{"id":71623,"date":"2025-03-27T08:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=71623"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:02:59","slug":"top-human-rights-court-deems-evangelical-churchs-appeal-inadmissible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/top-human-rights-court-deems-evangelical-churchs-appeal-inadmissible","title":{"rendered":"Top human rights court deems Evangelical church&#8217;s appeal inadmissible"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"71623\" class=\"elementor elementor-71623\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18f54932 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18f54932\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-413326a3\" data-id=\"413326a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dcb9ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dcb9ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Italian Christian community forced to pay tens of thousands in taxes or make \u201cstructural modifications\u201d to their place of worship to satisfy the authorities\u2019 demands that their space look more like \u201ca conventional church\u201d<\/p><\/li><li><p>Represented by ADF International, the church had filed an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, which has rejected the case<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c5a12e elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60c5a12e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-68599\" alt=\"Breccia di Roma church in Rome, Italy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Breccia-di-Roma-Teaching-session.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65f18a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65f18a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Strasbourg\/Rome (March 24, 2025) <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 In a blow to religious freedom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the case of Breccia di Roma, an Evangelical church in Rome, is inadmissible. The church, represented by ADF International, had appealed to the Court after Italian authorities classified its place of worship as a &#8222;shop&#8220; due to its non-traditional appearance, which led to a demand for around 50,000\u20ac in taxes and fines.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite the church&#8217;s argument that the modest architecture of its place of worship does not detract from its use for religious practice and that the Italian Tax Agency&#8217;s classification violated its right to worship freely, the ECtHR has decided not to intervene. The decision effectively upholds the Italian Supreme Court<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">of Cassation\u2019s ruling, denying the church the tax exemption granted to other religious buildings in Italy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666b0f8a elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"666b0f8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThis ruling is disappointing, as it fails to recognize the right of churches to freely determine the manner of their worship. <\/span>We continue to believe that the government has no right to dictate the appearance of a place of worship.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Leonardo De Chirico, president of Breccia di Roma<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4431f3fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4431f3fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Court dismissal despite strong legal case<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Even though the church went up to the highest domestic court claiming a violation of its religious freedom, the ECtHR denied hearing the case claiming \u201cnon-exhaustion of domestic remedies\u201d. The Court provided no explanation as to why it does not consider the church to have &#8222;exhausted domestic remedies,&#8220; given that Breccia di Roma has no other domestic avenues left to pursue. The court also rejected the church&#8217;s claim of having been unjustly discriminated against, despite two lower instance courts in Italy having ruled in Breccia di Roma\u2019s favor on this matter. The decision is final. Breccia di Roma must now pay tens of thousands in taxes or make \u201cstructural modifications\u201d to their place of worship to satisfy the authorities\u2019 demands. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recent years, \u201cinadmissibility\u201d has become the most common outcome of any application pending before the ECtHR. The court received 28,800 new applications in 2024, and 34,650 in 2023. At the same time, the court declared 25,990 pending applications inadmissible in 2024, and 31,329 in 2023. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a94288 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"2a94288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201c<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">It is highly regrettable that Breccia di Roma will not receive justice from the European Court of Human Rights.<\/span>This religious group was unjustly discriminated against because its chosen place of worship does not look like a conventional church in the eyes of the authorities. The small community is now burdened with thousands of Euros in taxes from which other religious buildings in Italy are exempted.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Dr. Lidia Rieder, Legal Officer for ADF International, which brought the church\u2019s case before the ECHR<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-457047ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"457047ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International remains committed to advocating for the protection of religious freedom and ensuring that churches can operate without unnecessary discrimination based on their appearance or practices.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Breccia di Roma can be supported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/a-breach-for-religious-freedom-in-rome\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here.<\/span><\/a> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Case background<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Evangelical Christian community, Breccia di Roma, which uses a former shop as it\u2019s place of worship, obtained\u202fauthorization to\u202fchange\u202fthe building\u2019s intended\u202fcommercial\u202fuse\u202f\u2013 in part, so that\u202fthe applicable\u202ftaxation\u202fwould align with\u202fthe\u202freligious,\u202fi.e.\u202fnon-commercial,\u202fnature of\u202ftheir\u202factivities.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Italian Tax Agency, however, claimed that the interior architecture of Breccia di Roma\u2019s worship space was not sufficiently religious in appearance. Therefore, it required the church to pay commercial taxes. Despite winning in the lower courts, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation sided with the authorities. With no further avenues for justice in Italy, the church turned to the European Court of Human Rights, which has now declined to decide their case.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We don\u2019t make money <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2014<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">we bring people together closer to Christ. Granted, our building does not match the Great Synagogue, a mosque, or any of the basilicas in Rome. Also, because our resources are limited, we meet in a comparatively unspectacular building. But why would a state punish us for that? Our church is not worse or less spiritual, just because our architecture is different,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d De Chirico asserted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Further details on the case can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/cases\/breccia-di-roma-italy\">here<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:312}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76eacc36 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76eacc36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ab6dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62ab6dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImages for free use in print or online in relation to this story only\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Christian community forced to pay tens of thousands in taxes or make \u201cstructural modifications\u201d to their place of worship to satisfy the authorities\u2019 demands that their space look more like \u201ca conventional church\u201d Represented by ADF International, the church had filed an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, which has rejected the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":68599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[130,383,123,232,27],"class_list":["post-71623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-europe","tag-european-court-of-human-rights","tag-italy","tag-lidia-rieder","tag-religious-freedom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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