• Applicant’s Reply to the Observations of the Government of the Slovak Republic

    Related 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

    Arguments submitted at Europe’s top human rights court on COVID worship ban

    Strasbourg (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

    Náboženská sloboda je testom ostatných slobôd, uviedol Ján Figeľ pred americkými absolventmi

    Ján 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

    Náboženská sloboda je lakmusovým testom všetkých ľudských práv

    V 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

    Religious freedom requires vigilance

    In 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

    Religious freedom requires vigilance

    In 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

    The EU must not support a caretaker government in Bangladesh

    Almost 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

    Why Japan Should Guarantee Religious Liberty to the Unification Church/Family Federation

    Why 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

    Ján Figeľ’s video for the Schuman Centre

    Related 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

    June’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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  • Defending Faith from Fear

    Defending Faith from Fear

    During COVID, Western nations did the unthinkable by banning religious gatherings and services. Many states deemed ‘inessential’ what all believers consider most essential: the act of gathering together to worship God. Ludwig Graf von Brühl I can still vividly remember how determined my 94-year-old grandma was to find a Sunday church service. She traveled across

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  • S mocou prichádza zodpovednosť. Čo prinesie konferencia Fórum pre Slovensko?

    S mocou prichádza zodpovednosť. Čo prinesie konferencia Fórum pre Slovensko?

    Zmena, ktorá nastala vytvorením vyšších územných celkov, bola výrazným krokom vpred, lebo umožnila proces decentralizácie. Súčasný systém správneho členenia máme na Slovensku už vyše dvadsaťpäť rokov. Môžeme po tomto štvrťstoročí povedať, že je nastavený správne? Témou sa budú zaoberať odborníci na konferencii Fórum pre Slovensko. Viac o tom povedali organizátori Ján Figeľ, predseda Správnej rady

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