CASE OF G.K. AND A.S. v. SWITZERLAND

CASE OF G.K. AND A.S. v. SWITZERLAND

Application No: 55299/20, 31515/22

Articles: 35, 35-1, 13, 13+9, 9, 9-1, 41

Respondent state: CHE

Date: 2026-07-16

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 13+9 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Article 9-1 - Freedom of conscience; Freedom of thought); Violation of Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9 - Positive obligations; Article 9-1 - Freedom of conscience; Freedom of thought); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: A, B and C v. Ireland [GC], no. 25579/05, § 281, ECHR 2010; Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (no. 2), no. 34417/10, § 27, 14 June 2022; Ananyev and Others v. Russia, nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, §§ 70 and 110, 10 January 2012; Arrowsmith v. the United Kingdom, § 69, Commission report of 12 October 1978; Bayatyan v. Armenia [GC], no. 23459/03, § 110, ECHR 2011; Boyle and Rice v. the United Kingdom, 27 April 1988, § 52, Series A no. 131; Buscarini and Others v. San Marino [GC], no. 24645/94, § 34, ECHR 1999-I; Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 148, ECHR 2014; Cha’are Shalom Ve Tsedek v. France [GC], no. 27417/95, §§ 73-74, ECHR 2000-VII; Cocchiarella v. Italy [GC], no. 64886/01, § 38, ECHR 2006-V; Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no. 21881/20, § 160, 27 November 2023; Čonka v. Belgium, no. 51564/99, § 83, ECHR 2002-I; De Souza Ribeiro v. France [GC], no. 22689/07, § 77, ECHR 2012; Dubská and Krejzová v. the Czech Republic [GC], nos. 28859/11 and 28473/12, § 175, 15 November 2016; Efstratiou v. Greece, 18 December 1996, § 49, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-VI; Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 48420/10 and 3 others, ECHR 2013 (extracts); Gagliano Giorgi v. Italy, no. 23563/07, § 78, ECHR 2012 (extracts); Hamidović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 57792/15, § 35, 5 December 2017; İlhan v. Turkey [GC], no. 22277/93, § 97, ECHR 2000-VII; İzzettin Doğan and Others v. Turkey [GC], no. 62649/10, §§ 103 and 106, 26 April 2016; Jakóbski v. Poland, no. 18429/06, 7 December 2010; Kanatli v. Türkiye, no. 18382/15, § 45, 12 March 2024; Klass and Others v. Germany, 6 September 1978, § 67, Series A no. 28; Knudsen v. Norway, no. 11045/84, Commission decision of 8 March 1985; Kokkinakis v. Greece, 25 May 1993, § 31, Series A no. 260-A; Krasuski v. Poland, no. 61444/00, § 68, ECHR 2005-V (extracts); Kudła v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, ECHR 2000-XI; Lautsi and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 30814/06, § 58, ECHR 2011 (extracts); Leyla Şahin v. Turkey [GC], no. 44774/98, § 106, ECHR 2005-XI; Mugemangango v. Belgium [GC], no. 310/15, 10 July 2020; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no. 41720/13, 25 June 2019; Nyyssönen v. Finland, no. 30406/96, Commission decision of 15 January 1998; Osmanoğlu and Kocabaş v. Switzerland, no. 29086/12, §§ 86 and 104, 10 January 2017; Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, § 82, ECHR 2002-III; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, §§ 114 and 126, 20 March 2018; Rotaru v. Romania [GC], no. 28341/95, §§ 67 and 69, ECHR 2000-V; Roth v. Switzerland, no. 69444/17, § 83, 8 February 2022; S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, §§ 124 and 129, ECHR 2014; Saran v. Romania, no. 65993/16, § 20, 10 November 2020; Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], no. 36813/97, § 140, ECHR 2006-V; Segerstedt-Wiberg and Others v. Sweden, no. 62332/00, § 120, ECHR 2006-VII; Stanev v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 36760/06, § 219, ECHR 2012; Strand Lobben and Others v. Norway [GC], no. 37283/13, § 234, 10 September 2019; Sürmeli v. Germany [GC], no. 75529/01, § 98, ECHR 2006-VII; Torreggiani and Others v. Italy, nos. 43517/09 and 6 others, § 97, 8 January 2013; Van Schijndel and Others v. the Netherlands, no. 30936/96, Commission decision of 10 September 1997; Vartic v. Romania (no. 2), no. 14150/08, 17 December 2013; W. v. the United Kingdom, no. 18187/91, Commission decision of 10 February 1993, Decisions and Reports (DR) 37, p. 142; Wille v. Liechtenstein [GC], no. 28396/95, §§ 74-78, ECHR 1999-VII; Yarashonen v. Turkey, no. 72710/11, §§ 64-66, 24 June 2014;