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freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Jean-François Renucci
Strasbourg
Council of Europe Publ.
2005
116 p.
978-92-871-5626-6
Human rights files ; 20
  • Freedoms
  • FRE 05.1 Freedoms / Thought and expression / International / European level
  • Fundamental Rights
  • FUR 01.1 Fundamental Rights / Legal texts / International / European level
Inventory No. LIB 1720 1
FUR 01.1 COE.2005
European Convention on Human Rights , Freedom of religious beliefs , Freedom of opinion .
Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The protection it affords is of such significance that the judges of the European Court of Human Rights regard it as one of the cornerstones of démocratic society.
The freedoms Article 9 guarantees have two essential aspects: internal, covering the freedom to hold convictions and beliefs, and external, covering the freedom to manifest one's convictions and beliefs. The first of these freedoms is absolute, the second relative, but in neither case can their importance be undervalued .
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