Commentators have suggested that the Court was inspired by the new Article 299(2) EC, the wording of which had been published in the Official Journal on 10 November 1997; that is to say, before the Court was to deliver its judgment in that case (which it did on 19 February 1998), see Ziller, J. (2007), p. 62, and Kochenov, D., ‘The application of EU Law in the EU’s overseas regions, countries, and territories after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon’, 20 Mich. St. Int’l. L. Rev. 669, p.
De Raad heeft herhaaldelijk alle vormen van intolerantie op grond van godsdienst veroordeeld en volgt ook nauwlettend de ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de mensenrechten.EurLex-2 EurLex-2