Category: Language

  • Náboženská sloboda je dnes vo svete menšinový jav

    Náboženská sloboda je dnes vo svete menšinový jav

    Podľa slov osobitný vyslanec EÚ pre slobodu náboženstva vo svete je jeho úlohou a zároveň úlohou Európskej únie je túto slobodu v súčasnosti chrániť a podporovať. Brusel/Bratislava 13. septembra (TASR) – Tam, kde nie je rešpektovaná náboženská sloboda, dochádza nielen k prejavom intolerancie a diskriminácie, ale veľmi často k prenasledovaniu až likvidácii, ktorú medzinárodné právo…

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  • Religious Freedom Is Today a Minority Phenomenon in the World

    Religious Freedom Is Today a Minority Phenomenon in the World

    Bratislava/Brussels, September 13 (TASR) – Where religious freedom is not respected, not only manifestations of intolerance and discrimination can be seen but very often there is also persecution and even annihilation that international law calls genocide, EU’s Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the Union said on Tuesday in…

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  • MEP Charles Tannock on Ján Figeľ and FoRB at the European Parliament on September 6, 2018

    MEP Charles Tannock on Ján Figeľ and FoRB at the European Parliament on September 6, 2018

    MEP Charles Tannock speaks about the EU Special Envoy and freedom of religion or belief, praising the work Ján Figeľ has hitherto done.

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  • Európsky parlament rokuje o posilnení mandátu Jána Figeľa

    Európsky parlament rokuje o posilnení mandátu Jána Figeľa

    Europoslanci presadzujú v návrhu uznesenia posilnenie funkcie osobitného vyslanca EÚ pre slobodu náboženstva Jána Figeľa. Dnes o tom rokoval podvýbor pre ľudské práva, ktorý je súčasťou zahraničného výboru Európskeho parlamentu. Ján Figeľ sa rokovania tiež zúčastnil. Výraznú podporu tejto funkcie presadzuje aj výročná správa tzv. medziskupiny Európskeho parlamentu, ktorá sa pravidelne zaoberá slobodou náboženského vyznania…

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  • The Special Envoy Mandate: The Litmus Test for EU Policy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

    The Special Envoy Mandate: The Litmus Test for EU Policy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

    Tomorrow, the European Parliament sub-committee on human rights (DROI) will meet to discuss a draft resolution on EU Guidelines on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and the mandate of the Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU. It’s a significant milestone, representing the culmination of a year-long…

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  • To Address Religious Persecution The Mechanism Of The EU Special Envoy On FoRB Needs More Teeth

    To Address Religious Persecution The Mechanism Of The EU Special Envoy On FoRB Needs More Teeth

    On February 4, 2016, the European Parliament, as the second international institution, adopted a resolution that formally recognized the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by Daesh as genocide. The resolution, among other things, urged “the members of the UN Security Council to support a referral by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court…

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  • To Address Religious Persecution The Mechanism Of The EU Special Envoy On FoRB Needs More Teeth

    On February 4, 2016, the European Parliament, as the second international institution, adopted a resolution that formally recognized the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by Daesh as genocide. The resolution, among other things, urged “the members of the UN Security Council to support a referral by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court…

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  • Dosť bolo rečí o masakrovaní Rohingov, treba konať

    Dosť bolo rečí o masakrovaní Rohingov, treba konať

    Masové vraždenie v Rakhinskom štáte sa začalo vyšetrovať, boli uvalené vízové zákazy. Čo treba urobiť ďalej? Po genocídach v Rwande a Srebrenici sa slová “nikdy viac” začali používať v medzinárodnej komunite ako mantra. Napriek tomu sa to opakované “nikdy viac” v Rakhinskom štáte Mjanmarska zopakovalo. Bolo 25. augusta 2017, keď armáda spustila vojenskú ofenzívu, ktorá…

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  • Enough talk. Let’s have action on Rohingya massacres

    Enough talk. Let’s have action on Rohingya massacres

    Inquiries were held on the mass killings in Rakhine state and some visa bans imposed; here’s what must happen next After the genocides in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the words “never again” were uttered like a mantra by many in the international community. Yet a year ago in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, “never again” happened all over…

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