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Right to family life

01 September 1993

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Custody of children was refused on the ground of the mother's religion (she was a Jehovah's witness). The European Court of Human Rights held that there was discrimination contrary to Article 14 in conjunction with Art 8 (right to family life).

Hoffman v Austria: Council of Europe ECHR Press release no 260, 23.6.93.

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