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Employment - Religious Autonomy

Cases

  • Ahmad v. United Kingdom
  • Ahtinen v. Finland
  • Baudler v. Germany
  • Chauhan v. United Kingdom
  • Dudová and Duda v. Czech Republic
  • Fernández Martínez v. Spain
  • Helle v. Finland
  • Hüsnü Öz v. Germany
  • Ivanova v. Bulgaria
  • Kalaç v. Turkey
  • Knudsen v. Norway
  • Konttinen v. Finland
  • Lombardi Vallauri v. Italy
  • Müller v. Germany
  • Obst v. Germany
  • Office Culturel de Cluny v. France
  • Reuter v. Germany
  • Reuter v. Germany
  • Rommelfanger v. Federal Republic of Germany
  • Schüth v. Germany
  • Seremetis v. Greece
  • Siebenhaar v. Germany
  • Sindicatul "Păstorul cel Bun" v. Romania
  • Skordas v. Greece
  • Šupa v. Slovakia
  • Szabo v. Romania
  • Tothpal v. Romania
  • Travaš v. Croatia
  • Tyler v. United Kingdom
  • Van der Heijden v. Netherlands
  • X. v. Federal Republic of Germany
  • Decision or Judgment

  • Kalaç c. Turquie - Arrêt de Chambre [French]
  • Kalaç v. Turkey - Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Chauhan v. The United Kingdom - Report of the Commission [English]
  • Konttinen v. Finland - Admissibility of Application [English]
  • Hüsnü Öz v. Germany - Admissibility of Application [English]
  • Müller c. Allemagne - Décision partielle sur la recevabilité [French]
  • Müller v. Germany - Partial Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Ivanova v. Bulgaria - Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Lombardi Vallauri c. Italie - Arrêt de chambre [French]
  • X. v. United Kingdom (8160/78) - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Knudsen v. Norway - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Konttinen v. Finland - Admissibility Decision (Commission) [English]
  • Van der Heijden v. the Netherlands - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Obst c. Allemagne - Arrêt de chambre [French]
  • Schüth v. Allemagne - Arrêt de chambre [French]
  • Obst v. Germany - Chamber Judgment (Informal Google Translation, not an official Court document) [English]
  • Rechtssache O. ./. Deutschland - Anonymisierte nichtamtliche Übersetzung aus dem Französischen [German]
  • Rechtssache S. ./. Deutschland (Anonymisierte nichtamtliche Übersetzung aus dem Französischen) [German]
  • Siebenhaar c. Allegmange - Arrêt de chambre [French]
  • Siebenhaar v. Germany - Chamber Judgment (unofficial English translation) [English]
  • Lombardi Vallauri v. Italy - Unofficial English Translation [English]
  • Ahtinen v. Finland - Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Dudová et Duda c. la Républic Tchèque - Décision sur la recevabilité.doc [French]
  • Rommelfanger v. Federal Republic of Germany - Admissibility Decision [French]
  • Sindicatul « Păstorul cel Bun » c. Roumanie - Arrêt de chambre [French]
  • Sindicatul "Păstorul cel Bun" v. Romania - Chamber Judgment (Unofficial English Translation) [English]
  • Fernández Martínez c. Espagne - Arrêt de chambre (troisième section) [French]
  • Sindicatul “Păstorul cel Bun” v. Romania - Grand Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Sindicatul « Păstorul cel Bun » c. Roumanie - Arrêt de Grande Chambre [French]
  • Baudler c. Allemagne - Fifth Section Decision [French]
  • Reuter c. Allemagne - Fifth Section Decision [French]
  • Fernández Martínez v. Spain – Grand Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Reuter c. l'Allemagne - Fifth Section Decision [French]
  • Šupa v. Slovakia - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Tyler v. United Kingdom - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Tyler c. Royaume-Uni - Admissibility Decision [French]
  • Office Culturel de Cluny c. France - Admissibility Decision [French]
  • Seremetis c. Grèce - First Section Judgment [French]
  • Helle v. Finland - Judgment [English]
  • X. v. Federal Republic of Germany - Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Skordas v. Greece - Second Section Admissibility Decision [English]
  • Travaš v. Croatia - Second Section Judgment [English]
  • Schüth v. Germany - Chamber Judgment [English]
  • Шют против Германии [Schüth v. Germany] - [Russian Translation] summary by the COE-ECHR [Russian]
  • Rechtssache S. gegen Deutschland - [German Translation] by the German Federal Ministry of Justice [German]
  • Schüth/Almanya - [Turkish Translation] summary by the COE Human Rights Trust Fund [Turkish]
  • Шют проти Німеччини - [Ukrainian Translation] summary by the COE Human Rights Trust Fund [Ukrainian]
  • Schüth c. Allemagne - Arrêt (satisfaction équitable) (28 juin 2012) [French]
  • Rechtssache S. ./. Deutschland - Urteil (gerechte Entschädigung) (28. Juni 2012) [German]
  • Tothpal et Szabo c. Roumanie - Arrêt de la quatrième section (comité) [French]
  • Statement of Facts/Questions to Parties

  • Siebenhaar c. Allemagne - Exposé des faits et Questions aux parties [French]
  • Baudler c. Allemagne - Exposé des Faits et Questions aux parties [French]
  • Baudler v. Germany - Statement of Facts and Questions to Parties [English]
  • Müller c. Allemagne - Question aux Parties [French]
  • Müller v. Germany - Question to the Parties [English]
  • Obst c. Allemagne - Exposé des Faits et Questions aux Parties (Case Communicated to Germany) [French]
  • Reuter c. Allemagne - Exposé des faits et Questions aux parties [French]
  • Schüth c. Allemagne - Exposé des Faits et Questions aux Parties [French]
  • Schüth v. Germany - Facts and Questions to the Parties [English]
  • Reuter v. Germany - Summary of the Case [English]
  • Luigi Lombardi Vallauri c. Italie - Exposé des faits et Questions et demandes d'informations [French]
  • Fernández Martínez c. Espagne - Exposé des faits et Questions aux parties [French]
  • S.P. contre la Roumanie - Exposé des faits [French]
  • S.P. v. Romania - Statement of Facts (unofficial English translation) [English]
  • Szabo c. Roumanie - Exposé des Faits [French]
  • Tothpal c. Roumanie - Exposé des Faits [French]
  • Travaš v. Croatia - Statement of Facts [English]
  • Party or Third-Party Document

  • Obst v. Germany - Third-Party Intervention, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Robbers on behalf of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [English]
  • Observations écrites en tierce observation - S.P. c. la Roumanie, ECLJ [French]
  • ECLJ comments on the ECHR, 3rd section, ruling of January 31, 2012, in the case Sindicatul Pastorul cel Bun v. Romania [English]
  • Commentaires de l’ECLJ sur l’arrêt CEDH, 3e Section, 31 janvier 2012, Sindicatul Păstorul cel bun c. Roumanie, no 2330/09 [French]
  • Observations en tierce intervention soumises dans l'affaire Fernández Martínez c. Espagne [French]
  • Observaciones escritas en intervención a terceros presentadas en el caso José Antonio Fernández Martínez contra España [Spanish]
  • Case of Sindicatul "Păstorul cel Bun" v. Romania – Written Comments of Third-Party Interveners the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies [English]
  • Written Comments of Third-Party Interveners Chair for Law and Religions of the Université Catholique de Louvain and the American Religious Freedom Program of the Ethics and Public Policy Center [English]
  • Court Press Release

  • Kammerurteile Obst und Schüth gegen Deutschland 23 09 10 [German]
  • Chamber judgments Obst and Schüth v. Germany 23 09 10 [English]
  • Arrêts de chambre Obst et Schüth c. Allemagne 23 09 10 [French]
  • Chamber judgments Obst and Schüth v. Germany (German version) 23 09 10 [German]
  • Arrêts de chambre Obst et Schüth c. Allemagne 23 09 10 [French]
  • Chamber judgments Obst and Schüth v. Germany 23 09 10 [English]
  • Chamber judgment Siebenhaar v. Germany 03.02.11 [English]
  • Chamber judgment Siebenhaar v. Germany - German version 03.02.11 [German]
  • Arrêt de chambre Siebenhaar c. Allemagne 03.02.11 [French]
  • Chamber hearing Fernández Martínez v. Spain 22.11.11 [English]
  • Refusal to register an Orthodox clergy trade union breached right to freedom of association - Court Press Release 31 January 2012 [English]
  • Chamber Judgment Fernández Martínez v. Spain 15.05.2012 : Bishop’s decision not to renew the teaching contract of a married priest supporting the Movement for Optional Celibacy was covered by religious freedom under the Convention [English]
  • Arrêt de chambre Fernández Martínez c. Espagne 15.05.2012 : Le choix de l’épiscopat ne pas renouveler le contrat d’un enseignant prêtre marié et militant du Mouvement Pro-célibat optionnel relève du principe de la liberté religieuse, protégée par la Conve [French]
  • Two cases referred to the Grand Chamber concerning refusal to register an Orthodox clergy trade union in Romania and life imprisonment in the United Kingdom - 19.07.2012 [English]
  • Grand Chamber hearing in the case Sindicatul ‘Pastorul cel Bun’ v. Romania [English]
  • Refusal to register a trade union for priests on account of the autonomy of religious communities is not unreasonable 09.07.2013 [English]
  • Grand Chamber Judgment Fernández Martínez v. Spain 12.06.2014: The decision not to renew the contract, as religious education teacher, of a married Catholic priest was legitimate and proportionate [English]
  • Judgments of 4 October 2016 (including Travaš v. Croatia) [English]
  • Conviction of two dismissed ministers who had continued exercising their pastoral duties is in breach of freedom of religion [English]
  • Other Court or Tribunal Document

  • Kalaç c. Turquie - Rapport de la Commission [French]
  • Obst gegen Deutschland - Beschwerde (Obst v. Germany - Original Application to the Court) [German]
  • Siebenhaar v. Germany - Statement of Facts and Questions to the Parties [English]
  • Siebenhaar c. Allegmange - Exposé des faits et Questions aux Parties [French]
  • Fernandez Martinez v. Spain - Legal Summary, Section 3 Judgment [English]
  • Resolution, Act, or Declaration

  • The autonomy of churches and religious communities [English]
  • Pronouncement or Press Release

  • Catholic University of Milan Should Have Given Reasons for Refusing to Employ a Lecturer Who Had Not Been Approved by the Ecclesiastical Authorities [English]
  • Chapter of Book or Treatise

  • 33a. W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Right to Autonomy in Religious Affairs: A Comparative View (Appendix), in Church Autonomy: A Comparative Survey, Robbers, ed. [English]
  • 00. Table of Contents - Gerhard Robbers, Church Autonomy: A Comparative Perspective [English]
  • News Article, Press Release, or Newsletter

  • El "principio de autonomía" de la Iglesia Católica ante el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos - Grégor Puppinck [Spanish]
  • Cour européenne : Une belle victoire pour la liberté de l’Eglise - Grégor Puppinck [French]
  • European Court of Human Rights: a significant victory for the freedom of the Church - Grégor Puppinck [English]
  • Commentary

  • CEDH Fernández Martínez - Sintesis de las observaciones del ECLJ - Nov 2011 [Spanish]
  • Analysis of Sindicatul 'Păstorul cel Bun' v. Romania - Eric Rassbach & Diana Verm, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty [English]
  • The Question of Church Autonomy in Affaire Sindicatul Păstorul cel bun c. Roumanie - Roger Kiska, ADF [English]
  • Европейский суд по правам человека принял решение, игнорирующее канонические нормы Румынской Православной Церкви и противоречащее национальному законодательству Румынии о культах - Russian Orthodox Church [Russian]
  • Critica hotărârii CEDO cu privire la Sindicatul Pastorul cel bun impotriva Romaniei (nr. 2330/09) [Romanian]
  • European Court Issues Rulings in Two German Church Employment Cases [English]