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Mcfaul, Hugh
(2015).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwu048
Abstract
Human rights – Freedom of religion or belief – Interference with – Russian law providing that 'a religious organisation' was a voluntary association of Russian nationals and permanent residents of Russia formed for the profession and dissemination of faith and duly registered as legal entity – Justice Department carrying out religious study and refusing to register Church of Scientology of St Petersburg as 'religious organisation' on grounds of 'non-religious' nature of group as well as on technical grounds and on 'unreliability' of group’s existence for fifteen years – Refusal upheld on appeal to St Petersburg City Court – Whether refusal to register as religious organization violation of right to freedom of religion in the light of freedom of association – European Convention on Human Rights, art 9 in conjunction with art 11