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UN Special Rapporteur: Freedom of thought increasingly violated worldwide
Authored by, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, “The Freedom of Thought” report examines the theoretical scope of freedom of thought, potential violations and its relationship with other rights. The Special Rapporteur…
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OSCE: Lack of comprehensive approach to hate crimes leaves them invisible
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published the "20120 Hate Crime Report".
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“Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Turkey” report
Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Turkey” report, published by the Association for Conscientious Objection, addresses the litigation processes and fundamental human rights violations related to the “civil death” experienced by conscientious objectors and offers recommendations.
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Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in the Context of the SDG’s
Written by Dr. Marie Juul Petersen, the Danish Institute of Human Rights‘ report, presents a basic introduction to the relationship between freedom of religion and belief (FoRB) and gender equality and analyses these in the context of sustainable development goals…
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UN Special Rapporteur: Antisemitism is a serious obstacle to the enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion or belief
Antisemitism is described as “toxic to democracy” in the 2019 report prepared by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, to draw attention to discrimination based on religion or belief and to…
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OSCE: Lack of hate crime recording means victims too often remain invisible
“2019 Hate Crime Report” contains quantitative and qualitative information on hate crime incidents in the countries across the OSCE region. In addition to the official data provided by the OSCE’s 39 participating states, the report includes information on hate incidents…
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Court: Compulsory Religion Class Against Equality Principle
The 4th Administrative Court of İstanbul has made its final judgment on a parent’s appeal against the compulsory religion class. The court has ruled that the religion class is “against the principle of equality.” Selnur Aysever, the parent, and Özge…
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ECtHR (Grand Chamber): Sharia law applied to an inheritance dispute contrary to the will of the testator, a Greek belonging to the Muslim minority: violation of the Convention
In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Molla Sali v. Greece (application no. 20452/14) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention…
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Turkey’s top court rules against headscarf ban
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled that a university student’s right of education and freedom of religion was violated with the headscarf ban. According to the decision published on the official gazette on Tuesday, Sara Akgul, who was a student at Istanbul’s…
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Turkey’s appeals court rules Alevi minority’s cem houses are places of worship
Turkey’s Court of Appeals ruled that cem houses, places where the Alevi religious minority carry out services, are places of worship and the state should therefore cover their electricity expenses as it does for the mosques, left-wing news site Sendika.org…
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