Brevi considerazioni sulla sentenza della Corte EDU, n.16760/22 del 2024

Abstract

With the sentence of February 13, 2024, No. 16760/22, Executief van de Moslims van België and others. v. Belgium, the ECtHR ruled on the possibility that animal welfare could constitute a restriction on freedom of religion. Fitting into a troubled jurisprudential framework, which has seen the European Court of Justice take a position on the point on several occasions, the ECtHR’s decision seems to take on an innovative significance as it brings together the protection of animal welfare, under- stood as a principle of law, with the concept of public morality.