OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2016
This Task Force has proceeded to biased investigations upon the denouncements received by MIVILUDES, where the members of minorities were systematically presumed guilty. CAP received a number of testimonies over the years which evidence their prejudice, such people suspected of shamanist ic practices whose homes were raided and were put in custody, groups o f persons denounced to MIVILUDES as “dangerous sects” who were interrogated and put under pressure to denounce their “guru”, others denounced as being “gurus” who were put in preventive detention for up to 18 months, etc. Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP) CAP Liberté de Conscience
ODIHR/Venice Commission Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
The purpose of these Guidelines is to ensure that those involved in drafting and applying legislation in the area of the freedom of religion or belief, including civil society representatives, have at their disposal a benchmark document containing minimum...Freedom of Religion or Belief, Fostering Mutual Respect and Understanding
Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2015: Freedom of Religion or Belief, Fostering Mutual Respect and Understanding September 2015 CAP (Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers...Synthesis of the voluntary work side event OSCE – HDIM – 2014
Synthesis of the voluntary work side event OSCE – HDIM – 2014 Voluntary work in spiritual environments and its criminalization in modern society During our side event regarding the voluntary work, in which we wanted to find out if is the judicial system misused...
Report on France OSCE 2014
For years, France has had a policy of stigmatization and negative stereotyping of minorities of religion or belief it has labeled as “sects” or, more recently as “sectarian movements”. This derogatory classification corresponds to the improper assessment of religion or beliefs and the consideration that some of them, new or minority ones not belonging to traditional Churches or Institutions are “deviant”, can only stem from a “psychological hold” on the followers and constitute “sectarian abuses”.
Rudy Salles fails to export anti-religious policies to the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe
The recommendations of French MP Rudy Salles which would have had the effect of exporting French anti-religious policies to the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe has not been adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Europe, sects and freedom
It’s not often that Jehovah’s Witnesses, secularists and humanists find themselves on the same side, and rejoicing for the same reason, but this seems to be one such moment.
