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- Title
Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, and the Unconcerned: Why the European Court is Inconsistent in its Case Law and Violates Article 9 ECHR.
- Authors
Cliteur, Paul
- Abstract
In 1993 (Kokkinakis v. Greece), the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that under Article 9, "atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and the unconcerned" are protected; but to make that protection effective, the Court requires those views to meet the requirements of "cogency, seriousness, cohesion, and importance." In 2021 (De Wilde v. the Netherlands), the Court ruled that the pastafarians (adherents to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) failed to meet these requirements. This article analyzes the two verdicts, pointing out the relevance for the protection of religious and non-religious minorities.
- Subjects
STRASBOURG (France); EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights; JUDGE-made law; COURTS; ATHEISTS; LEGAL judgments; RELIGIOUS minorities
- Publication
Journal of Religion & Society, 2023, Vol 25, p1
- ISSN
1522-5658
- Publication type
Article