The news that matter in Europe
The news that matter in Europe
En el último día de la presidencia sueca del Consejo de la UE, los estados miembros, a nivel del Comité de Representantes Permanentes – COREPER I, aprobaron una propuesta legislativa que preserva el enfoque anterior para clasificar los aceites esenciales, el Ministerio búlgaro de Salud…
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La Comisión Europea ha pedido por primera vez este mes a las empresas que ofrezcan una etiqueta para identificar los textos e imágenes generados por la inteligencia artificial para luchar contra la desinformación. La vicepresidenta de la Comisión Europea, Vera Jurova, ha propuesto hoy que las empresas voluntariamente…
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Un equipo de abogados y arqueólogos egipcios exige que la empresa de streaming “Netflix” pague una indemnización de dos mil millones de dólares por la distorsión de la imagen de la reina Cleopatra y el Antiguo Egipto en la serie documental “Cleopatra”, la online. ..
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L’histoire de Witold Pilecki est celle du courage et du sacrifice, et une salle de réunion du Parlement européen vient d’être inaugurée à son nom, 75 ans après avoir été exécuté par Staline. La présidente du Parlement, Roberta Metsola, était présente avec différents députés de différents groupes,…
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Ahmadis – Today, a Turkish court has released a deportation order concerning 103 members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light from seven countries. Many of them, especially in Iran, will face imprisonment and may be executed if they are sent back to their country of origin.
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Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) appelle l’ONU, l’UE et l’OSCE à demander à la Turquie d’annuler l’ordre d’expulsion de 103 ahmadis Aujourd’hui, un tribunal turc a rendu un ordre d’expulsion concernant 103 membres de la religion ahmadie de paix et de lumière de sept pays. Beaucoup d’entre eux,…
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UKRAINE, 110 sites religieux endommagés inspectés et documentés par l’UNESCO – Au 17 mai 2023, l’UNESCO a vérifié les dommages sur 256 sites depuis le 24 février 2022 – 110 sites religieux, 22 musées, 92 bâtiments d’intérêt historique et/ou artistique, 19 monuments, 12 bibliothèques, 1…
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Más de dos millones de muertes y $4,3 billones en pérdidas económicas; ese es el impacto de medio siglo de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos potenciados por el calentamiento global provocado por el hombre, dijo el lunes la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM). Según la OMM, los peligros relacionados con el tiempo, el clima y el agua…
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El mundo cuenta con el liderazgo y la solidaridad de las naciones del G7, dijo el jefe de la ONU el domingo, hablando con periodistas en Hiroshima, Japón, que describió como un “símbolo global de las trágicas consecuencias cuando las naciones no trabajan juntas” y abandonan el multilateralismo. . El G7,…
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The Key Issues in the European Parliament Elections 2024
Elections 2024 – The European Parliament Elections 2024 are just around the corner, and it’s important to be informed about the issues that will be at the forefront of the election. From climate change to immigration policies, this…
El Parlamento Europeo desempeña un papel crucial en la configuración del futuro de Europa y del mundo. Como la única institución de la Unión Europea elegida directamente, representa la voz de más de 500 millones de ciudadanos de los 27 estados miembros. Con sus poderes creciendo constantemente a lo largo de los años, el…
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Plus d’un mois après la date limite donnée par la Commission européenne pour le paiement des indemnités aux professeurs de langues étrangères (Lettori) pour des décennies de traitement discriminatoire, le gouvernement Meloni a adopté jeudi dernier un décret-loi qui fixe un délai de 90 jours au cours duquel les autorités administratives …
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El Acuerdo de Schengen conocido hoy se firmó en un pequeño pueblo en la parte sureste de Luxemburgo, un lugar lleno de simbolismo. Se puede cruzar Luxemburgo en automóvil en poco más de una hora. Antes de que te des cuenta, estarás en las cercanías de Francia, Alemania o Bélgica, solo los más observadores…
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La Commission européenne a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’elle assignait la Bulgarie en justice dans trois affaires – pour véhicules propres, pour le service de télépéage et pour la commercialisation d’eaux minérales et de sources naturelles. Véhicules propres Bruxelles a décidé de porter plainte contre la Bulgarie avant le…
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La collaboration et l’investissement sont essentiels pour l’avenir de l’éducation numérique en Europe. 20 millions de professionnels du numérique, telle est notre ambition d’ici 2030. Actuellement, seuls 54 % des citoyens européens possèdent des compétences numériques de base. Telle est la position de la commissaire européenne bulgare Maria Gabriel concernant…
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In the history of the wars of the last millennium, the main platform of conflicts was Europe. But thanks to extraordinary decisions taken after the Second World War (for example, instead of continuing the confrontation, Germany and France created a structure of mutually beneficial relations –…
On April 18th the European Patients’ Rights Day is celebrated, which is the annual recurrence that celebrates patients’ and civil society organisations in their efforts to advance patients’ rights at the global and European level.
The European Patients’ Rights Day was created by the…
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Vienna (Austria), 9 August 2021 – As 2021 marks the 20th Anniversary of the UN Firearms Protocol and the Programme of Action (PoA) on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), UNODC, jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), recently held a high-level side event on the margins of the 7th Biennial Meeting of States on the PoA (BMS7).
With a focus on the continued importance of the two instruments and their complementarity in today’s evolving scene of small arms and light weapons, the virtual event welcomed over 120 participants from around the world. A panel of experts took stock of previous successes and challenges in the area of small arms and provided key takeaways for the way forward in the framework of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly pinpointed the importance of the Firearms Protocol as “the only international instrument requiring States to criminalize the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components, and ammunition.” She also stressed the importance of UNODC’s Global Firearms Programme (GFP) as the custodian of the Firearms Protocol and its role to support Member States in implementing this instrument, in addition to guidance in terms of legislation, criminal justice responses, and marking, among others. Indeed, in the last decade, the Programme has seen great success, training over 2,700 criminal justice practitioners from Africa and the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
The event’s co-host, ODA Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Thomas Markram, meanwhile referred to the complementarity of the two instruments, both in nature and character, and explained how they represent the “architecture of efforts” to address the nefarious consequences of the most commonly used weapons globally. Mr. Markram shared his perspective on the progress States have made to date, mentioning the vital role played by global, regional, sub-regional actors, including civil society organizations, academia experts, UN entities, and other international organizations, flagging that “arms control is not just an affair of the military and the security institutions.” While efforts have led to progress, there remains a necessity for continued commitment by States and stakeholders to implement small arms control measures overarchingly.
Experts’ discussions focused on three areas, featuring practitioners who shared their experiences with small arms control measures within the context of the two instruments: key achievements over the past 20 years in the fight against illicit small arms trafficking; key remaining challenges in countering their illicit trafficking; and linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the important role of women, youth, and civil society.
The Chair of the 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Firearms, Amb. Luis Javier Campuzano, spoke on upcoming challenges in countering the illicit trafficking of small arms, expressly the growing use of 3D printing for weapons manufacturing and how that brings about novel challenges for tracing and marking firearms. Mr. Campuzano also raised the alarm on the speedy upsurge of cryptocurrencies as a favored resource of organized criminal groups worldwide, and stressed the importance of recognizing firearms as the most significant enablers of crime. Finally, he recommended a gendered approach to all policies, analyses, and actions relating to the issue of firearms.
ACCORDING TO THE COURT, THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION PROTECTS SCIENTOLOGISTS - PRACTICE OF THE CITY OF MUNICH VIOLATES THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE EQUAL TREATMENT GUARANTEE OF SCIENTOLOGISTS
The written judgment of the Bavarian State Administrative Court of Appeal (file no. 4 B 20.3008) in the case of a Munich Scientologist against the city of Munich is now available. The case dealt with the city E-Mobile Funding Directive, issued for the purpose of environmental protection, and the city´s refusal to provide a grant for the purchase of an E-Bike to the plaintiff, solely by reason of her adherence to Scientology.
The Bavarian State Admin Court condemned the city practice with unmistakable words as an unjustified interference in the religious freedom guarantee of Art. 4 of the German Constitution and as a violation of Art. 3 of the Constitution which prohibits unequal treatment before the law. The court stated:
„The exclusion of applicants, who feel bound by the Scientology teachings, from the circle of recipients of grants [for an E-Bike] also constitutes a violation of fundamental rights in a multiple way. It is incompatible with the freedom of religion or philosophy and does not satisfy the equal rights requirements of the Constitution.“
Bavarian State Administrative Court, 2021
As the Federal Supreme Admin Court had judged already in 2005, also the Bavarian State Admin Court confirmed that the plaintiff and generally all members of the Church of Scientology can „in any case claim the fundamental right of Art. 4 sect. (1) of the Constitution.“ Art. 4 sect. (1) of the German Constitution guarantees the inviolability of the freedom of belief or the religious and philosophic denomination. By denial of the requested grant, the City of Munich had violated this in a multiple way.
The city was not allowed to generally require the revelation of the religious or philosophical conviction and blanketly exclude Scientologists from its funding program for E-Bikes. The court found „Measures from public authorities that are aimfully directed against the practice of a freedom right protected by Art. 4 sect. (1) of the Constitution, at any rate constitute indirect interferences with a fundamental right. These prerequisites are fulfilled in the case of the exclusion of Scientology adherents from the funding program of the defendant when connected to their personal belief.“
On the prohibition of unequal treatment practices, the court found that the city´s exclusion practice violates the fundamental equal rights principles of the Constitution. The court stated: „Also for reasons of equal treatment, the exclusion of Scientology-members and -adherents from the funding program of the defendant must be considered as illegal. It violates Art. 3 sect. (1) and (3) of the Constitution“, that is to say, it violates the fundamental principle that all people are equal before the law and that they must not be subjected to disadvantages by reason of their belief or religious or philosophical conviction.
The spokesperson of the Church of Scientology of Germany was happy to comment on the judgment:
„With the above a German Court for the first time called a spade a spade. We are happy that this discriminatory city practice towards Scientologists was finally „red-carded“ which it had deserved since long. This is a victory for religious freedom for all people who are subject to disadvantages in Germany by reason of their religious belief.“
Last september 2020, Scientology had requested the UN to launch an investigation on Germany for violating religious freedom, and in fact the Special Rapporteur on FORB Ahmed Shaheed, had previously written a letter to the German government inquiring them for such discriminatory practices. While the Scientologists still have some work to do to get their rights respected by German officials, it seems that international exposure and above all, proper abidance to the law and justice system, is paying off.
Photo: Steffen Flor, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons