The United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor annual report on freedom of religion in Armenia in 2014. The report summarize the situation as follows: The constitution guarantees the freedom of religion and establishes the separation of church and state, but at the same time recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church […]
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Based on interviews with up to 70 representatives of 33 religious organizations in Georgia, this study identifies the challenges and needs of religious organizations, cases of violations of the freedom of religion and evaluates the state policy and practice in this regard. Furthermore, this research offers specific recommendations to the state institutions; the implementation of which […]
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The Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located in the southwest corner of Georgia along the Turkish border, has been the scene of a peculiar religious transformation in the last two decades. Specifically, large segments of Adjara’s traditionally Muslim population have undergone a relatively quick rate of conversion to Christianity. Whereas the region’s population was predominantly Muslim […]
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The Introduction of the report gives brief summaries of the main concerns and reflections of the EU Special Adviser on Constitutional and Legal Reform and Human Rights in Georgia. The body of the report goes deeper into seven key areas in relation to human rights: judiciary, penitentiary, law enforcement, minority rights, political participation, freedom of […]
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The principle objective of this paper is to examine the creation of the new Administration of Georgian Muslims; how and why it has been created and what its specific role, function and means of operating will be. Most importantly, it will examine how the administration has been received by Georgia’s Muslims and how it will […]
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This study shows the lack of religious neutrality in the public sphere in Georgia and therefore how personal religious convictions of politicians interfere with policy-making, thus promoting a discriminatory policy towards the religious minorities at the demand of majority, which takes form of flagrant violation of religious organization and preferential treatment towards the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous […]
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The purpose of the joint research is to show the practice of funding religious organizations by the state. For that purpose the research studies the scope and aim of financial resources and other tangible benefits transferred from the state to religious associations, also from the state budget, the President’s and government’s reserve funds as well […]
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Two programmes were dedicated to Azerbaijan in the European Parliament in November 2013. This press release explains the outcomes of these programmes. Amongst other activitites, there was a conference hosted by Vice-President László Surján, whereby the Human Rights Without Frontiers international organisation launched its report on Non-Muslim Minorities in Azerbaijan as two programmes have been […]
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The conference report contain all speakers speeches to assess the status of the freedom of religion and belief in Georgia and Armenia. The publication document the discussion on the relationship between traditional churches and non-traditional religions, which are still very sensitive in both countries’ context of national and religious identity. Speakers are state and non-state […]
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