June
India: Christian NGOs Under ThreatBy Constance AvenelA proposed reform by Narendra Modi’s government risks further suffocating Indian civil society and increasing pressure on religious minorities. Officially intended to strengthen oversight of foreign...
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Poland: The Rule of Law à la Carte for the European CommissionBy ECLJThe European Commission’s response to Poland’s constitutional crisis reveals a selective and politically driven application of rule-of-law standards. Aggressive scrutiny of previous conservative...
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About Armenia’s June 7 ElectionsBy ECLJOn June 7, 2026, parliamentary elections in Armenia will take place, with the results having the potential to change Armenian political alliances forever. Armenia has had a longstanding trade...
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Sudan’s Civil War: Christians Under AttackBy Constance AvenelSince the outbreak of the civil war in April 2023, the situation of Christians in Sudan has deteriorated dramatically. Caught between the warring parties, they have seen their churches destroyed and...
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Ethiopia: The Ethnic-Religious Violence ContinuesBy ECLJTwo years after the publication of our report on the suffering of the Amhara People in Ethiopia, recent tragic events show that their plight is definitely not over. Indeed, this article details...
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How Inclusive Language Marginalizes Diplomatic FrenchBy Nicolas BauerAvailable in French only.
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The Capture of the Human Rights Protection System by Private FoundationsBy Grégor PuppinckIntroduction In the age of globalization, international institutions are assuming increasing responsibility and wielding considerable power. Decision-making centers are moving away from the people...
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The ECLJ Is Recruiting 2 Legal ExpertsBy Grégor PuppinckThe European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) is growing and recruiting two new legal experts/jurists to strengthen its advocacy team. The ECLJ is an organization of Christian legal experts. Since...
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Conflicts of Interest at the ECHR: The Situation Improves Slowly but Remains ProblematicBy Grégor PuppinckIn 2020, the ECLJ published a report entitled “NGOs and the Judges of the ECHR, 2009-2019,” revealing the existence of a structural conflict of interest problem within the Court. It showed that...
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NGOs and ECHR judges: An OverviewBy Grégor PuppinckSince 2020, the ECLJ has been engaged in extremely important work to clean up the functioning of the ECHR in its relations with certain NGOs. After denouncing the existence of a structural problem of...
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ECHR Criticized For Its Case Law On ImmigrationBy Christophe FoltzenlogelThe European Court in Strasbourg has been the subject of increasingly fierce criticism in recent years. Its progressive stance on social and environmental issues had already raised concerns, but it...
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Pashinyan vs. the Church: Armenia on the Brink of FractureBy Thibault van den BosscheThe attempted coup by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan in Armenia reveals the widening rift between the Armenian Apostolic Church and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. With its survival looming, Armenia is...
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Entryism of the Muslim BrotherhoodBy Youssef AyedSince the publication on May 21, 2025, of the report on the strategy of entryism of the Muslim Brotherhood in France, part of the political class has been vying to demonstrate its toughness towards...
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Conflicts of Interest at the ECHR: the ECLJ Deplores a Significant New CaseBy Louis-Marie BonneauOn March 4, 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Bulgaria in the Girginova case (No. 4326/18) for violating the right to freedom of expression (Article 10) and the right to...
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EU Grants: What could the “DOGE” find?By Louis-Marie BonneauThis article will be translated soon. Le tout nouveau « DOGE » d’Elon Musk, une sorte de « Ministère de l’efficacité gouvernementale » ( Department of Government Efficiency ), donne actuellement des...
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Mock trial in Baku for former leaders of Nagorno-KarabakhBy Thibault van den BosscheBaku has initiated the trial of sixteen Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, imprisoned after the fall of the autonomous republic in September 2023. Updated on February 5, 2025: On January 27, 2025, the...
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Human rights violations in Azerbaijan: Europe must act!By Thibault van den BosscheThe European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe are struggling to adopt a firm response to the growing number of human rights violations in Azerbaijan. The November 2024 report submitted by the...
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Erdogan: The Neo-Ottoman Sultan Against The Christians of TurkeyBy Youssef AyedOn the international stage, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposes his pan-Turkish imperialist vision and positions himself as the leader of the Sunni world, while Europe, infiltrated by the...
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