Abstract
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Lautsi decided that the legal obligation to affix crucifixes in Italian public schools is not in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This chapter discusses the Grand Chamber's ruling in light of the principles on civil and fundamental rights and liberties entailed in the ECHR and in Italian constitutional law. It addresses three questions such as: 1) is a legal obligation to hang crucifixes in public schools a state intervention affecting religious freedom; 2) if the answer to the previous question is affirmative, is such intervention justified and 3) can such intervention is deemed incapable of offending religious freedom. Keywords:civil right; crucifix; ECHR; fundamental right; Italian constitutional law; legal obligation; religious freedom
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