HRWF (08.08.2013) - On 24 July 2013, Mr. Mikhail Odintsov from the Russian Ombudsman's Office to the Taganrog City Court of the Rostov Region issued a statement regarding a criminal case against  16 Jehovah's Witnesses.   Brief overview of the case   On 5 August 2011,...

Germana Carobene (ricercatore di Diritto ecclesiastico nella Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”) SOMMARIO: 1. Il caso della Chiesa di Scientology davanti alla Corte Europea dei diritti dell’uomo - 2. La particolare evoluzione dei rapporti potere politico...

Source HRWF HRWF (13.07.2013) - On December 5, 2012, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation firmly declared the Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and freedom of religion as a fundamental personal (civil) right in Russia (Article 28). The Court ruled the Constitution holds...

Here are the new guidelines adopted by the European Union Council of Ministers on 24 June, regarding EU external action and Human Rights policy. These are are extremely strong guidelines on religious freedom rights for minority faiths and on non-discrimination and equality for all. EU Guidelines...

Le 6 juin 2013, la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme a rendu un arrêt dans l'affaire M.E /France. Le requérant, un chrétien copte d'Egypte qui avait demandé le droit d'asile à la France, soutenait que son renvoi en Egypte constituerait une violation de l'article 3 de la Convention (« Nul ne...

On 10 June 2013, PACE rapporteur on "the protection of minors against sectarian influence" at the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Rudy Salles (France, EPP/CD), published a press release (http://www.assembly.coe.int/ASP/NewsManager/EMB_NewsManagerView.asp?ID=8819 ) in which he...

Bashy Quraishi is Chairman of ENAR Advisory Council, Chair of European Platform for Jewish Muslim Cooperation and Secretary General of EMISCO (European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion). FECRIS is European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism.