Conscientious Objection in Sweden?By Nicolas BauerThe Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief appointed by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), Ms Nazila Ghanea, will visit Sweden in the last quarter of 2023. As an NGO...
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T. Bossche: New ECLJ Advocacy OfficerBy ECLJThe European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ) is pleased to announce the recruitment of Thibault van den Bossche for a new position dedicated to the defense of persecuted Christians around the...
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The ECHR Amends Its RulesBy Grégor PuppinckIn June 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided to add a new provision to its Rules on the waiver of judges' immunity. It also clarified the rules governing the dismissal of judges.
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Ethiopia: ECLJ Wrote to UN-SA GenocideBy Christophe FoltzenlogelAs we reported recently here , the Amhara people, who are primarily an Orthodox Christian community in Ethiopia, have been subjected to violent and systematic persecution for decades. As the...
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100 years ago: France against porn...By Priscille KulczykAt a time when access to pornography has never been as easy as it is today, and is wreaking havoc, particularly among young people, Priscille Kulczyk, Research Fellow at the ECLJ, recalls that France...
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CJEU's Ruling on Halal & Kosher MeatBy ECLJThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) fired a warning shot for religious minorities when it issued its first judgment on religious liberty issues in 2017. [1] Three years later, the Court...
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Free Speech: Failing to Pop the BubbleBy ECLJWhat are Bubble and Buffer Zones? Exclusion zones outside of reproductive healthcare facilities, like buffer and bubble zones, diminish the fundamental right to freedom of speech. Both the United...
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The EU Parliament Promotes AbortionBy ECLJOn July 10, 2023, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a directive of the European Union on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Initially tabled in March 2022 by the...
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Medical Abortion... of Healthy Babies?By ECLJThis article will be translated as time permits. Chaque année aux États-Unis, plus de 3 000 avortements ont lieu à la suite de la détection d’une trisomie 21 [1] . En Europe, le taux d’avortements à
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About former ECHR judge Prof. ZupančičBy ECLJProfessor Boštjan Zupančič, who was a judge and chamber president at the European Court of Human Rights between 1998 and 2016, a judge at Slovenia's Constitutional Court and vice-chairman of the UN...
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Human trafficking in MauritiusBy ECLJThe European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) presented at the 45th session of the Universal Periodic Review in 2023 a report [1] addressing human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Mauritius.
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About the EU New Pact on MigrationBy ECLJJune 2023 has seen significant developments in the European Union’s (EU) collective migration and asylum policy. This topic has been at the forefront of the EU’s mind since 2015, when 1.3 million...
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No EU Right to Abortion says COMECEBy ECLJWhile the outcome of the constitutionalization of abortion in France remains uncertain, the European Bishops' Commission reiterates and reminds "the ethical indefensibility of an EU fundamental right...
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