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EU’s religious freedom guidelines need improving in key areas

Filed in Ethics by on August 25, 2013 0 Comments
EU’s religious freedom guidelines need improving in key areas

Among the bodies welcoming the publication of the EU’s new religious freedom guidelines are COMECE, the Catholic Church’ Brussels lobby (its statement is here), and the campaign group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW; its statement is here). Both recognise that the […]

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Where the Strasbourg religious freedom judgement leaves the UK

Filed in Ethics by on June 10, 2013 0 Comments
Where the Strasbourg religious freedom judgement leaves the UK

The judgement handed down in January in four high-profile UK religious freedom cases by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has strengthened the freedom to manifest belief (Article 9). The judges disagreed with the UK courts in […]

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