Activities of Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ related to 2013/2082(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief (A7-0203/2013 - Laima Liucija Andrikienė) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the draft EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief PDF (190 KB) DOC (96 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and General Comment 22 by the Office of the UN High Commissioner forUN Human Rights Committee,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the right to freedom of religion or belief is a universal human right and a fundamental freedom of each human being, interrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas according to the standards of international law, countriall states have the duty to provide effective protection to all their citizens and all other inhabitantspersons under their respective jurisdictions; whereas persecutions against persons and their families, communities, Churches and institutions, particularly Christians, based on their particular religious affiliation, their convictions or any legitimate public expression of their religion or belief, are widely spread in some regions of the world; whereas discrimination based on religion or belief still exists in all regions of the world including Europe, and persons belonging to particular religious communities, including religious minorities, or non-believers, continue to be denied their human rights in many countries;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Violence, persecution and discrimination against religious communities, with political, socio- economic or ideological roots, persists in many parts of the world; clear condemnation by the European Union of all forms of violence and discrimination should be a basic element of EU policy in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) As their successful implementation will depend on this, the Guidelines should offer clarity in the definitions used and the appropriate and full protection of the right to freedom of religion or belief, in accordance with international law, in its private and public expressions, as well as in its individual, collective and institutional dimensions, including but not limited to the right of parents to educate their children according to their moral and religious convictions, freedom of assembly and freedom of association, freedom of expression, the recognition of legal personality of religious and ethos based institutions and the respect to their autonomy, the right to conscientious objection, the right to asylum, and the fundamental right to protection of one's property.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) As the draft Guidelines state, in accordance with the principles accepted by the international community, manifestation ofthe freedom from coercion to have or to adopt a religion or belief and the liberty of parents and guardians to ensure religious and moral education cannot be restricted. Any other manifestation of the right to freedom of religion or belief may be subject only to «'such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others»7 ; at the same time, the limitations must be strictly interpreted, directly related and proportionate with regard to the protected rights of others and the right balance must be achieved; the proportionality criterion should therefore be stressed in the Guidelines.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) It should be stressed in the Guidelines that an indispensable part of freedom of religion or belief is the right to manifest the freedom of religion or belief in community with others; this includes the freedom to establish and maintain places of worship and religious sites, to establish and maintain appropriate religious, media, educational, health, social and charitable institutions with legal personality and organisational autonomy, including the freedom to appoint personnel and leaders of these institutions without external interference from the state, the freedom to provide religious teaching and training, the freedom to exercise one's ministry, the freedom to observe days of rest and to celebrate holidays and ceremonies in accordance with the precepts of one's religion or belief and the freedom to carry out social, media, educational, health and charitable activities. Equally, it should be noted in the Guidelines that the right to exercise religion in community with others should not unnecessarily be limited to officially recognised places of worship, and that all undue limitations to the freedom of assembly should be condemned by the EU.
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) As recognised by internationally accepted standards, the parents or legal guardians of a child have the liberty to ensure that their children receive a religious and moral education in conformity with their own convictions, and the child shall not be compelled to receive teaching on religion or belief against the wishes of his parents or legal guardians, the best interests of the child being the guiding principle; the right of parents to educate their children according to their religious or non religious convictions includes their right to deny any undue interference by state or non state actors in their education opposed to their religious or non religious convictions; the Guidelines should stress thisese aspects of the right to freedom of religion or belief, and EU Delegations should take appropriate action if this principle is violated.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) The Guidelines should include the right to conscientious objection to military service, as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and; the EU should call on countristates with a system of compulsory military service to allow for an alternative service of a non- combatant or civilian character, in the public interest and not of a punitive nature, and to refrain from punishing, including through prison sentences, conscientious objectors for failure to perform military service; the Guidelines should also include the right to well-defined conscientious objection as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in relation to other morally sensitive matters, such as services related to health-care and education.