– A vote will take place in the European Parliament in the coming days on expanding the category of EU crimes to include “hate speech” and “hate crimes.” – However, the proposal itself to add hate speech to the list of EU crimes raises a number of objections, which include questions of legitimacy and the…
– The European Parliament will vote on a draft resolution on fundamental rights in the European Union. – The motion, among other things, condemns the impossibility of performing legal abortion, supports the extension of the list of EU crimes to include ‘hate speech’ and states that ‘housing is not a commodity but a necessity’. –…
The Finnish Court of Appeal acquitted former Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, who was accused of hate speech. The charge concerned a post on the ‘X’ platform (formerly Twitter) containing a passage from Scripture criticising homosexual practices and quotes from a publication issued in 2004 on marriage and sexuality. The criminalisation of speech through legislation on…
· The District Court in Kraków has dismissed IKEA’s appeal against a judgment ordering the reinstatement of Janusz Komenda, an employee dismissed for quoting the Bible. · In December 2022. District Court in Kraków found that the dismissal was unlawful and ordered Janusz Komenda to be reinstated. · The Court of Second Instance confirmed that…
– An international conference took place in Buenos Aires, providing a space for debate for young leaders from countries in North and South America, as well as Europe. – The event was dedicated to discussing the challenges of the 21st century in areas such as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, increasing globalization or…
– Representatives of the Ordo Iuris Institute met in Prague with European and American experts and delegations of other NGOs to discuss current challenges to the defense of human life and the family. – The meeting was attended by representatives of the Alliance for the Common Good – a coalition of pro-family organizations from Poland,…
· The Human Rights Council Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law took place at UN headquarters in Geneva. · The event was attended by representatives of states and specialized UN agencies, academics and NGOs. · This year’s Forum was dedicated to discussing ways to strengthen democracy and the rule of law…
· The Supreme Court has acquitted Mariusz Dzierżawski, president of the Pro – Right to Life Foundation, who was punished by a court in Wroclaw. · The reason for the activist’s acquittal was his presentation of photos showing the effects of abortion, which, according to the lower courts, was supposed to be an “indecent” act….
· On 28 June 2022, eight Renew Europe MEPs wrote a letter to the President of the European Parliament demanding the immediate withdrawal of the accreditation of all conservative NGOs from EU premises. · The request constitutes an unprecedent attempt to censor the freedom of thought and speech of many registered prolife NGOs present in…
• The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has just concluded its second session in Geneva to discuss the so-called “anti-pandemic treaty”. • WHO prepared a working draft treaty that the member states discussed in Geneva. • The project recognizes the “WHO’s central role in pandemic prevention, preparedness and response as an international steering and coordination body,…
· The court in Cologne did not pass a judgment in the case of Fr. prof. Dariusz Oko. The process ended with a settlement. · The clergyman will contribute a voluntary amount of $ 3,000 euro for victims of sexual crimes. · Initially, Fr. Dariusz Oko was sentenced to 4.8 thousand. Euro fines for alleged…
· The European Commission has brought forward a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to include “hate speech” and “hate crimes” in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as an “EU crime”. · These acts do not meet most of the conditions set out in Article…
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