Abstract
Religious education is probably one of the most attractive topics in law and religious studies – a truly bottomless pit which, every now and then, reveals new questions and new challenges. The most recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning this matter is the one delivered on 31 October 2019 in the case of Papageorgiou and others. The judgment only became final at the end of January 2020, under Article 44(2) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), so as yet it has not received much scholarly attention. However, it should be expected that there will be no lack of such attention, as the judgment deserves it for at least two reasons.
Highlights
Religious education is probably one of the most attractive topics in law and religious studies – a truly bottomless pit which, every and reveals new questions and new challenges
The most recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning this matter is the one delivered on 31 October 2019 in the case of Papageorgiou and others.[1]
The judgment only became final at the end of January 2020, under Article 44(2) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), so as yet it has not received much scholarly attention
Summary
Religious education is probably one of the most attractive topics in law and religious studies – a truly bottomless pit which, every and reveals new questions and new challenges. The most recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning this matter is the one delivered on 31 October 2019 in the case of Papageorgiou and others.[1] The judgment only became final at the end of January 2020, under Article 44(2) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), so as yet it has not received much scholarly attention. 356 COMMENT actual number of problematic issues related to the Greek approach to religious freedom is somewhat higher, for its violations do not always need to be examined in the light of Article 9, owing to overlaps of the rights enshrined in the Convention; such is the case of Papageorgiou, and such was one of the most widely discussed cases of 2018, Molla Sali,[5] in which the Grand Chamber of the court had the opportunity to assess the mandatory application of Islamic law to an inheritance dispute. As often happens in life, and just as often in Strasbourg, the most interesting part is not what has been openly stated but what has been left deliberately unsaid, or tacitly excluded from examination
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