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Biuletyn Stowarzyszenia Absolwentów i Przyjaciół Wydziału Prawa Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego

Vol. 16 No. 18 (1) (2021)

Articles

The Freedom of Religious Expression of Religious Minorities in Pandemic Georgia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32084/sawp.2021.16.1-1  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2021-06-30

Abstract

This article presents an attempt to focus on the category of exception in the discourse on freedom of expression of religious minorities in addition to naming religious groups as dominant and non-dominant ones. It is noteworthy that the ombudsman of Georgia mentions the word “exception” several times in her 2020 report. Assuming something as an exception does not only mean that one group is given a privilege over another one and the principle of equality is violated. Making an exception to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic in general and in particular means creating a situation in which the government goes beyond the legal order endangering the sovereignty of law. On the other hand, it is without a doubt that even in a sanitary-epidemiological state, the rule of law must act and it is necessary to protect it.

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