JÁN FIGEĽ
The First Slovak
European Commissioner
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International Protection of Religious Freedom
The Pew Research Center estimates that 77% of the world’s population lives in countries that experience a high or very high level of religious restrictions, and other studies reveal that such restrictions increase social violence and migration. Concerns about global religious freedom have prompted a variety of responses from Western democracies. For instance, the European…
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Figeľ: Sýrske deti apelujú na Európu, aby sa mier stal realitou
TASR, včera 14:51, aktualizované včera 18:40 Zaobchádzanie s menšinami je podľa Figeľa testom demokracie a menšiny v Sýrii by si zaslúžili viac práv a ochrany. Deti vďaka 3.000 kresbám žiadajú, aby sa znovu mohli vrátiť do školských lavíc. Brusel 11. októbra (TASR) – Aleppo zomiera a dnešné stretnutie s predstaviteľmi sýrskych kresťanov je prejavom úsilia o…
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Syrian religious leaders in Brussels: “We want to live in our land, we don’t want to leave”
Jan Figel, the EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom and Belief outside the EU, met with Syrian religious leaders in Brussels, led by H.E. Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, Spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, H.E. Georges Abou Zakhem, Most Reverend Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs and H.E. Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh,…
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Ján Figeľ’s speech at the 23rd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium at BYU
EUROPEAN UNION AND FoRB: A NEW MOMENTUM Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a great pleasure to be here today. Our symposium is an excellent opportunity to discuss the changing nature of religious rights under international law, as well as recent political development on both sides of Atlantic with regard to the protection of…
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EU und Freiheit der Religion oder Weltanschauung: Eine neue Momentum
Ján Figeľ: Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, verehrte Gäste, liebe Freunde, Es ist mir eine groβe Ehre und Freude hier Heute zu sprechen. Heute, in einer Zeit vielfacher Krisen besteht mehr als jemals zuvor in der Geschichte der EU die Gefahrt, dass…
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EU and Freedom of Religion or Belief: A new Momentum
Ladies and Gentlemen, In the midst of current multilayer crisis – we see compounded migration crisis, security crisis with crisis of our values, the dialogue is the space where we can find an answer. It requires not uniformity, but a unity that can harmonise even divergent views. We should recall that the roots of the…
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Figeľ v mene EÚ diskutoval v Bruseli s dalajlámom o ľudských právach
Figeľ na stretnutí zdôraznil, že sloboda náboženského vyznania alebo viery ako univerzálne ľudské právo je prioritou v rámci politiky EÚ v oblasti ľudských práv. Brusel/Bratislava 9. septembra (TASR) – Osobitný vyslanec EÚ pre podporu slobody náboženského vyznania alebo viery mimo hraníc EÚ Ján Figeľ sa stretol vo štvrtok (8.9.) v Bruseli s tibetským náboženským vodcom…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’
Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East is a much greater security threat than climate change’
Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change
Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said that the “killings of innocent people” required an “urgent reaction”…