「欧州評議会の外務大臣で構成され、欧州人権裁判所の判決の実施を監督する委員会は、ロシアに対し、エホバの証人の組織に対する禁止を解除するよう求めた。
Resolution of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of October 1, 2020 on the results of supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments on applications Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow and Others and Krupko and Others v. Russian Federation
CM/Del/ Dec( 2020)1383/H46-17
1 October 2020
1383rd meeting, 29 September – 1 October 2020 (DH)
H46-17 Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow and Others (Application No. 302/02) and Krupko and Others (Application No. 26587/07) v. Russian Federation
Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments
Reference document
CM/Notes/1383/H46-17
Decisions
The Deputies
1. recalled that the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow and Others
concerns the dissolution of the applicant religious community entailing a
ban on its activities, as well as the unreasoned refusal to allow its
re-registration and the excessive length of the dissolution proceedings,
and that the case of Krupko and Others concerns the dispersal of a peaceful
religious ceremony by law-enforcement agents and the subsequent deprivation
of liberty of some of its participants at a police station for some three
hours;
2. further recalled their previous decisions adopted in respect of these two cases noting the progress achieved in 2004-2015 but also the serious concerns at the effects of the new blanket ban imposed in 2017 and stressed that freedom of religion constitutes one of the foundations of a democratic society;
3. deeply regretted the continuing objection by the authorities to the Committee’s examination of the 2017 ban and its consequences, and reiterated yet …