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Dutch High Court: Pastafarianism Is Not a Religion

Citizens may not wear a colander on their head in their passport or identification card photo, the Council of State, the highest Administrative Jurisdiction Division in the Netherlands, has ruled.

Religion , freedom of religion , Administrative Jurisdiction Division , Council of State , Pastafarianism , #dutchcourtrooms
September 03, 2018 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Poland: Religion Teachers as Form Teachers?

Liberties member the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) opposes the Ministry of National Education’s proposal of a regulation that would make it possible for teachers of religious education to be appointed form teachers in regular schools.

exemption from religion class , freedom of religion , Poland
April 16, 2018 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Strasbourg: Lithuania Violated Patient's Rights to Privacy and Freedom of Religion

In the case Mockutė v. Lithuania, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg found that Lithuania violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): the right to privacy and the right to...

Lithuania , ECHR , freedom of expression , freedom of religion
March 08, 2018 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
Will There Be a Burqa Ban in the Netherlands?

The NJCM is against a burqa ban and has advised the Dutch Senate, which is currently processing the bill, to vote against it. The bill promotes the stigmatization and discrimination of certain societal groups in...

burqa ban , Netherlands , The right to respect for private and family life , freedom of religion , NJCM
January 23, 2017 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
ECJ's Headscarf Ban Proceedings Monitored by German Civil Society

A case before the Belgian Court of Cassation about a Muslim receptionist who was not allowed to wear a headscarf at work has been brought to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. The court has to...

Germany , freedom of religion , anti-discrimination , headscarf , amicus curiae , European Court of Justice , Sabine Berghahn , Aktionsbündnis Muslimischer Frauen , Netzwerk gegen Diskriminierung und Islamfeindlichkeit
November 29, 2016 • JUMEN - Juristische Menschenrechtsarbeit in Deutschland
Your Faith, Your Concern: HCLU Launches Campaign for the Proper Amendment to Hungary's Church Act

The planned amendment of the law does not ensure remedies to human rights violations identified by the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

freedom of religion , church , Hungary , Constitution , European Court of Human Rights , ECHR , ECtHR , Church Act
March 15, 2016 • Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Safeguard Religious Rights to Combat Radicalization in Italian Prisons

Religion must be considered a right for all the prisoners, not only the Catholic ones, and representatives of all religions must be allowed to easily enter prisons.

Antigone , religious rights , prison , Vatican , Catholic , islam , freedom of religion
February 23, 2016 • Associazione Antigone
France's Headscarf Ban Upheld for All Public Sector Workers

A hospital employee's termination for insisting on wearing her headscarf at work was not a violation of her rights under the Convention on Human Rights.

ECtHR , European Court of Human Rights , European Convention on Human RIghts , hospital , Paris , headscarf , veil , ECHR , France , Ebrahimian v. France , ECHR judgment , freedom of religion
December 08, 2015 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Hungary's Church Act Modifications Are Unacceptable

The Ministry of Justice has published its modifications to the controversial Church Act.

Church Act , Strasbourg , compensation , HCLU , freedom of religion , Hungarian Civil Liberties Union , ECHR , ECtHR , European Court of Human Rights
October 19, 2015 • Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll: Debating the Prohibition of the Full Veil

Dr. Eugenia Relaño, an expert in human rights and religious freedom, analyzes existing legal precedent regarding the prohibition of the full veil.

Full viel , face coverings , islam , muslim , Islamophobia , Rights International Spain , Religion , freedom of religion , expression , S.A.S vs. France , Spain , the Netherlands , France , Eugenia Relaño , European Court of Human Rights , ECtHR , Convention on Human Rights , ECHR
June 10, 2015 • Rights International Spain
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