The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of S.A.S. v. France (application no. 43835/11) at a public hearing on Tuesday 1 July 2014 at 11 a.m. – local time – in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns the complaint of a French national, who is a practising Muslim, that she is no longer allowed to wear the full-face veil in public following the entry into force, on 11 April 2011, of a law prohibiting concealment of one’s face in public places (law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010). Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment concerning the prohibition on wearing the full-face veil in public in France
23. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherEGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 26 June 2014 – Egamberdiyev v. Russia (no. 34742/13)
18. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, Fayzullo Egamberdiyev, is a national of Uzbekistan who was born in 1975 and is currently in custody in the Omsk Centre for Social Adaptation. The case concerned proceedings for his removal from Russia to Uzbekistan. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 26 June 2014 – Krupko and Others v. Russia (no. 26587/07)
18. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the disruption of a Jehovah’s Witness religious meeting by armed riot police and the detention of its participants. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Decision not to renew the contract, as religious education teacher, of a Catholic priest who was married and had several children, after his active involvement in a movement opposing Church doctrine had been made public, legitimate and proportionate
12. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Fernández Martínez v. Spain (application no. 56030/07), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by nine votes to eight, that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Biblical Centre of the Chuvash Republic v. Russia (application no. 33203/08)
12. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerned the dissolution of a Protestant church on the ground that it administered religious education without a State license and that it ran a Sunday school for children, which was not appropriately equipped. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment concerning a decision not to renew the contract, as religious education teacher, of a Catholic priest who was married and had several children
5. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Fernández Martínez v. Spain (application no. 56030/07) at a public hearing on 12 June 2014 at 10 a.m. – local time – in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns the non-renewal of the teaching contract of a married priest and father of five who taught Catholic religion and ethics, following the publication of a newspaper article revealing his membership of the “Movement for Optional Celibacy” of Priests. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 12 June 2014 – Biblical Centre of the Chuvash Republic v. Russia (no. 33203/08)
4. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the dissolution of a Protestant church on the ground that it administered religious education without a State license and that it ran a Sunday school for children, which was not appropriately equipped. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Grand Chamber Panel’s decisions
3. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherAt its last meeting (Monday 2 June 2014), the Grand Chamber panel of five judges decided to refer the following case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11) concerning the refusal of asylum to an Iranian national who alleges that if expelled to Iran he would be at a real risk of being persecuted and punished or sentenced to death. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Buldu and Others v. Turkey (no. 14017/08)
3. Juni 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe four applicants, Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu are Turkish nationals, who were born between 1972 and 1983 and live in Istanbul and İzmir, except for Mr Görmez, who was being held at the Isparta military prison when he lodged his application. They are Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to carry out their military service for reasons of conscience. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 3 June 2014 – Buldu and Others v. Turkey (no. 14017/08)
27. Mai 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe four applicants, Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu are Turkish nationals, who were born between 1972 and 1983 and live in Istanbul and İzmir, except for Mr Görmez, who was being held at the Isparta military prison when he lodged his application. They are Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to carry out their military service for reasons of conscience. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Religious communities’ loss of full church status breached their rights to freedom of religion and freedom of association
8. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Others v. Hungary (application nos. 70945/11, 23611/12, 26998/12, 41150/12, 41155/12, 41463/12, 41553/12, 54977/12 and 56581/12), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been: a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) read in the light of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: A. A. M. v. Sweden (no. 68519/10)
3. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 8 April 2014 – Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Izsák-Bács and Others v. Hungary (nos. 70945/11, 23611/12, 26998/12, 41150/12, 41155/12, 41463/12, 41553/12, 54977/12 and 56581/12)
2. April 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are various religious communities, some of their ministers and some of their members. Prior to the adoption of a new Church Act, which entered into force in January 2012, the religious communities were registered as churches in Hungary and received State funding. Under the new law only a number of recognised churches continued to receive funding. All other religious communities, including the applicants, lost their status as churches but were free to continue their religious activities as associations. Following a decision of the Constitutional Court, which found certain provisions of the new Church Act unconstitutional, religious communities such as the applicants could continue to function and to refer to themselves as churches. However, the law continued to apply in so far as it required the communities to apply to Parliament to be registered as incorporated churches if they wished to regain access to the monetary and fiscal advantages they had previously enjoyed. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)
27. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerned the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 3 April 2014 – A. A. M. v. Sweden (no. 68519/10)
25. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 27 March 2014 – W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)
19. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe case concerns the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. the United Kingdom (no. 7552/09)
4. März 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant organisation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is a religious organisation, registered as a private unlimited company in the United Kingdom. It is part of the worldwide Mormon Church. The case concerned its complaint of being denied an exemption from local property taxes. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 4 March 2014 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. the United Kingdom (no. 7552/09)
26. Februar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant organisation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is a religious organisation, registered as a private unlimited company in the United Kingdom. It is part of the worldwide Mormon Church. The case concerns its complaint of being denied an exemption from local property taxes. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Structure of primary education in Ireland in the 1970s failed to protect a schoolgirl from sexual abuse by her teacher
28. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherIn today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v. Ireland (application no. 35810/09), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held: by 11 votes to 6, that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the Irish State’s failure to protect Ms O’Keeffe from sexual abuse and her inability to obtain recognition at national level of that failure; and unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 3 of the European Convention as regards the investigation into the complaints of sexual abuse at Ms O’Keeffe’s school. The case concerned the question of the responsibility of the State for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl, aged nine, by a lay teacher in an Irish National School in 1973. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment concerning the adequacy of protection against sexual abuse of children in Irish schools
22. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v. Ireland (application no. 35810/09) at a public hearing on 28 January 2014 at 11 a.m. – local time – in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns the question of the responsibility of the State for the sexual abuse of a schoolgirl, aged nine, by a lay teacher in an Irish National School in 1973. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 16 January 2014 – F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11)
8. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicant, F.G., is an Iranian national who was born in 1962 and is currently in Sweden. He applied for asylum and a residence permit in Sweden in November 2009, stating in particular that he had been active in the opposition movement, that he had been arrested on two occasions, and that he had converted to Christianity after coming to Sweden. He therefore risked persecution if returning to Iran. He also submitted a summons to the Revolutionary Court in Iran ordering him to present himself at Evin prison in Teheran in November 2009. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 16 January 2014 – Abdulayeva v. Russia (no. 38552/05), Kushtova and Others v. Russia (no. 21885/07), Arkhestov and Others v. Russia (no. 22089/07) and Zalov and Khakulova v. Russia (no. 7988/09)
8. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherAll four cases concern the Russian authorities’ refusal to hand over to their relatives the bodies of presumed terrorists, who were killed in Russia’s North Caucasus region. The cases Arkhestov and Others v. Russia and Zalov and Khakulova v. Russia also concern the conditions in which the bodies of the applicants’ deceased relatives were stored during the identification process. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing and Stanomirescu v. Romania (applications nos. 2699/03 and 43597/07)
7. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe first applicant, the Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing, is an NGO which was set up in 1992 and has its registered office in Odorheiul Secuiesc. The second applicant, Marinică Stanomirescu, is a Romanian national who was born in 1929 and died in 2009. In the first case, the applicant association, whose main activity is to promote pupils’ education in line with the doctrines of the Reformed Church, had obtained a final judicial decision on 5 October 2000, ordering the administrative authorities to destroy six buildings on its land (they had been put up to provide temporary homes for workers on a construction site then in progress). 12 years later, and after numerous attempts at enforcement, the administrative authorities refused to execute the final judicial decision in the applicant association’s favour. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Tuesday 7 January 2014 – Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing and Stanomirescu v. Romania (nos. 2699/03 and 43597/07)
2. Januar 2014 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe first applicant, the Reformed Church Foundation for Student Housing, is an NGO which was set up in 1992 and has its registered office in Odorheiul Secuiesc. The second applicant, Marinică Stanomirescu, is a Romanian national who was born in 1929 and died in 2009. In the first case, the applicant association, whose main activity is to promote pupils’ education in line with the doctrines of the Reformed Church, had obtained a final judicial decision on 5 October 2000, ordering the administrative authorities to destroy six buildings on its land (they had been put up to provide temporary homes for workers on a construction site then in progress). 12 years later, and after numerous attempts at enforcement, the administrative authorities refused to execute the final judicial decision in the applicant association’s favour. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
EGMR: C.D. and Others v. Greece (nos. 33441/10, 33468/10 and 33476/10)
19. Dezember 2013 — Dr. Georg NeureitherThe applicants are 12 asylum seekers who left their countries at unknown dates, mainly on account of the political situations there. The case concerns the conditions of their detention pending their removal from Greece to their countries of origin. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
