Sharia Law in Europe: Human Rights and Islamic Law in Greek Thrace
by Mariana Monteiro de Matos
Question(s) at stake
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.
Outcome of the ruling
The Grand Chamber of the ECtHR unanimously found a violation of Article 14 of the ECHR read in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 thereof. The different treatment of the applicant had no objective and reasonable justification.
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Official citation
Molla Sali v Greece, App no 20452/14, 19 December 2018
Topic(s)
Keywords:
Inheritance Matrimonial property regime Right to self-identification Widow/er Non-discrimination
Tag(s):
Greek Muslim Community of Thrace 1923 Treaty of Lausanne
Bibliographic information
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Mariana Monteiro de Matos (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department Law and Anthropology, Germany)
Postdoc, Lisbon (Portugal), 2022; Dr. iur., Göttingen (Germany), 2018; LL.M., Göttingen (Germany), 2013; LL.B., Belém (Brazil), 2011. She is a research fellow and lecturer at the Postgraduate Programme in Law of the Federal University of Pará (Brazil) and research associate of the Department of Law and Anthropology of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Germany). Socio-legal studies, constitutional law and international law are the main fields of her extensive publication record, which includes contributions to Brill Publishers and Oxford University Press. Dr Monteiro de Matos has delivered lectures and workshops around the world to audiences with legal and interdisciplinary backgrounds. Several organizations, including the International Law Association and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, awarded her research prestigious grants. She is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, the German Society of International Law, and the European Association of Social Anthropologists.