Legal Spirits 072: Religion at the “Constitutional Court of Europe”

About this episode

Mark Movsesian interviews Judge Ioannis Ktistakis about religious-freedom challenges in Europe and the role of the European Court of Human Rights.

In this episode, Mattone Center Director Mark Movsesian speaks with Judge Ioannis Ktistakis of the European Court of Human Rights about his career as an advocate, scholar, and international judge, and about emerging religious-freedom challenges facing Europe. They explore the role of the European Court—which Judge Ktistakis describes as “the Constitutional Court of Europe”—and examine how it supports the protection of fundamental rights across the continent. The conversation offers U.S. lawyers and law students a rare inside look at the Court’s internal workings and its approach to sensitive questions of law and religion. The post Legal Spirits 072: Religion at the “Constitutional Court of Europe” appeared first on LAW AND RELIGION FORUM .

People in this episode

Host: Mark Movsesian

Guest: Ioannis Ktistakis

Topics covered

• religion
• human rights
• law
• Europe

Keywords

• European Court of Human Rights
• religious freedom
• fundamental rights

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Places: Europe, U.S.

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