Dictum of the day, or on the perils of conscience

Freedom of conscience has in the past all too often been paid for in acts of heroism, whether at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition or of a Nazi firing squad.

Eweida and Others v. The United Kingdom (Application nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10), 15 January 2013, Joint Partly Dissenting Opinion of Judges Vučinić and De Gaetano, para. 3.