Tag: climate change
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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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We need FoRB climate change!
Scaling up European Union support to Freedom of Religion or Belief IMPORTANCE OF FoRB Freedom of religion and belief is a condition of good governance, important for believers and non-believers. It is a civilizational objective and criterion, representing freedom of thought, conscience, religion. FoRB protection is a precondition of sustainable development. Why? Development is another…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’
Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East is a much greater security threat than climate change’
Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said…
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Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change
Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said that the “killings of innocent people” required an “urgent reaction”…