JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES OF MOSCOW and OTHERS v. RUSSIA / ECHR

Notes

Date	10/06/2010
AppNr	302/02
Body	Court (First Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	11; 11-1; 11-2; 41; 6; 6-1; 9; 9-1; 9-2
Violated / NonViolated	6-1911
Citations	36-18931113

Conclusions:

Non-pecuniary damage - award
Remainder inadmissible
Violation of Art. 11
Violation of Art. 11 read in the light of 9
Violation of Art. 6-1
Violation of Art. 9
Violation of Art. 9 read in the light of 11

Keywords:

(art. 11-1) freedom of association
(art. 11-2) prescribed by law
(art. 6) civil proceedings
(art. 6-1) reasonable time
(art. 9-1) freedom of religion
(art. 9-1) manifest religion or belief
(art. 9-2) necessary in a democratic society
(art. 9-2) protection of health
(art. 9-2) protection of the rights and freedoms of others
margin of appreciation

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (First Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH
Application Number	302/02
Importance Level	1
Represented by	DANIEL R. ; KRYLOVA G. ; LEONTYEV A. ; BURNS J.
Respondent State	Russia
Date of Judgment	10/06/2010
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 9 read in the light of Art. 11 ; Violation of Art. 11 read in the light of Art. 9 ; Violation of Art. 6-1 ; Remainder inadmissible ; Non-pecuniary damage - award
Articles	6 ; 6-1 ; 9 ; 9-1 ; 9-2 ; 11 ; 11-1 ; 11-2 ; 41
Separate Opinions	No
Law at Issue	Sections 3 § 4 and 14 of the Religions Act ; Article 59 § 3 of the Constitution ; Article 329 of the Criminal Code
Strasbourg Case Law	Acmanne and Others v. Belgium, no. 10435/83, Commission decision of 10 December 1984 ; APEH Üldözötteinek Szövetsége and Others v. Hungary (dec.), no. 32367/96, 31 August 1999 ; Association of Citizens Radko and Paunkovski v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, no. 74651/01, ECHR 2009-... (extracts) ; Canea Catholic Church v. Greece, 16 December 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-VIII ; Capuano v. Italy, 25 June 1987, § 32, Series A no. 119 ; Casimiro and Ferreira v. Luxembourg (dec.), no. 44888/98, 27 April 1999 ; Cha’are Shalom Ve Tsedek v. France [GC], no. 27417/95, ECHR 2000-VII ; Chassagnou and Others v. France [GC], nos. 25088/94, 28331/95 and 28443/95, ECHR 1999-III ; Church of Scientology Moscow and Others v. Russia (dec.), no. 18147/02, 28 October 2004 ; Church of Scientology Moscow v. Russia, no. 18147/02, 5 April 2007 ; Dicle for the Democratic Party (DEP) of Turkey v. Turkey, no. 25141/94, 10 December 2002 ; Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 22 October 1981, Series A no. 45 ; Efstratiou and Valsamis v. Greece, 18 December 1996, Reports 1996-VI ; Evans v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 6339/05, ECHR 2007-IV ; Faizov v. Russia (dec.), no. 19820/04, 15 January 2009 ; Frydlender v. France [GC], no. 30979/96, ECHR 2000-VII ; Gorzelik and Others v. Poland [GC], no. 44158/98, 17 February 2004 ; Hasan and Chaush v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 30985/96, ECHR 2000-XI ; Kesyan v. Russia, no. 36496/02, § 57, 19 October 2006 ; Khan v. the United Kingdom, no. 11579/85, Commission decision of 7 July 1986 ; Konttinen v. Finland, no. 24949/94, Commission decision of 3 December 1996 ; Koretskyy and Others v. Ukraine, no. 40269/02, 3 April 2008 ; Kuznetsov and Others v. Russia, no. 184/02, 11 January 2007 ; Larissis and Others v. Greece, 24 February 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-I ; Leyla Sahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 44774/98, ECHR 2005-XI ; Manoussakis and Others v. Greece, 26 September 1996, Reports 1996-IV ; Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and Others v. Moldova, no. 45701/99, ECHR 2001-XII ; Moscow Branch of the Salvation Army v. Russia, no. 72881/01, ECHR 2006-XI ; Niemietz v. Germany, 16 December 1992, § 29, Series A no. 251-B ; Partidul Comunistilor (Nepeceristi) and Ungureanu v. Romania, no. 46626/99, 3 February 2005 ; Phull v. France (dec.), no. 35753/03, 11 January 2005) ; Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, ECHR 2002-III ; Refah Partisi (the Welfare Party) and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 41340/98, 41342/98, 41343/98 and 41344/98, ECHR 2003-II ; Rolgezer and Others v. Russia, no. 9941/03, § 30, 29 April 2008 ; Salamatina v. Russia, no. 38015/03, § 28, 1 March 2007 ; Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy [GC], nos. 39221/98 and 41963/98, § 249 ; Sidabras and Džiautas v. Lithuania, nos. 55480/00 and 59330/00, §§ 42-50, ECHR 2004-VIII ; Sidiropoulos and Others v. Greece, judgment of 10 July 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-IV, § 40 ; Sovtransavto Holding v. Ukraine (just satisfaction), no. 48553/99, 2 October 2003 ; Stankov and the United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden v. Bulgaria, nos. 29221/95 and 29225/95, ECHR 2001-IX ; Tebieti Mühafize Cemiyyeti and Israfilov v. Azerbaijan, no. 37083/03, ECHR 2009-... ; The Holy Monasteries v. Greece, nos. 13092/87 and 13984/88, Commission decision of 5 June 1990 ; The United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 59491/00, 19 January 2006 ; Thlimmenos v. Greece [GC], no. 34369/97, ECHR 2000-IV ; Tsirlis and Kouloumpas v. Greece, 29 May 1997, Reports 1997-III, and ; Tüm Haber Sen and Çinar v. Turkey, no. 28602/95, ECHR 2006-II ; United Communist Party of Turkey and Others v. Turkey, 30 January 1998, Reports 1998-I
External Sources	Report by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe, doc. 9396, 26 March 2002 ; Resolution 1277 (2002) on the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 23 April 2002
Keywords	"(Art. 11-1) FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION" "(Art. 11-2) PRESCRIBED BY LAW" "(Art. 6) CIVIL PROCEEDINGS" "(Art. 6-1) REASONABLE TIME" "(Art. 9-1) FREEDOM OF RELIGION" "(Art. 9-1) MANIFEST RELIGION OR BELIEF" "(Art. 9-2) NECESSARY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY" "(Art. 9-2) PROTECTION OF HEALTH" "(Art. 9-2) PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OTHERS" "MARGIN OF APPRECIATION" PROPORTIONALITY

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