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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)
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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Applicant’s Reply to the Observations of the Government of the Slovak Republic
Read more: Applicant’s Reply to the Observations of the Government of the Slovak RepublicRelated posts: Freedom of religion and belief beyond the EU’s borders ‘Dignity is the foundational principle of all human rights’ – an interview with Ján Figel Complaint to European court over ban on church services amid pandemic EU Funds Islamist Indoctrination in Pakistani Schools European Court Dismisses Challenge to Slovakia’s COVID Worship Bans Current Challenges…
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Arguments submitted at Europe’s top human rights court on COVID worship ban
Read more: Arguments submitted at Europe’s top human rights court on COVID worship banStrasbourg (28 July 2023) – Are blanket bans on public worship compatible with the international human right to the communal exercise of religious freedom? This is the question brought by former EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr. Ján Figeľ, who has filed a challenge at the European Court of Human Rights…
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Náboženská sloboda je testom ostatných slobôd, uviedol Ján Figeľ pred americkými absolventmi
Read more: Náboženská sloboda je testom ostatných slobôd, uviedol Ján Figeľ pred americkými absolventmiJán Figeľ predniesol pred absolventmi HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership v New York City prejav, v ktorom upozornil na nenahraditeľnosť a dôležitosť náboženskej slobody ako jedného zo základných kameňov demokratickej spoločnosti. Slovenský preklad prejavu priniesol denník Postoj. Figeľ na začiatku svojho prejavu spomínal na roky, ktoré strávil ako vôbec prvý osobitný vyslanec pre…
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Náboženská sloboda je lakmusovým testom všetkých ľudských práv
Read more: Náboženská sloboda je lakmusovým testom všetkých ľudských právV roku 2016 som sa stal vôbec prvým osobitným vyslancom pre podporu slobody náboženstva alebo viery mimo Európskej únie. Bol to čas masového vraždenia príslušníkov náboženských a etnických menšín v Iraku a Sýrii zo strany teroristov a militantov ISIS. Počas štyroch náročných rokov som navštívil veľa krajín s cieľom podporiť slobodu nespravodlivo prenasledovaných, medzináboženský dialóg…
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Religious freedom requires vigilance
Read more: Religious freedom requires vigilanceIn 2016, I became the first-ever Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) outside the European Union. It was a time of mass atrocities committed by terrorists and militants of so-called ISIS against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria, and for four demanding years, I visited many countries…
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Religious freedom requires vigilance
Read more: Religious freedom requires vigilanceIn 2016, I became the first-ever Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) outside the European Union. It was a time of mass atrocities committed by terrorists and militants of so-called ISIS against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria, and for four demanding years, I visited many countries…
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The EU must not support a caretaker government in Bangladesh
Read more: The EU must not support a caretaker government in BangladeshAlmost nine years ago, newly appointed EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was being lauded for leading the world in standing up to the junta who usurped power away from the elected government in Thailand four months prior. Alongside the accolades came a foreboding warning: Once the military has its grip on power, it will…
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Why Japan Should Guarantee Religious Liberty to the Unification Church/Family Federation
Read more: Why Japan Should Guarantee Religious Liberty to the Unification Church/Family FederationWhy Japan Should Guarantee Religious Liberty to the Unification Church/Family Federation: A Letter to the Government Four prominent specialists of freedom of religion or belief—Willy Fautré, Ján Figel’, Massimo Introvigne, and Aaron Rhodes—call for an end to what increasingly appears as a witch hunt. From left to right, Willy Fautré, Ján Figel’, Massimo Introvigne, and…
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Ján Figeľ’s video for the Schuman Centre
Read more: Ján Figeľ’s video for the Schuman CentreRelated posts: We need a ‘climate change’ in matters of religious freedom Peace Foundation of Stability, EU Must Become Its Contributor Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’ Keynote Address by Ján Figeľ – Religious Freedom and EU-Pakistan Relations PAKISTAN: Former EU Special Envoy on FORB spoke…
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Schuman Talk (episode 34) – Ján Figeľ
Read more: Schuman Talk (episode 34) – Ján FigeľJune’s edition of the Schuman Talks touches on the subject of “Defending religious freedom”, with our special guest, dr. Ján Figeľ, former EU Special Envoy for promotion of freedom of religion (2016 – 2019). Related posts: Ján Figeľ’s Address at the 2nd Conference of Hope We need a ‘climate change’ in matters of religious freedom…
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