There has been a huge growth in the study of the concept of empathy - taking the perspective of others - across academic disciplines in recent decades. However, whilst a number of scholars and philosophers have argued that empathy might provide some theoretical underpinning for human rights norms, there has been little exploration as to how empathy might actually be used in the practical adjudication of human rights claims. This article seeks to address this gap. By using as a case study the European Court of Human Rights case law on Article 9 on religious dress and symbols, the authors explore how the concept of empathy might improve the Court’s adjudication on this issue via a process of attempting to understand and give weight to the profound commitment that religious dress/symbols may represent to people of faith.

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移情与人权：宗教服饰案例

近几十年来，跨学科的同理心概念（从他人的角度）的研究取得了巨大的发展。然而，虽然一些学者和哲学家认为移情可能为人权规范提供一些理论基础，但很少有人探索移情如何实际用于人权主张的实际裁决。本文旨在解决这一差距。作者以欧洲人权法院关于宗教服饰和象征的第 9 条判例法为例，探讨了同理心的概念如何通过试图理解和赋予权重的过程来改进法院对这个问题的裁决。宗教服饰/符号可能代表有信仰的人的深刻承诺。