France - WEA at the United Nations

WEA calls on France to ensure that new laws on worship respect freedom of religion

France, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, Statements, UPR, Video / UN Geneva / September 29, 2023

The World Evangelical Alliance called on the government of France to ensure that new legislation on worship is not restrictive or constraining, is applied harmoniously across the territory of France by departments and prefectures, and with adequate attention to the needs of diaspora religious communities in France. The WEA further invited France to include anti-religious […]

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France: Freedom of Religion – Recommendations to the UPR 43rd session

France, Freedom of opinion and expression, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, Reports, UPR / UN Geneva / April 24, 2023

On 11 October 2022, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the European Baptist Federation (EBF) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of France scheduled for May 2023 during the UPR 43rd session.

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France: Freedom of Religion – Report to the UPR 43rd session

France, Freedom of opinion and expression, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, Reports, UPR / UN Geneva / October 11, 2022

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Statement: The Plight of Religious Minorities is Under-Reported in the UN System

France, Geneva, HRCouncil, India, Minority rights, Statements / UN Geneva / October 4, 2021

On 22 September 2021, at the Human Rights Council 48th session, the World Evangelical Alliance urged the High Commissioner, the Human Rights Council, and United Nations Special Procedures to include Christians and other religious minorities, when warranted, in their statements and reporting, and to highlight not only the vulnerability of these groups, but also their

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France: Freedom of Religion or Belief – Submission to the Human Rights Committee 132nd session

France, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCommittee, Reports / UN Geneva / May 7, 2021 / CCPR132

With the support of the World Evangelical Alliance and the European Evangelical Alliance, the National Council of Evangelicals in France – Conseil National des Evangéliques de France CNEF – reported to the Human Rights Committee, on 6 May 2021, on (1) freedom of religion or belief and the proposed modifications to the regime of the

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France: Freedom of Conscience and Freedom of Expression – Joint report to the UPR 29th session

France, Freedom of opinion and expression, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, Human Rights, Reports, UPR / UN Geneva / June 1, 2017

The WEA jointly with the National Council of Evangelicals of France (Cnef) and the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), submitted a report to the 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, on freedom of conscience and freedom of expression in France. We called on the Governement of France to preserve conscientious objection in areas such as

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France: Freedom of Expression – Report to the UN Human Rights Committee 114th session

France, Freedom of opinion and expression, Freedom of Religion, Geneva, HRCommittee, Human Rights, Reports / UN Geneva / June 4, 2015

The Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF) submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee 114th session, the 5th periodical review of France in its application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The main topics were freedom to express one’s beliefs or opinions in public and to manifest

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