Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/17/2018

Subject: The Court affirmed that the requirement of religious affiliation for a post within the Church must be amenable to effective judicial review. That requirement must be necessary and objectively dictated, having regard to the ethos of the church, by the nature of the occupational activity concerned or the circumstances in which it is carried out, and must comply with the principle of proportionality

Parties: Egenberger

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 10 Freedom of religion - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Justice - Art. 47 Justice: remedy

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