Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo
This article studies the Kosovo Government decision to restrict freedom of movement vis-á-vis freedom of gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic, a restriction which has directly affected religious freedoms and practices across multiple religions. The article also addresses the decision of the Consti...
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description | This article studies the Kosovo Government decision to restrict freedom of movement vis-á-vis freedom of gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic, a restriction which has directly affected religious freedoms and practices across multiple religions. The article also addresses the decision of the Constitutional Court, which ruled that the Government’s decision was unconstitutional. The article reflects on and contextualizes the behaviors of different religious communities in Kosovo, in light of these religious restrictions in the age of Covid-19. |
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spelling | doaj.art-505017622ff24d90b5aa92397d0e7ff82022-12-21T23:55:59ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Law & Politics2029-04542021-12-01142497110.2478/bjlp-2021-0010Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in KosovoMucaj Avdylkader0Muqaj Florent1University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law (Slovenia)University of Prishtina, Faculty of Law (Kosovo)This article studies the Kosovo Government decision to restrict freedom of movement vis-á-vis freedom of gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic, a restriction which has directly affected religious freedoms and practices across multiple religions. The article also addresses the decision of the Constitutional Court, which ruled that the Government’s decision was unconstitutional. The article reflects on and contextualizes the behaviors of different religious communities in Kosovo, in light of these religious restrictions in the age of Covid-19.https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0010human rightsreligious freedomssocial distancing and lockdown measurescovid-19constitutional court |
spellingShingle | Mucaj Avdylkader Muqaj Florent Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo Baltic Journal of Law & Politics human rights religious freedoms social distancing and lockdown measures covid-19 constitutional court |
title | Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo |
title_full | Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo |
title_fullStr | Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo |
title_short | Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo |
title_sort | human rights and religious freedoms during the covid 19 pandemic in kosovo |
topic | human rights religious freedoms social distancing and lockdown measures covid-19 constitutional court |
url | https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0010 |
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