Religious Slaughter and Supranational Jurisprudence in the Context of Animal Welfare Science

Michela Maria Dimuccio (), Virginia Conforti, Gaetano Vitale Celano, Francesco Emanuele Celentano, Federico Ceci and Giancarlo Bozzo
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Michela Maria Dimuccio: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Prov. per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Virginia Conforti: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Prov. per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Gaetano Vitale Celano: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Prov. per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Francesco Emanuele Celentano: Department of Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Umberto I, 70121 Bari, Italy
Federico Ceci: Department of Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Umberto I, 70121 Bari, Italy
Giancarlo Bozzo: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Strada Prov. per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy

Laws, 2024, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: Within the European socio-cultural landscape, which is increasingly attuned to animal welfare concerns and characterized by growing multiculturalism, ritual slaughter has become a subject of considerable debate due to its legal, economic, and health implications. This debate is increasingly fueled by interventions by judicial bodies that, not infrequently, have filled protection gaps in legislation on the relationship between human rights and the treatment of animals. In this review, the authors aim to describe the evolutionary path of supranational jurisprudence in the case of religious slaughter, focusing on the most recent animal welfare decision rendered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on 13 February 2024. This innovative judgement, in line with other precedents, indicates the orientation of the international and European law, which, driven by public morality, is increasingly characterized by the compression of human rights in favor of animal interests.

Keywords: religious slaughter; supranational jurisprudence; animal welfare; public morality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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