Freedom of speech

Anna Kubacka: According to the European Parliament Committee, pro-life campaigners are ‘suppressing democracy and fighting against human rights’

· The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) organised a public hearing on ‘Counteracting anti-gender movements today to secure gender equality in Europe tomorrow’. · The invited experts represented exclusively pro-abortion organisations and the LGBT lobby. No representative of the criticised communities was invited. · Prior to the hearing, the Ordo…

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Convictions for the publisher of the magazine which Fr Oko’s article appeared in

· Professor Fr Manfred Hauke, publisher of the magazine ‘Theologisches’, has received two convictions in connection with publishing an article by Professor Fr Dariusz Oko. · Legal action against Fr Hauke has been taken by the Pink Cross organisation, which promotes the slogans of the LGBT movement, and by Fr Wolfgang Rothe, an advocate of…

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“A space for free debate and integral development” – the start of the academic year at Collegium Intermarium

· Collegium Intermarium has started its academic year. · The inauguration ceremony took the form of an international conference attended by scholars, politicians and commentators from the US, France, Hungary, Croatia and Poland, among other countries. · The guests included French politician Marion Maréchal, New York Post columnist Sohrab Ahmari, Prof. Adrian Vermuele from Harvard…

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Collegium Intermarium: a place of truth in the times of “cancel culture”

• With the beginning of the academic year, the Collegium Intermarium University will begin its didactic activity. • The inauguration will have the form of an international conference “Collegium Intermarium: the place of truth in the times of cancel culture”. It will take place on 1 October. • The event will be attended by scientists…

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The Italian ‘Zan bill’ poses a serious threat to the freedom of speech

• The Italian Senate held the first reading of the ‘Zan bill’ against ‘homophobia, lesbophobia, biphobia and transphobia’. • The bill had been reviewed by the Chamber of Deputies since 2018, where it was adopted by the majority of 265 against 193 deputies. • The bill poses a serious threat to the family, upbringing and freedom of speech…

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Space of freedom and order: inauguration of Collegium Intermarium

Representatives of state authorities, outstanding academics and journalists from Poland and abroad take part in the conference inaugurating the establishment of Collegium Intermarium. The goal of the new university is to create a platform of co-operation between academics from the Intermarium region. Its flagship field of specialisation is law, but it also offers a rich…

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Freedom of speech in jeopardy. European Commission to ban so-called hate speech

The European Commission intends to take action against freedom of speech. The EC initiative would incorporate the so-called ‘hate speech’ and ‘hate crimes’ in the catalogue of ‘EU crimes’. This means that they would be included in Article 83 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, in this way, behaviours…

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Neil Datta misrepresented Ordo Iuris. Brussels activist sued

Activist Neil Datta has been sued by Ordo Iuris for infringement of the personal rights of the Institute. As the secretary of the organisation called the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights, he spoke in the European Parliament on 24 February 2021. His statement contained a great deal of manipulated information on the…

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Strasbourg Court strikes at freedom of speech. The fine for the criticism of ideological classes is maintained

The European Court of Human Rights rejected the complaint of the Icelandic citizen sentenced to a fine for the criticism of the introduction of classes promoting the LGBT ideology in schools. The ECHR stated that the man used ‘hate speech’, even though the European Convention of Human Rights does not specify this concept as a…

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The Strasbourg Court extends the definition of ‘homophobic hate speech’

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the refusal of the prosecutor’s office to press charges against the authors of harsh comments under the photo of a couple of LGBT activists constitutes discrimination and infringement of the right of persons in homosexual cohabitation to have their private and family life respected. It has…

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Report on Article 55a of the Act amending the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance

The world-wide discussion on the Polish draft law amending the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Sejm Paper no. 771) shows the difference between the letter of the law and its creative and often selective interpretation in the public debate. As a result,…

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Current threats to freedom of speech in Poland

During the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Ordo Juris Law Centre has organized on 30th September a meeting on the current threats to freedom of speech in Poland. The main topic of discussion was the amendment to the Polish anti-discrimination law. The new anti-discrimination bill, wrongly presented as…

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