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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Law | Integrative Research Institute Law & Society (LSI) | "Disfellowshipping and Discrimination of a Religious Minority", Book Launch with Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque

"Disfellowshipping and Discrimination of a Religious Minority", Book Launch with Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque

  • When Jun 03, 2025 from 06:00 to 08:00
  • Where HU Berlin, Law Faculty, Room E25 and online, register here: law-and-society@hu-berlin.de
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This book aims at assessing the Norwegian Government's policy of denying Jehovas vitner state grants, removing Jehovas vitner's registration and denying re-registration through the lens of the European Convention on Human Rights. Its methodology is based on the Strasbourg Court's approach to similar leading cases, describing in the first part of the text the factual circumstances of the case and the relevant legal framework and practice, including domestic, international, comparative law, case-law and soft law, in order to spotlight the most important court cases on disfellowshipping and disassociation reported in the world. The second part of the text focuses on articles 9 and 11 of the ECHR, read alone or in conjunction with its article 14, applying the general principles of the pertinent case-law to the present case. Concluding remarks close the text in the light of the overarching principles of autonomy of religious communities and state neutrality in religious matters.

 

 

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque is a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2021), president of the Committee on the Rules of the Court, member of the Grand Chamber panel and the founder and president of the Criminal Law Group of the Court. He is a lawyer and full professor at the Lisbon Catholic University, Portugal, teaching criminal law and European human rights law. He has published 33 books and 87 journal articles and book chapters in criminal law, human rights law, constitutional law and international law, in Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. He is a Doctor of Law Honoris Causa by Edge Hill University, UK, and by Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine, and was awarded the Medal of the University of Toulouse, France, and the Medal of Honour of the Portuguese Lawyers’ Bar.

 

The event is part of our series LSI Berlin Book Launch.