2779
2009-12-01 Susan Rutten View
CUREDI057BE006 Whether a Moroccan judgement granting kafalah can be converted into an adoption in Belgium. Belgium Court of Appeal Ghent, Judgement of 14 November 2019 (Hof van beroep Gent, 14 november 2019)
 2019-11-14 Jinske Verhellen; Yasmina El Kaddouri View
CUREDI057BE007 Whether the kafalah can produce legal effects in Belgium and whether kafalah should be converted into adoption? Belgium Court of Cassation 14 September 2015, No. AR C.13.0296.N (Hof van Cassatie 14 september 2015, AR C.13.0296.N) Court of Appeal Ghent 13 March 2013 (Hof van beroep Gent 13 maart 2013)
 2015-09-14 Yasmina El Kaddouri; Jinske Verhellen View
CUREDI041UK015 1. Whether women in Afghanistan can form a “particular social group” (PSG) under the 1951 Refugee Convention. 2. Whether the appellant, a woman without a male family member or tribal support, would face a real risk of persecution under the Refugee Convention upon return to Afghanistan. 3. Whether internal relocation is possible for them. United Kingdom NS (Social Group – Women - Forced Marriage) Afghanistan CG [2004] UKIAT 00328
 2004-12-30 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI033DE022 Whether and under what conditions behavioural patterns, ideas, and views rooted in a foreign legal system can be taken into account in the mitigation of punishment. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 1st Criminal Division, Judgment of 7 November 2006, 307/06 (BGH Urteil vom 7. November 2006, 1 StR 307/06)
 2006-11-07 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE023 Whether a killing in a blood feud can be insidious (heimtückisch). Germany Regional Court Dortmund, Judgement of 7 July 2003, C1/02 (LG Dortmund, Urteil vom 7. Juli 2003, C 1/02)
ECLI:DE:LGDO:2003:0707.14SCHW.C1.02.00
2003-07-07 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE024 Whether attempting to kill a person because of a harmless compliment to the perpetrator's girlfriend amounts to murder under aggravating circumstances for base motives. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 5th Criminal Division, Judgment of 13 November 2019, 5 StR 466/19 (BGH Urteil vom. 13. November 2019 , 5 StR 466/19)
ECLI:DE:BGH:2019:131119U5STR466.19.0
2019-11-13 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE025 Whether minors can participate as private accessory prosecutors (Nebenkläger) in child abuse proceedings without parental consent if they fear that their parents’ knowledge of their participation could seriously endanger their lives given the high value commonly attached to honour in their culture of origin. Germany Regional Court Berlin, 30. Criminal Division, Decision of 27 November 2009, 530 - 37/09, (530) 5 Ju Js 343/07 (37/09) (LG Berlin, 30. Strafkammer, Beschluss vom 27. November 2009, 530 - 37/09, (530) 5 Ju Js 343/07 (37/09) )
ECLI:DE:LGBE:2009:1127.530.37.09.0A
2009-11-27 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE026 Whether there is an obligation of the state to actively provide halal food to Muslim prisoners. Germany Higher Regional Court Berlin, 2nd Criminal Division, Order of 14 July 2011 , 2 Ws 248/11 Vollz (Kammergericht, Beschluss vom 14. Juli 2011, 2 Ws 248/11 Vollz)
ECLI:DE:KG:2011:0714.2WS248.11VOLLZ.0A
2011-04-14 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE027 Whether prison authorities must allow a prayer rug to be kept in the workroom. Germany Regional Court Aachen, Criminal Division with Jurisdiction over Execution of Sentences, Order of 25 June 2014, 33 I StVK 924/13 (LG Aachen, Strafvollstreckungskammer, Beschluss vom 25. Juni 2014, 33 I StVK 924/13)
ECLI:DE:LGAC:2014:0625.33I.STVK924.13.00
2014-06-25 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE028 Whether calling a someone a “homosexual” is an insult. Germany Regional Court Tübingen, 24. Small Criminal Division, Judgement of 18 July 2012, 24 Ns (13 Js) 10523/11 (LG Tübingen, 24. Kl. Strafkammer, Urteil vom 18.7.2012, 24 Ns (13 Js) 10523/11)
ECLI:DE:LGTUEBI:2012:0718.24NS13JS10523.11.0A
2012-07-18 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE030 1) Whether the sentence handed down to a perpetrator who treacherously kills his wife’s alleged lover can be mitigated based on the existence of exceptional circumstances. 2) Whether a crisis experienced by the perpetrator as a result of the values of his region of origin can constitute such exceptional circumstances. Germany Federal Court of Justice, 1st Criminal Division, Judgment of 10 May 2005, 30/05 (BGH, Urteil vom 10.05.2005, 1 StR 30/05)
 2005-05-10 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE031 Whether the evening walk of a group of young men in a German city centre, wearing high-visibility vests with the words "Shariah Police" printed on the back, constitutes a violation of the ban on uniforms, as stipulated in Section 3 of Germany's Assembly Act or Versammlungsgesetz. Germany Regional Court Wuppertal, Judgment of 27 May 2019, 26 KLs 20/18 (LG Wuppertal, Urteil vom 27. Mai 2019, 26 KLs 20/18)
ECLI:DE:LGW:2019:0527.26KLS8209.50JS180.00
2019-05-27 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE032 Whether certain outcomes of an offender’s upbringing, influenced by cultural customs in his or her country of origin, can be regarded as harmful inclinations in the context of juvenile criminal law. Germany Regional Court Hamburg, 17th Grand Criminal Division, Judgment of 29 August 2016, 617 KLs 11/16 jug. (LG Hamburg, 17. Große Strafkammer, Urteil vom 29. August 2016, 617 KLs 11/16 jug.)
ECLI:DE:LGHH:2016:0829.617KLS11.16JUG.0A
2016-08-29 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI041UK020 1) Whether the Family Court has jurisdiction to make a Forced Marriage Protection Order (FMPO*) where the person requiring protection is an adult with mental capacity to make relevant decisions and opposing the FMPO, and whether an indefinite ‘passport order’ could be made as part of the FMPO. 2) What approach shall the Family Court take when balancing the right to be protected under Article 3 and right to private and family life under Article 8 of the ECHR. United Kingdom Re K (Forced Marriage: Passport Order) 2020 EWCA Civ 190
 2020-02-21 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI075BE001 Whether a religious Ahmadi marriage can be recognized in Belgium. Belgium Court of appeal of Antwerp, Judgement of 9 March 2021, P.20.1171.N/1 (Hof van beroep Antwerpen, 9 maart 2021, P.20.1171.N/1)
ECLI:BE:CASS:2021:ARR.20210309.2N.9
2021-03-09 Sarah Den Haese; Jinske Verhellen View
CUREDI076NL001 Whether the Dutch legal system recognizes the validity of an Ethiopian religious marriage. Netherlands District Court The Hague, Judgement of 16 January 2019, Case nr. C/09/548540 / FA RK 18-1331 (Uitspraak Rechtbank Den Haag, 16 januari 2019)
ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:420
2019-01-16 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI076NL002 Whether the repudiation of a first marriage and the subsequent entering into a second religious marriage, both of which took place in the Netherlands, can be recognized as valid, and whether the invalidity of these acts affects the legal parentage of a child born of the second marriage. Netherlands District Court of Zeeland-West Brabant, Judgement of 9 April 2014, C/02/228319 FA RK 10-5659 (Uitspraak van Rechtbank Zeeland-West Brabant, 9 april 2014)
ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2014:9408
2014-04-09 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI076NL003 Whether the Dutch legal system recognizes a temporary marriage contracted outside the Netherlands. Netherlands Court of Appeal of Arnhem-Leeuwarden, Judgement of 28 November 2019, 200.255.348/01 (Uitspraak Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden, 28 November 2019)
ECLI:NL:GHARL:2019:10284
2019-11-28 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI076NL004 Whether a customary marriage between a man and a woman concluded in Eritrea whilst the woman was 13 years old can be recognized in the Netherlands. Netherlands District Court Zeeland-West-Brabant, Judgement of 13 April 2021, case nr. C/02/371219 FA RK 20-1965, ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2021:2525 (Uitspraak Rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant, 13 april 2021)
ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2021:2525
2021-04-13 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI018PT012 Whether the state measures, in particular the prohibition of all contact between the applicant (a migrant Muslim black woman) and her children as well as the children’s placement with a view to adoption, constituted a violation of the right to respect for family life. Portugal Soares de Melo v. Portugal, App. no. 72850/14, 16 February 2016
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2016:0216JUD007285014
2016-05-16 Mariana Monteiro de Matos View
CUREDI041UK021 Whether the petitioner was forced to enter into an arranged marriage and whether the marriage should be declared voidable on the ground of duress. United Kingdom NS v MI [2006] EWHC 1646 (Fam)
 2006-07-05 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI041UK022 What powers do the courts of England and Wales have concerning mentally-able adults at risk of forced marriage and how should those powers be exercised? United Kingdom RE SK (An Adult) (Forced Marriage: Approproate Relief) [2004] EWHC 3202 (Fam)
 2004-12-10 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI041UK023 Whether it fell within the court’s jurisdiction to make a minor with both Pakistani and British nationality a ward of court to enable her to travel to the UK from Pakistan, where she was believed to be at risk of being forced into a marriage. United Kingdom RB v FB and MA (Forced Marriage: Wardship: Jurisdiction) [2008] EWHC 1436 (Fam)
 2008-04-15 Iulia Mirzac View
CUREDI076NL005 Whether the clash of two cultures in the upbringing of children may lead them to be placed under supervision and out of home. Netherlands District Court Groningen, 12 August 2010 (Rechtbank Groningen 12 augustus 2010)
ECLI:NL:RBGRO:2010:BN5853
2010-08-12 Fei An Kersten; Susan Rutten View
CUREDI076NL006 Whether the orthodox religious convictions of parents may lead the court to deprive them of their parental authority over a minor. Netherlands Court of Appeal The Hague, 4 August 2010, (Gerechtshof ‘s-Gravenhage, 4 augustus 2010)
ECLI:NL:GHSGR:2010:BN9246
2010-08-04 Fei An Kersten; Susan Rutten View
CUREDI076NL007 Whether customs prevalent in Roma culture may influence the out-of-home placement of a child from a Roma family. Netherlands Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden, 8 November 2016 (Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden, 8 november 2016)
ECLI:NL:GHARL:2016:9071
2016-11-08 Fei An Kersten; Susan Rutten View
CUREDI090NL001 Whether hadana compensation (rémunération de la garde) is equivalent to partner/spouse alimony in the context of the Dutch social benefit law on surviving family members. Netherlands Central Appeals Tribunal, Judgment of 31 December 2010, nr. 09/3028 ANW (Centrale Raad van Beroep, 31 december 2010)
ECLI:NL:CRVB:2010:BO9659
2010-12-31 Caspar Bottemanne View
CUREDI076NL008 Whether the absence of the consent of the mother, the holder of hizanat, when the father, the holder of wilayat, relocates a child abroad constitutes an unlawful removal under the provisions of the Hague Convention on Child Abduction. Netherlands The Court of Appeal of The Hague, Judgement 12 September 2017, C/09/534532 / FA RK 17-4654 (Uitspraak Gerechtshof Den Haag, 12 september 2017)
ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2017:2625
2017-09-12 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI089NL001 Whether (1) Islamic wilaya and hadana established abroad can be recognized by a Dutch court and (2) whether a father who is attributed wilaya can be excluded from his parental responsibility. Netherlands District Court of Zeeland-West Brabant, Judgement of 25 October 2019, C/02/337222 FARK 17-5918 (Rechtbank Zeeland-West Brabant, 25 oktober 2019)
ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2019:5975
2019-10-25 Ibtissam Rebbik View
CUREDI076NL009 Whether the cultural and religious upbringing of a five-year-old child, whose divorced parents are in a dispute regarding his circumcision, should be considered when deciding on the permissibility of the circumcision. Netherlands Court of Appeal of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Judgement of 26 November 2002, R200200450 (Gerechtshof 's-Hertogenbosch, Uitspraak van 26 november 2002, R200200450)
ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2002:AF2955
2002-11-26 Fei An Kersten View
CUREDI076NL010 Whether a spouse’s refusal to cooperate with divorce proceedings under Iranian law, specifically by not appearing before the Iranian embassy after obtaining a civil divorce under Dutch law, may be considered wrongful towards the other spouse. Netherlands District Court Noord-Nederland, Judgement of 9 March 2022, ECLI:NL:RBNNE:2022:671 (Uitspraak Rechtbank Noord-Nederland, 9 maart 2022, ECLI:NL:RBNNE:2022:671).
ECLI:NL:RBNNE:2022:671
2022-03-09 Fei An Kersten View

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