Extracts based on the work of Marco Ventura Professor of Canon Law / Law and Religion, KU Leuven See full presentation on the Conference of the 23 April 2013 at Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for more details 1. There is no State discretion in assessing the legitimacy of beliefs....

Safeguarding human rights in relation to religion and belief, and protecting religious communities from violence   Strasbourg, 24.04.2013 – Concerned about increasing physical and psychological violence against religious communities throughout the world, the Assembly today called on member...

20 eminent professors and religious leaders from various countries of Europe wrote to Mr Alexander Chope, President of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in a common statement denouncing the willingness of a French deputy to...