165437 20260108143204.0 doi 10.1163/18710328-12341305 sideral 121974 ART-2016-121974 eng Arlettaz, Fernando Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4372-0855 State Neutrality and Legal Status of Religious Groups in the European Court of Human Rights Case-law 2016 From the premise of religious freedom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case-law has established a State duty of neutrality concerning religious matters. However, the concept of neutrality is not univocal, and the ECtHR uses various different forms of it. States have a duty to allow religious groups access to legal personality, but they are not obliged to grant every religious group the same kind of legal personality. A double or multi-level system of recognition is legitimate under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if some conditions are fulfilled. The ECtHR has also affirmed that the most radical kind of double or multi-level system, that of an established church, is not contrary to the Convention. In a recent case, however,the ECtHR seems to have adopted a stricter approach to the legitimacy of privileges granted to some church/churches above other ones. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.117 2016 Religious Studies 2016 Q3 Sociology and Political Science 2016 Q4 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 2016 Q4 Political Science and International Relations 2016 Q4 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 4010 381 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Dcho.Pe.,Filos.D.e Hª D. Área Filosofía del Derecho 11, 3 (2016), 189-223 Religion and Human Rights 1871-0328 397901 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/165437/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 2151497 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/165437/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:165437 articulos driver 2026-01-08-14:10:36 ARTICLE