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JÁN FIGEĽ

First Slovak European Commissioner
First Special Envoy for Religious Freedom outside the EU
Founder of European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
President of Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF)

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Key Domains of My Lifelong Engagement

Slovakia
My Homeland

Religious Freedom
and Human Dignity and Rights

Europe – Peace, Integration and Innovation

Marriage
and Family

Christian Democracy

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  • A Missed Chance To Defend Core Freedoms: ECHR Rejects Worship Ban Case

    Last week’s decision from the European Court of Human Rights marks a sobering moment in the struggle to defend fundamental freedoms across Europe. The Court declined to rule on the substance of my challenge to Slovakia’s blanket COVID-19 era worship bans, declaring the case inadmissible on the grounds that I could not be considered a…

  • ESĽP zamietol žalobu Figeľa pre obmedzovanie náboženskej slobody počas pandémie

    Ide o druhý prípad, keď ESĽP odmietol rozhodovať o sťažnostiach na pandemické opatrenia. Právnici rozsudok označujú za potvrdenie tendenčnosti inštitúcie. Európsky súd pre ľudské práva (ESĽP) zamietol žalobu Jána Figeľa, ktorý napadol zákaz verejného slávenia bohoslužieb na Slovensku počas pandémie. Súd so sídlom v Štrasburgu rozhodol, že sa prípadom nebude zaoberať, keďže podľa neho nebolo…

  • Figeľ vs. Slovensko: náboženská sloboda ustupuje covidovým opatreniam

    Figeľ vs. Slovensko: náboženská sloboda ustupuje covidovým opatreniam Rozhodnutie Európskeho súdu pre ľudské práva vo veciach potláčania náboženskej slobody počas pandémie obsahuje zvláštne prvky, pri ktorých sa musí občan pýtať, či súd ide proti vlastnej judikatúre z minulosti, alebo sa odmieta dotknúť témy Covidu-19. Pandémia vírusu Covid-19 priniesla mnohé obmedzujúce opatrenia po celom svete, ktoré…

  • Figeľ: “The Unification Church Case Highlights the Threat to Religious Freedom in Japan”

    By Bitter Winter Jan Figeľ was born in 1960 in the former Czechoslovakia. He served as European Commissioner from 2004 to 2009, Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012, and later as Chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (2009–2016). In 2016 he became the first EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or…

  • European Court rejects religious freedom case over Covid worship bans

    The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a complaint brought by former EU special envoy Jan Figel challenging Slovakia’s bans on communal worship during the pandemic. The Strasbourg-based court ruled the case inadmissible, saying it was not clear how Figel was personally affected by the restrictions and that he could not therefore be regarded…

  • How to Build a Sustainable Peace in Europe?

    Dialogue between two former European commissionners: Ján Figel’ and Mariya Gabriel. On 8 September 2025, The Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, in collaboration with the Jean Monnet Association, welcomed Ján Figel’ (Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Clementy Schuman Legacy Foundation, former Member of the European Commission, former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia) and…

  • European Court Dismisses Challenge to Slovakia’s COVID Worship Bans 

    Strasbourg (4 September 2025) – In a disappointing decision for religious freedom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled Dr. Ján Figeľ’s challenge to Slovakia’s sweeping bans on communal worship during the COVID-19 pandemic inadmissible. The Court concluded that it would not rule on the merits of Figeľs challenge because it was not sufficiently clear how Figeľ himself was negatively impacted by the measures taken…

  • JAPAN – Religious Freedom at Risk, Warns Former EU Envoy

    The Dissolution of the Family Federation is “Arbitrary” Jan Figeľ, Former EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Warns Japan Against Ignoring UN Recommendations Sekai NippoSeptember 2–3, 2025By Yosuke Yamazaki – US Correspondent of Sekai Nippo (World Times) Jan Figeľ was born in 1960 in the former Czechoslovakia. He served as European Commissioner…

  • 家庭連合解散決定は「恣意的」 国連勧告無視に警鐘　前ＥＵ信教の自由特使　ヤン・フィゲル氏（上）

    東京地裁は３月、民法上の不法行為を根拠に世界平和統一家庭連合（家庭連合、旧統一教会）に解散を命じる判断を下した。教団は即時抗告し、現在、東京高裁で審議されている。前欧州連合（ＥＵ）信教の自由特使のヤン・フィゲル元スロバキア副首相がこのほど、本紙のインタビューに応じ、決定の問題点や信教の自由の意義について語った。（聞き手＝ワシントン山崎洋介）

  • Former EU Envoy: Arbitrary Dissolution Order

    Tokyo District Court’s Ruling on Family Federation is arbitrary, unconstitutional, and politically driven, says former EU Religious Freedom Envoy Jan Figel Tokyo, 2nd September 2025 – Published as an article in the Japanese newspaper Sekai Nippo. Republished with permission. Translated from Japanese. Original article. [Part 1 of interview with Jan Figel, Former EU Special Envoy for Freedom…

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