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IRF Summit 2022: Religious Freedom for Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time
Former Ambassador Sam Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett hosted the event in Washington, D.C. “We’ve got a simple model: it’s religious freedom for everybody, everywhere, all the time.” by Marco Respinti Marco Respinti (left) with Ján Figeľ, former European Commission special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU, at the IRF…
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ITI Interview with Ján Figeľ
On Tuesday 10 May 2022, the ITI welcomed to campus Ján Figeľ under the guise of the Adenauer Forum for a conversation on Catholic Public Leadership with ITI’s President, Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau. Mr. Figeľ was instrumental in providing leadership to his native Slovakia as it transitioned from communism and the Soviet Bloc to…
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Corporate restructuring as a necessary tool to regain competitiveness
Pride_of_Bilbao – Copyright: By UkPaolo – Photograph taken by myself, UkPaolo., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=652942 By Ján Figel, the former European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth between 2004 and 2009. After this, he served as the Minister of Transport and Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010-2012). During the Juncker Commission he was…
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100,000 orphaned children in Ukraine
http://janfigel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/100000-orphaned-children-in-Ukraine-2.pdf
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Embassies must not Partner in Undermining Democracy
War on Ukraine represents a conflict between democratic, independent and sovereign country and autocratic aggressor brutally violating international law. We must be sensitive on protection of democratic traditions and processes in European countries. When diplomatic missions act to involve themselves in the domestic politics of their host, this step crosses the line of interference and…
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Attack on Democracy
Democratic process in Europe must be protected and respected. It cannot be allowed to be subject to attack from any source, nor can it spread to the entire continent if subverted in its core regions. Disturbingly, just such assaults have been recorded, with foreign elements interfering directly in Poland and Hungary, while also engaging in…
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PAKISTAN: Jan Figel’s views on religious freedom
Former EU FoRB Special Envoy Jan Figel’s views on religious freedom About blasphemy laws; violence against religious minorities; kidnapping, forced conversion and marriages of non-Muslim girls By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) Photo: EU FoRB Special Envoy Jan Figel with Asia Bibi’s lawyer Saif ul Malook in Lahore, Pakistan, December 2017. HRWF (19.02.2022)…
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Ján Figeľ: ‘It’s a pity there is no EU religious freedom envoy anymore’
Ján Figeľ, special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU from 2016 to 2019, meets Pope Francis in 2018./ Vatican Media/Ján Figeľ personal archive. Bratislava, Slovakia, Sep 10, 2021 / 04:15 am On the eve of Pope Francis’ visit to Slovakia, the country appointed Anna Záborská, a former member of the…
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Advancing Religious Freedom in Different Political Regimes
Why is religious freedom important? Because it is a measure, principle, and instrument of humanization and civilizational process. It makes every society and time more humane, more respectful, and just. It is important because freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is an expression of human dignity belonging to each person and community, society, nation. The…
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Four new members join the EIT Governing Board
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) welcomes four new members to the EIT Governing Board today: Jan Figel, Janis Grevins, Nora Khaldi, and Razvan Nicolescu. The members were appointed by the European Commission and Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth said: ‘The Governing Board is central to the EIT’s…