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Freedom of religion or belief, Conscientious objection, Religious neutrality, Orthodox Christianity

Biography

Wojciech Brzozowski is a University Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, where he holds the Chair in Law and Religion. He received his MA (Law, Political Science) and PhD (Law) degrees from the University of Warsaw. Most of his research revolves around the issues of Constitutional Law and Law and Religion, with a particular focus on areas such as the right to conscientious objection, religious education in public schools, and the accommodation of Islam in the European legal space. He was also a co-leader of the Polish team in the EXCEPTIUS project (EXCEPTIUS: Exceptional powers in times of SARS-Cov-2, https://exceptius.com). In 2021, he was a visiting fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca with a research project entitled “Understanding conscientious objection”. In 2022, he held a fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS) with a project entitled "Freedom of religion or belief in the Orthodox-majority countries before the European Court of Human Rights".

Wojciech currently serves as Vice President of the Polish Association of Law and Religion (PTPW). He is also a member of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), the Observatory on Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR (ORFECT), and the Advisory Board of the Sofia Legal Science Network (SLSN). In January 2023, he was appointed Deputy Ombudsman of the Republic of Poland.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Warsaw: Warsaw, PL

2020-07-01 to present | University Professor (Faculty of Law and Administration)
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University of Warsaw: Warsaw, PL

2009-11-01 to 2020-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Faculty of Law and Administration)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Warsaw: Warsaw, PL

2016-10-05 to 2017-04-24 | Habilitation in Law (Faculty of Law and Administration)
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Wojciech Brzozowski

University of Warsaw: Warsaw, PL

2005-10-01 to 2009-06-15 | PhD in Law (Faculty of Law and Administration)
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Professional activities (6)

The International Society of Public Law: New York, US

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Polish Society of Law and Religion: Lublin, PL

Vice President
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Observatory on Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR: Modena, IT

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International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies: Milano, IT

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Centre for Advanced Study: Sofia, BG

2022-03-01 to 2022-05-31 | CAS Fellow
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Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza: Milano, Lombardia, IT

2021-10-01 to 2021-12-15 | BiLap Fellow (Departmental Centre for Law and Pluralism)
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Works (11)

Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Civil Service

2025-01-20 | Book chapter
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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Konstytucyjne prawo do zmiany wyznania

Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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Prevention of Torture: Between Playbooks and Real Life

Journal of Human Rights Practice
2024-12-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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Could the European Court of Human Rights Ever Recognise Conscientious Objection to Mandatory Vaccination?

2024-07-11 | Book chapter
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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Autonomia związków wyznaniowych jako zasada ustrojowa i prawo podmiotowe

Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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Did Pastafarians Lose in Strasbourg, After All?

Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
2022-04-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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The Midwife’s Tale: Conscientious Objection to Abortion after Grimmark and Steen

Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
2022-01-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Wojciech Brzozowski
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A silent revolution: How Islamic religious law is paving its way to the European legal orders

Peace, Discontent and Constitutional Law: Challenges to Constitutional Order and Democracy
2021 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85109636374

Contributors: Brzozowski, W.
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Wojciech Brzozowski via Scopus - Elsevier

Whatever works: Constitutional interpretation in Poland in times of populism

Populist Challenges to Constitutional Interpretation in Europe and Beyond
2021 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85109691248

Contributors: Brzozowski, W.
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Wojciech Brzozowski via Scopus - Elsevier

Papageorgiou and others v Greece: Exemption from a mandatory course in religion and the art of reading between the lines

Ecclesiastical Law Journal
2020 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 17518539 0956618X
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Is Islam Incompatible with European Identity?

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2018 | Other
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2-s2.0-85115255536

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Brzozowski, W.
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Peer review (16 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of international humanitarian action. (1)
Review activity for Religions. (13)
Review activity for Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal. (1)
Review activity for Social sciences. (1)