Source HRWF HRWF (13.07.2013) - On December 5, 2012, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation firmly declared the Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and freedom of religion as a fundamental personal (civil) right in Russia (Article 28). The Court ruled the Constitution holds...

Here are the new guidelines adopted by the European Union Council of Ministers on 24 June, regarding EU external action and Human Rights policy. These are are extremely strong guidelines on religious freedom rights for minority faiths and on non-discrimination and equality for all. EU Guidelines...

On 10 June 2013, PACE rapporteur on "the protection of minors against sectarian influence" at the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Rudy Salles (France, EPP/CD), published a press release (http://www.assembly.coe.int/ASP/NewsManager/EMB_NewsManagerView.asp?ID=8819 ) in which he...

I Mercanti del Tempio is an academic book directed by Antonio Fucillo, containing various contributions of several professors. It has been published by G. Giapicelli Editore. Here is an excerpt of the book, the chapter on the finances of the Church of Scientology, written by Germana Carobene,...

By Patriarchate Bartholomew : Protocol. No. 441   PATRIARCHAL AND SYNODAL ENCYCLICAL ON THE 1700th ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE EDICT OF MILAN   + PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW   By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch   To the Plentitude of...

Sergey Ivanenko is a well-known Russian religious expert and doctor of philosophical sciences. He has studied religion professionally for more than 35 years. He compiled the first index in the country on religious organizations of the Russian Federation and has written 16 books and more than 140...

Geneva, 29 April 2013, during the Universal periodical Review on Russia at UN headquarters. Sergey Ivanenko (Moscow, Russia) Doctor of Philosophical Sciences Expert in Religious Studies Author of the book Ordinary Anti-cultism     Anti-cultism in Russia The Definition of the...