Freedom to Practice One's Religion Undisturbed (Art. 4 para. 2 of the Basic Law) and Its Limitation in Prison II: No Prayer Rug in the Workroom
by Silvia Tellenbach
Question(s) at stake
Whether prison authorities must allow a prayer rug to be kept in the workroom.
Outcome of the ruling
Prison authorities need not allow a prayer rug to be kept in the workroom insofar as the interest in security and order in the prison outweighs the plaintiff's interest in practising his religion by keeping a prayer rug in the workroom.
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Official citation
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)
Topic(s)
Keywords:
Prisoners Prisons Static symbols Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Tag(s):
Prayer rug Undisturbed practice of religion
Bibliographic information
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Silvia Tellenbach (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany)
Dr. Dr.h.c. Silvia Tellenbach is the long-time former Head of the Turkey, Iran and Arab States Unit at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (presently: 'Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law').
Within the CUREDI project, she is using her expertise in criminal law in Germany to identify court decisions, where cultural and religious diversity issues were involved. In addition to writing templates on such cases, she acts as a reviewer and is a member of the CUREDI Editorial Board.