ECHR Chamber Judgment Eweida and Others V. United Kingdom: Between the Freedom of Religion and the Prohibition of Discrimination

Abstract

This article gives an overview about the decision Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom at the European Court of Human Rights (application nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10), Jan. 15, 2013.

The judgment stands in a continuing line of decisions at the European Court of Human Rights on the freedom of religion and on non-discrimination. The growing volume of decisions on the question when a person is allowed to display religion demonstrates how crucial issues of religious faith, non-belief and pluralism are in European society today.

Keywords: freedom of religion, non-discrimination, European court of human rights, ECtHR, ECHR, Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom