Druids, Scientologists and Wiccans – religions, beliefs and their manifestation in Strasbourg Jurisprudence

Abstract

This article highlights two problems with the interpretation of Article 9 of The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The first one relates to the issues of „beliefs” of a religiously indifferent character. The second one concerns the conditions that have to be met to qualify a given act as a protected „manifestation” of one’s religion or belief.

Keywords

• human rights
• freedom of thought
• conscience
• religion