- reaffirms the obligations and the duties of the European Union in the field of protection and promotion of Human Rights (part 1);

 

- gives a definition of religious freedom and its scope within Catholic Social Teaching (part 2);

 

- gives an assessment of the violations of the right to religious freedom and of religious persecution in the world. (part 3);

 

- concludes with a series of recommendations for the attention of the EU in order to engage in the world in this field.

 

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Articles in Europe Infos by Vincent Legrand:

 

Download in PDF Format the articles published in Europe Infos:

 

• "Religious freedom and EU external relations - A Memorandum addressed to the EU institutions", No.128, June 2010, pp. 6-7
• "Religious freedom and the visibility of religious minorities in Europe: the Swiss vote on minarets", No.124, February 2010, pp. 10-11
• "Antisemitism, islamophobia and christianophobia : hate crimes and hate speeches on the agenda of OSCE", No.121, November 2009, p. 4-5
• "Religious Freedom in the OSCE Area: From Commitments to Implementation", N° 119, September 2009, p. 8-9
• "Promoting Religious freedom within the Union for the Mediterranean", No.115, April 2009, p. 8-9
• "Sharia Law and the European legal systems: the issues", N° 110, November 2008, p. 11
• "Reciprocity for religions in EU relations with Muslim countries - 4th COMECE-CSC-KAS Seminar of the Dialogue in the European Parliament", N° 109, October 2008, p.11
• " Christian Europe" and Islam in Europe - 3rd COMECE -CSC - KAS Seminar of the Dialogue in the European Parliament", N° 108, September 2008, p.11
• "The Union for the Mediterranean Summit" , N° 108, September 2008, p.8
• "Visibility of religion in the European public space: The building of mosques in Europe - 2nd COMECE - CSC - KAS Seminar of the Dialogue in the European Parliament", N°107, July-August 2008, p.11
• "The Union for the Mediterranean: From French Project to European Project", N° 107, July - August 2008, p.4
• " ‘Stop Islamisation of Europe' demonstration in Brussels, 11 September 2007", N°98, November 2007, p.11

 

Bibliography

Books and reports on the situation of religious freedom in the world

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN) – JOHN PONTIFEX & JOHN NEWTON, Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2007/2008, Sutton, Ed. ACN, 2008

 

AIDE A L’EGLISE EN DETRESSE (AED), Rapport 2008 – La liberté religieuse dans le monde, Paris, Ed. AED, 2008

 

CENTRE DE THEOLOGIE POUR LE MOYEN-ORIENT, La Liberté religieuse au Moyen-Orient (Actes du IVème Symposium interdisciplinaire, Institut Saint-Paul de Philosophie et de Théologie, Harissa, 20-22 Mai 1994), Editions Saint-Paul, Beyrouth-Jounieh-Zahlé, 1995

 

DELPARD R., La persécution des Chrétiens aujourd’hui dans le monde, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Michel Lafon, 2009

 

GRIMAUX T., Le Livre noir des persécutions antichrétiennes, Lausanne, Favre, 2007

 

GUITTON R., Ces chrétiens qu’on assassine, Paris, Flammarion, 2009

 

LINDHOLM T., COLE DURHAM JR. W. & TAHZIB-LIE B. G. (Eds.) Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook, Leiden-Boston, Martinus Nijhoff, 2004

 

MARSHALL P. A. (ed.), Religious Freedom in the World, Lanham, Md / Washington DC, Rowman and Littlefield / Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, 2008

 

MARSHALL P. A. & L. GILBERT, Their Blood Cries Out: The Untold Story of Persecution Against Christians in the Modern World, Dallas, Word Publishing, 1997

 

NABER J.M.M., Freedom of Religion - A Precious Human Right - A Survey of Advantages and Drawbacks, Assen, Van Gorcum, 2000

 

NATHAN K.S., Religious Pluralism in Democratic Societies, Challenges and Prospects for Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States in the New Millenium, Singapore, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) / Malaysan Association for American Studies, 2007

 

OEHRING O., La situation des droits de l’homme en Turquie – Laïcisme signifie-t-il liberté religieuse ?, Aachen, Missio, 5/2002

 

PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE, Global Restrictions on Religion, Washington DC, Pew Research Center, December 2009, 69 p.

http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/restrictions/restrictionsfullreport.pdf

 

-Some references in the Catholic Social Teaching (Religious Freedom)

 

DIVRY E., Aux fondements de la liberté religieuse - Eglise, judaïsme, islam, Paris, Parole et Silence, 2007

 

DIVRY E., « Réciprocité religieuse : ni rétorsion, ni placidité – La position catholique », Liberté politique, n°44, printemps 2009, pp. 63-75