La vittoria dello sport sui fanatismi religiosi

In this judgment the European Court of Human Rights was asked to decide whether mandatory genders mixed swimming for girls against the will of their Muslim parents who objected on religious grounds violated Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights on religious freedom. In its judgment the European Court held that there had been no violation of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) of the Convention, finding that by giving precedence to the children’s obligation to follow the full school curriculum and their successful integration over the applicants’ private interest in obtaining an exemption from mixed swimming lessons for their daughters on religious grounds, the Swiss authorities had not exceeded the considerable margin of appreciation afforded to them in the present case, which concerned compulsory education.