The Freedom of Churches in Slovenia

Andrej Naglič

The Freedom of Churches in Slovenia

Key words: human rights and fundamental freedoms, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, Churches and other religious communities, separation of State and Church, equality of religious communities, freedom of Church

Abstract:
Freedom of conscience is one of the most important human rights and fundamental freedoms in the constitutional order of the Republic of Slovenia. It is also called the freedom of religion. The scope and content of this human right and fundamental freedom is provided in several constitutional, international law, other domestic legal provisions, decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia and international judgments, in particular of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This right has an individual and collective aspect. This article is a systematic and coherent overview of the scope and content of the collective aspect of human right and fundamental freedom of the freedom of religion, as is currently formulated in the positive legal sources of the Republic of Slovenia.

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