Limitations to freedom of religion or belief in Georgia: legislation and state policy

This article demonstrates legal and non-legal limitations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Georgia, characterized by an absence of relevant case law of common courts about restrictions to FoRB with legitimate aims. Instead, the State is using various instruments for interference, such as a...

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Published in:Religion and human rights
Subtitles:Special Issue: Limitations to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Theory and Practice, edited by Nazila Ghanea & Thiago Alves Pinto
Authors: Chitanava, Ekaterine (Author) ; Gavtadze, Mariam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill, Nijhoff 2020
In: Religion and human rights
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBK Europe (East)
XA Law
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Discrimination
B limitation clauses
B freedom of religion or belief
B Religious Minorities
B Georgia
B National security
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article demonstrates legal and non-legal limitations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Georgia, characterized by an absence of relevant case law of common courts about restrictions to FoRB with legitimate aims. Instead, the State is using various instruments for interference, such as administrative barriers and artificial obstacles for religious communities. In certain occasions, its policy and practice do not comply with the constitutional principles and international human rights commitments of the country. The State’s preferential treatment of the dominant and influential religious institution, the Georgian Orthodox Church, ostracises other religious communities. This is further aggravated by the attempts of securitising and weaponising FoRB.
ISSN:1871-0328
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion and human rights
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18710328-BJA10006