Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ]

The applicant is the Bogdan Vodă Greek-Catholic Parish, which belongs to the Maramureş Greek-Catholic Diocese United with Rome and is located in the village of Bogdan Vodă, Romania. The case concerned a dispute between two Christian religious groups in Bogdan Vodă, namely the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. The Greek-Catholic Parish complained in particular about the non-enforcement of a judgment awarded by a Romanian court in its favour in January 1998. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

The applicant is the Bogdan Vodă Greek-Catholic Parish, which belongs to the Maramureş Greek-Catholic Diocese United with Rome and is located in the village of Bogdan Vodă, Romania. The case concerns a dispute between two Christian religious groups in Bogdan Vodă, namely the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Varela Geis v. Spain (application no. 61005/09), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (a) and (b) (right to a fair trial and rights of the defence) of the European Convention on Human Rights. A bookshop owner who sold publications about the Holocaust complained that he had been convicted on appeal of „disseminating ideas or doctrines justifying acts of genocide“, an offence not corresponding either to the charges against him or to his conviction at first instance. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »