tailieunhanh - Freedom of religion: in European constitutional and international case law

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights proclaim that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to manifest their religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance. Even today, in our democratic societies too, this fundamental right is still sometimes restricted and meets with hostility and intolerance. Using concrete examples, the author compares and analyses the protection of the right to freedom of religion in the case-law of European constitutional courts and of the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, in order to. | Europeans and their rights in European constitutional and international case law Renáta uitz Associate professor of comparative constitutional law Central European University Budapest Council of Europe Publishing French version La liberté de religion ISBN 978-92-871-6204-5 The opinions expressed in this work are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Council of Europe. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic CD-Rom Internet etc. or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage or retrieval system without prior permission in writing from the Public Information and Publications Division Directorate of Communication F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex or publlshing@ . Cover design Graphic Design Studio Council of Europe Layout Editions européennes Council of Europe Publishing F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex http ISBN 978-92-871-6201-4 Council of Europe August 2007 Printed In Belgium Europeans and their rights series Are there common European rights This series of publications aims to answer this question through a comparative study of the protection given by constitutions and conventions to the civil and political rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. Each volume studies a specific individual right based on practical examples and relevant decisions by European constitutional courts or the European Court of Human Rights. The series uses information obtained from the Codices database an electronic publication by the European Commission for Democracy through Law usually called the Venice Commission . The Codices database contains periodic reports of the case law of the constitutional courts of the 47 Council of Europe member states and courts of equivalent jurisdiction In Europe including the European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe and the Court of .