Recognition Without a Meal - What Strasbourg Decided and Declined to Decide About Vegan Diets in State Custody Levy, Mélanie Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-08-05 eng
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 On 16 July 2026, the European Court of Human Rights held, for the first time, that veganism falls within the ambit of Article 9 of the Convention, which protects freedom of thought, conscience and religion. In G.K. and A.S. v. Switzerland, two applicants – one held in pre-trial detention, the other confined to a psychiatric unit – had requested a vegan diet consistent with their ethical convictions and had received no reasoned response. The Court found Switzerland in breach of Article 9 and of Article 13, which guarantees an effective remedy. CC BY-SA 4.0 Levy, Mélanie Article 9 ECHR Belief Diet Veganism 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/vegan-judgment-ecthr-article-9/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/463259bdb9a10011 260805 10.59704/463259bdb9a10011 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)