Same Sex Marriage: Scaremongering and Sacrilege
This is an edited transcript of an address given by Karon Monaghan QC on Thursday 13 June 2013, at Matrix Chambers on ‘Same Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty’ At stake...
Right to Freedom of Religion
Marriage Equality in New Zealand – Part I: Religious Exemptions
By Max Harris – On 17 April, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 following a powerful nationwide campaign—led by the Campaign for Marriage...
Supreme Court of Canada Delivers Judgment in Hate Speech Case
By Lauren Dancer- In Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott 2013 SCC 11the Supreme Court of Canada considered whether s 14(1)(b) of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code which prohibits the...
A Quick Overview
Blog posts have been coming in thick and fast over the last month. To help you get up to speed, the editorial team has put together a quick summary of...
R (Hodkin): A Signal to Rethink Religious Worship
By Ilias Trispiotis In R (on the application of Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2012] EWHC 3635 the High Court acknowledged that a broader definition of...
Eweida and Others v United Kingdom: the Use and Abuse of the Margin of Appreciation
Julie Maher’s post on the judgment handed down by the ECtHR in Eweida and Others v United Kingdom outlines the reasons which the Court gave for deciding that, while disciplinary...
Religious Rights in the Balance: Eweida and Others v UK
Yesterday’s decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida and Others v the UK has been described as something of a ‘mixed bag’. By a margin of 5...
Eweida, Chaplin, Ladele and McFarlane v the United Kingdom: A Primer
On Tuesday 15 January the European Court of Human Rights will give judgement on the applications of four Christian employees who contend that UK law fails to adequately protect their...
Corporate Gods: can a company claim protection for religious beliefs?
Does a profit making company owned and operated by people with strong religious beliefs fully share their right to the protection of those religious beliefs? This was the issue that...
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