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<p>This article studies the Kosovo Government decision to restrict freedom of movement <italic>vis-á-vis</italic> 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.</p>
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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.

Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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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...

Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Published Online: Mar 17, 2022

Page range: 49 - 71

Received: Nov 05, 2021

Accepted: Dec 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0010

Keywords
Human rights, religious freedoms, social distancing and lockdown measures, Covid-19, Constitutional Court

© 2021 Avdylkader Mucaj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Human Rights and Religious Freedoms During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kosovo

Published Online: Mar 17, 2022

Page range: 49 - 71

Received: Nov 05, 2021

Accepted: Dec 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0010

KeywordsHuman rights, religious freedoms, social distancing and lockdown measures, Covid-19, Constitutional Court

© 2021 Avdylkader Mucaj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Human rights, religious freedoms, social distancing and lockdown measures, Covid-19, Constitutional Court