Religion, State and Society, 2017, 45 (3-4) This special issue is devoted to an exploration of a disconnect between messages generated by the ECtHR through its case law and messages received at the grassroots level, in the domain of minority religious claims. Specifically, the contributions in this special issue critically assess some of the Court’s […]
Author: Effie Fokas Published in: Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 2015, Vol. 4, No. 1, 54–74 Over the past 20 years the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has evolved into a conspicuous, often contentious, force in the multilevel battles over the place of religion in the European public sphere. In the light of […]
Working Paper 49/2014 written by Dr Effie Fokas draws on findings of the European Commission/Marie Curie Framework – funded research project entitled ‘Pluralism and Religious Freedom in Majority Orthodox Contexts’ (PLUREL), based at ELIAMEP and conducted between 2010 and 2013. Here insights arising from the project regarding limitations to religious freedoms in majority Orthodox contexts […]
This volume explores the role of the ECtHR in protecting marginalised individuals and minorities. What factors and conditions have led growing numbers of such individuals and minorities to pursue their rights and freedoms in front of the ECtHR and how has the latter responded to these? Does the Convention and the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg […]
