Decision European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), 9 November 2021, Hermina Geertruida de Wilde v. Netherlands, Application no. 9476/19 ; Postanowienie Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka z dnia 9 listopada 2021 r., Hermina Geertruida de Wilde v. Netherlands, skarga nr 9476/19

The present text is a translation of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights of 9 November 2021 in De Wilde v. the Netherlands (Application no. 9476/19). The applicant identified herself as a follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and complained that by refusing to issue a new identity card and driving license showing her with a colander on her head, the public authorities in the Netherlands had violated Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion) both taken alone and read in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Conv... Mehr ...