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Pontificia, Real y Venerable Esclavitud del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna and the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna v. Spain Application (N° 7421/2025), about the autonomy of religious institutions
Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna v. Spain Application (N°7421/2025)
ECHR: Three Christian Foundations WinBy Thibault van den BosscheThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has just issued an important ruling in the case of Mavrakis and Others v. Turkey (applications nos. 12549/23 and 2 others, in French only), finding Turkey...
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Autonomy of religious institutions under threat?By Alicja SłowikDrawing boundaries of institutional autonomy of religious organisations remains a highly delicate task for the European courts. On 5 March 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (the ‘ECtHR’)
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Armenian Minister Denies the Persecution of the Armenian ChurchBy Thibault van den BosscheSince 2024, around fifteen members of the clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, including four serving bishops, have been arrested in Armenia, while six other bishops have been banned from leaving...
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Turkey: ECHR Upholds Planned Expropriation of Armenian FoundationBy Youssef AyedTurkey continues to weaken Christian foundations through a well-established mechanism of gradual expropriation carried out under the guise of urban planning policies. By rejecting the application of...
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