裁判所が課した信教の自由に対する制限は、自由権規約第18条3項が意味する「法律で定められた」ものとはみとめられない。
Patricia Duval
統一教会：日本の解散命令と国際法 １. 信者の権利を侵害
日本の最高裁判所による審理に備え、フランスの著名な弁護士が行った詳細な分析。
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 7. A Decision Based on Speculation
The court dissolved the Church based on “hypothetical” and “potential” rather than actual risks.
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 6. Ignoring the Compliance Declarations
After the internal reform of 2009, contested cases of donations fell to almost zero.
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 5. Was the Order Needed?
The court failed to prove that dissolving the church was “necessary in a democratic society.”
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 4. Brainwashing Redux?
The High Court surreptitiously reintroduced the discredited and pseudoscientific theory of mind control.
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 3. Protecting Public Order?
“Public welfare” and “social appropriateness” are not part of “public order” and are not admissible grounds to restrict freedom of religion or belief.
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 2. “Prescribed by Law”?
The restriction to freedom of religion the court imposed cannot be considered to be “prescribed by law” within the meaning of Article 18.3 of the Covenant.
Unification Church: Japan’s Dissolution Order and International Law. 1. Violating the Believers’ Rights
A detailed analysis by a leading French lawyer in preparation for the review of the case by Japan’s Supreme Court.
日本：数万人の統一教会信者、礼拝の場を奪われる
教会の解散は、単に税制の優遇措置を失うだけだと主張する者もいたが、清算人はすでに260の礼拝施設を閉鎖している。
Patricia Duval
Patricia Duval is an attorney and a member of the Paris Bar. She has a Master in Public Law from La Sorbonne University, and specializes in international human rights law. She has defended the rights of minorities of religion or belief in domestic and international fora, and before international institutions such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the European Union, and the United Nations. She has also published numerous scholarly articles on freedom of religion or belief.