Interacting Rights: An Approach to Protect and Promote the Right of Religious Minorities to Publicly Manifest Their Religious Identity
by Kerstin Wonisch and Alexander Ganepola
Question(s) at stake
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).
Outcome of the ruling
The Russian authorities’ ban on the religious assembly constituted an interference with the applicant’s right to freedom of assembly under Article 11 of the Convention, as interpreted in light of Article 9, and was not necessary in a democratic society.
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Official citation
Barankevich v Russia, App no 10519/03, 26 July 2007
Topic(s)
Keywords:
Freedom of association Non-discrimination Proportionality Protection of the rights and freedoms of others Public order Religious practices and places State neutrality
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View case report in the CUREDI databaseAbout the authors
Kerstin Wonisch (Eurac Research Institute for Minorities Rights, Bolzano, Italy)
Researcher in the field of religious minorities at EURAC Bolzano. Holding a background in law as well as religious science my research focuses on the accommodation of Islamic pluralism and on questions of religion, gender and human rights.
Alexander Ganepola (Eurac Research Institute for Minorities Rights, Bolzano, Italy)
