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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

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My Homeland

Religious Freedom
and Human Dignity and Rights

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We need a ‘climate change’ in matters of religious freedom
Interview with Ján Figel’, the former EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU For the second time since its establishment by the United Nations in 2019, the “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” was observed on 22 August. The…
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Nous avons besoin d’un ‘changement climatique’ dans les questions relatives à la liberté religieuse
Interview avec Ján Figel’, ancien envoyé spécial de l’Union européenne pour la liberté de religion Pour la deuxième fois depuis son introduction en 2019 par les Nations unies, la « Journée internationale pour les minorités religieuses victimes de violences » a été célébrée le 22 août. Le bilan sur la situation des personnes persécutées dans…
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Necesitamos un ‘cambio climático’ de la libertad religiosa
Entrevista con Ján Figel’, ex enviado especial de UE para la libertad religiosa ACN, Josué Villalón.- El pasado sábado 22 de agosto se celebró el Día Internacional de las víctimas de la violencia basada en la religión o creencia. Es el segundo año que se celebra esta jornada, establecida por las Naciones Unidas en 2019.…
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Wir brauchen einen ‚Klimawandel‘ in Fragen der Religionsfreiheit
Interview mit dem ehemaligen EU-Sonderbeauftragten für Religionsfreiheit Ján Figel’ Am 22. August wurde zum zweiten Mal nach seiner Einführung durch die Vereinten Nationen im Jahr 2019 der „Internationale Gedenktag für die Opfer von Gewalt aufgrund von Religion oder Glauben“ begangen. Die Bilanz bezüglich der Lage der weltweit aufgrund ihrer Religion verfolgten Menschen ist nicht gerade…
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Europe and the challenge of religious freedom
The European Union’s Special Envoy for promoting the Freedom of Religions and Belief outside of Europe will soon be appointed. Maragaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European Commission, announced the Office’s re-establishment in a tweet on July 8. The announcement brought to a close what had been at times a very lively debate. The president of…
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EU politicians and religious leaders demand reinstatement of religious envoy
The previous religious envoy was influential in securing the release of the Pakistani Christian, Asia Bibi, from a death sentence in 2019. Calls are growing for the European Union to reinstate its Special Envoy on Religious Freedom, after the post was abolished by the new Brussels Commission under Ursula Von Der Leyen. “In some countries,…
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Eurokomisia čelí kritike za zrušenie pozície vyslanca EÚ pre náboženskú slobodu
Rozhodnutie Európskej komisie pod vedením Ursuly von der Leyenovej pranierujú politici aj náboženskí predstavitelia. Európska komisia (EK) sa rozhodla nepredĺžiť mandát osobitného vyslanca EÚ pre podporu slobody náboženstva alebo viery mimo EÚ, ktorým bol Slovák Ján Figeľ. Svoje rozhodnutie zdôvodňuje v liste adresovanom International Religious Freedom Roundtable (Okrúhly stôl pre medzinárodnú náboženskú slobodu), ktorý zverejnila…
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EU FoRB Day – A call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion
Seven years ago, the EU Guidelines on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) were adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council. Today, the FoRB community celebrates this informally as ‘EU FoRB Day’ and civil society take this opportunity to call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy. This past April came and went…
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VATICANO: VALKENBURG NUOVO AMBASCIATORE DELL’UE
GD – Città del Vaticano, 21 giu. 20 – (ACI STAMPA) – La diplomatica olandese Alexandra Valkenburg è il nuovo ambasciatore dell’Unione Europea presso la Santa Sede, l’Ordine di Malta e le organizzazioni delle Nazioni Unite a Roma, nonché presso la Repubblica di San Marino. Viene dal ruolo di ambasciatore dei Paesi Bassi a Cuba…
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COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Special Envoys’ Perspective
The following questions were addressed: Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 3:00 PM CEST https://spark.adobe.com/page/4vSJTeJhUd96y/#ep-8-covid-19-religion-and-belief-special-envoys-perspective Related posts: Covid-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series – Episode 2 COVID-19 Crisis, Human Dignity and Freedom of Religion or Belief Ján Figeľ challenges COVID-19 worship bans at Top Court Arguments submitted at Europe’s top human rights court on COVID worship…
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