- Preface
- European Court of Human Rights and European Commission of Human Rights
- Part I The European Convention on Human Rights in Context
- 1. The European Convention on Human Rights in context
- Part II Enforcement Machinery
- 2. Admissibility of applications
- 3. The European Court of Human Rights: organization, practice, and procedure
- 4. The execution of the Court’s judgments
- Part III The rights guaranteed
- 5. Article 2: The right to life
- 6. Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- 7. Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour
- 8. Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person
- 9. Article 6: The right to a fair trial
- 10. Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment
- 11. Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence
- 12. Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
- 13. Article 10: Freedom of expression
- 14. Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association
- 15. Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family
- 16. Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy
- 17. Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and protocol 12 (non-discrimination in respect of ‘any right set forth by law’)
- 18. Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation
- 19. Articles 16–18: Other restrictions upon the rights protected
- 20. Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property
- 21. Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education
- 22. Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections
- 23. The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols
- Index
(p. 571) 12. Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
- Chapter:
- (p. 571) 12. Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
- Author(s):
David Harris
, Michael O’Boyle
, Ed Bates
, Carla Buckley
, and Peter Cumper
- DOI:
- 10.1093/he/9780198785163.003.0012
This chapter discusses Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which covers forms of both religious and non-religious belief. Few articles of the Convention have generated as much controversy as Article 9, from complaints about curbs on religious dress and displays of religious symbols to conflicts over faith at the workplace. In the past two decades, the Court has made important strides in formulating its own guidelines in relation to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.
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- Preface
- European Court of Human Rights and European Commission of Human Rights
- Part I The European Convention on Human Rights in Context
- 1. The European Convention on Human Rights in context
- Part II Enforcement Machinery
- 2. Admissibility of applications
- 3. The European Court of Human Rights: organization, practice, and procedure
- 4. The execution of the Court’s judgments
- Part III The rights guaranteed
- 5. Article 2: The right to life
- 6. Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- 7. Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour
- 8. Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person
- 9. Article 6: The right to a fair trial
- 10. Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment
- 11. Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence
- 12. Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
- 13. Article 10: Freedom of expression
- 14. Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association
- 15. Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family
- 16. Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy
- 17. Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and protocol 12 (non-discrimination in respect of ‘any right set forth by law’)
- 18. Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation
- 19. Articles 16–18: Other restrictions upon the rights protected
- 20. Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property
- 21. Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education
- 22. Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections
- 23. The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols
- Index