The case of Sessa: space for religious minorities
Wolfgang Wieshaider
University of Vienna , AustriaAbstract
This article analyses to discuss the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in Francesco Sessa v. Italy. Referring to other decisions of the Strasbourg authorities, and also to the judgement of the European Court of Justice in Vivien Prais v Council of the European Communities, the author concludes that in this case the judges of the European Court of Human Rights human failed to properly balance the interests of the parties involved.
Keywords:
religion, Law on Religion, freedom of conscience and religion, State-Church relations, religious pluralism, religious minorities, European Court of Human Rights, religious holidays, exercise of religionReferences
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