Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 05/24/2016

Subject: The judgment on freedom of religion: according to the Court, the law which prohibited the opening of places of worship on sites not designated for that purpose and imposed certain conditions on the building of places of worship, prevented the small religious community from having a worship place

Parties: Association for Solidarity with Jehovah’s Witnesses e altri c. Turchia

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 10 Freedom of religion