OBSERVATORY OF LAW AND PLURALISM

Illegitimacy of the dismissal of a counsellor from a Catholic association for having left the Catholic Church; limits within which, pursuant to Directive 2000/78, a religious organization may require good faith and loyalty to its ethos in the performance of work activities.

The Finnish Supreme Court has upheld the criminal liability of a politician and the legal representative of a religious entity for the crime of hate speech

National legislation that provides for the possibility of disregarding advance treatment directives for life-sustaining treatment through artificial support, where these are manifestly inappropriate in relation to the patient's clinical condition, as assessed by the doctor, is compatible with Article 2 of the ECHR.

The exclusion of “Others” from parliamentary leadership positions in Bosnia and Herzegovina constitutes ethnic discrimination contrary to Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the ECHR.