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Sessa czyli przestrzeń dla mniejszości religijnych
The case of Sessa: space for religious minorities

Author(s): Wolfgang Wieshaider
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: Religion; State-Church relations; freedom of conscience and religion; religious pluralism; religion in public space; religious minorities; European Court of Human Rights; religious holidays; exercise

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 113-121
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish