Law, Religion, and Freedom

Section 12. Positive Civil Liability: Legal Realization Aspect

“…По-третє, зростання ролі громадськості та неприбуткових організацій впливає на формування позитивного образу країн на міжнародній арені. Активна громадянська участь та нагляд за діяльністю урядів й корпорацій стимулюють впровадження відповідальних практик та підвищують рівень довіри соціуму 30 .…”

Neutrality, Margin of Appreciation and Religious Autonomy: Advancing Pluralism and Non-Discrimination in Strasbourg

“…16 This external projection of autonomy becomes especially relevant when religious groups collide with areas of law that have the potential to limit their right to function peacefully in the social life of the State implicit in the collective dimension of Article 9 ECHR. 17 Using both as argumentative examples and, as a guiding thread, not the latest case law of the ECtHR, but rather some specific landmark cases involving religious groups that have faced restrictions on their external autonomy as a result of the State's (1) secular assessment of religion; 18 (2) application of facially neutral laws; or (3) legal entity or privileged status schemes, this paper argues that the ECtHR has been more successful in protecting freedom of religion through neutrality than through subsidiarity, especially when national authorities have tried to pass off as MoA what was in reality an impartiality deficit in the management of pluralism often aimed at discriminating against minority communities alien to the country's religious tradition. 19…”