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  • Thibaut Lesseliers

Pindo Mulla v. Spain – Blood Transfusions to Jehovah’s Witnesses: is Protecting Personal Autonomy Through Procedural Justice Enough?

November 15, 2024

By Thibaut Lesseliers The recent Pindo Mulla v. Spain grand chamber judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘the Court’) concerns the judicial authorization of the administration of a blood transfusion to a Jehovah’s Witness in an emergency situation in spite of her formally and repeatedly expressed desire to, for religious reasons, under […]