Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ]

In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Vojnity v. Hungary (application no. 29617/07), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read in conjunction with Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the total removal of a father’s access rights on the grounds that his religious convictions had been detrimental to his son’s upbringing. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

The applicant, Péro Vojnity, is a Hungarian national who was born in 1948 and lives in Szegedn (Hungary). The case concerns his complaint that he lost access rights to his son because he belongs to the religious denomination „Hit Gyülekezete“ (Congregation of the Faith). Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »