For Thursday's class,  we are going to discuss freedom of religion.

Please read the Lautsi v. Italy case (available here: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-104040 or the legal summary if you are very pressed for time https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-592there is also a nice blogpost on Strasbourg Observers about the case available here: https://strasbourgobservers.com/2011/03/22/lautsi-v-italy-the-argument-from-neutrality/). Once you have familiarized yourself with the case, please watch the following video of a famous academic, Joseph Weiler, intervening before the ECtHR in the Lautsi case:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyIyxM-gnM. Looking forward to our class! 

I also attach two optional readings, one by a former judge of the ECtHR and one by an excellent scholar.