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    • Conversion for Convenience: Manipulating Personal Law Status in Religious Legal Systems
    • Sharia Court Adjudication: Gendered Perspective
    • A Symbol of Faith or Culture? Brazil’s Constitutional Dilemma
    • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding
    • Our First Freedom: How Firm a Foundation
    • When Gender and Nationality Are Enough for Asylum: Commentary on the AH & FN Judgment of the EU Court of Justice
    • International and National Responses to the Russian Orthodox Church’s Support of Putin’s War in Ukraine
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    • Pope Francis and His Legacy in Theology, Canon Law, Interreligious Dialogue, and Religious Leadership
    • Conscientious Objection to the Military Service: A Right in Progress
    • Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
    • Infinite, Finite, and Definite Dignity: Reflections on the Catholic Church’s Dignitas Infinita
    • Law, Religion, and Decolonization
    • Religious and Anti-religious Hatred: Reflections on the January 2024 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB
    • Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Underexplored Figures and Contexts
    • The Russian Orthodox Church Beyond Russia: Global Pretensions and Security Concerns
    • Religious Freedom and SOGI Rights: Reflections on the UN Independent Expert Report
    • The Pope and the War
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    • Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate: More Continuity Than Change. Interview with Thomas Massaro
    • Konx Thames and Andrea Pin on Religious Minorities in Post-Assad Syria
    • Webinar: Ukraine’s Law Banning the Russian Orthodox Church and Affiliated Organizations: Politics, Law, and Theology
    • 2024 USCIRF Annual Report and Recommendations: Commentary by Nadine Maenza
    • Why Did the Israeli Supreme Court Strike Down Judicial Reform? Commentary by Ori Aronson
    • The Students for Fair Admissions Cases at The Supreme Court: Commentary by Paul Gowder
    • Video: The Students for Fair Admissions Cases at the Supreme Court: Commentary by Frederick Mark Gedicks
    • Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance: Comment by Frederick Mark Gedicks
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    • Ukraine’s Church-State Relationship May Be Changed Significantly: Interview with Dmytro Vovk
    • Walking the Walk for Everyone in the Community: Andrea Schneider on Religion, Gender, and Negotiation in Jewish Communities
    • Ori Aronson on Religion and the Constitutional Crisis in Israel
    • Nazila Ghanea on Religious Freedom and Gender Equality as Non-Clashing Rights
    • András Sajó on Religious Freedom, Constitutionalism, and Democracy in the Jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court
    • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding
    • Brett Scharffs on Teaching Law and Religion Globally
    • Catherine Wanner on Religion in Post-Communist Countries
  • Podcast
    • Justice and Accountability for the Yazidi Genocide Ten Years On
    • The Russian World Narrative and the Russian aggression in Ukraine
    • Business and Religious Rights
    • Qur’an-Burning Cases in Europe
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  • Posts
    • Conversion for Convenience: Manipulating Personal Law Status in Religious Legal Systems
    • Sharia Court Adjudication: Gendered Perspective
    • A Symbol of Faith or Culture? Brazil’s Constitutional Dilemma
    • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding
    • Our First Freedom: How Firm a Foundation
    • When Gender and Nationality Are Enough for Asylum: Commentary on the AH & FN Judgment of the EU Court of Justice
    • International and National Responses to the Russian Orthodox Church’s Support of Putin’s War in Ukraine
  • Conversations
    • Pope Francis and His Legacy in Theology, Canon Law, Interreligious Dialogue, and Religious Leadership
    • Conscientious Objection to the Military Service: A Right in Progress
    • Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
    • Infinite, Finite, and Definite Dignity: Reflections on the Catholic Church’s Dignitas Infinita
    • Law, Religion, and Decolonization
    • Religious and Anti-religious Hatred: Reflections on the January 2024 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB
    • Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Underexplored Figures and Contexts
    • The Russian Orthodox Church Beyond Russia: Global Pretensions and Security Concerns
    • Religious Freedom and SOGI Rights: Reflections on the UN Independent Expert Report
    • The Pope and the War
    • See All
  • Videos
    • Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate: More Continuity Than Change. Interview with Thomas Massaro
    • Konx Thames and Andrea Pin on Religious Minorities in Post-Assad Syria
    • Webinar: Ukraine’s Law Banning the Russian Orthodox Church and Affiliated Organizations: Politics, Law, and Theology
    • 2024 USCIRF Annual Report and Recommendations: Commentary by Nadine Maenza
    • Why Did the Israeli Supreme Court Strike Down Judicial Reform? Commentary by Ori Aronson
    • The Students for Fair Admissions Cases at The Supreme Court: Commentary by Paul Gowder
    • Video: The Students for Fair Admissions Cases at the Supreme Court: Commentary by Frederick Mark Gedicks
    • Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance: Comment by Frederick Mark Gedicks
  • Interviews
    • Ukraine’s Church-State Relationship May Be Changed Significantly: Interview with Dmytro Vovk
    • Walking the Walk for Everyone in the Community: Andrea Schneider on Religion, Gender, and Negotiation in Jewish Communities
    • Ori Aronson on Religion and the Constitutional Crisis in Israel
    • Nazila Ghanea on Religious Freedom and Gender Equality as Non-Clashing Rights
    • András Sajó on Religious Freedom, Constitutionalism, and Democracy in the Jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court
    • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding
    • Brett Scharffs on Teaching Law and Religion Globally
    • Catherine Wanner on Religion in Post-Communist Countries
  • Podcast
    • Justice and Accountability for the Yazidi Genocide Ten Years On
    • The Russian World Narrative and the Russian aggression in Ukraine
    • Business and Religious Rights
    • Qur’an-Burning Cases in Europe
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Michelle Flynn is an Irish barrister, a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany, and is currently a Visiting Researcher at Yale Law School in the United States.  Michelle is a 2019 alumna of the ICLRS Religion and the Rule of Law Young Scholars Fellowship Program.

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Recent Posts

  • Conversion for Convenience: Manipulating Personal Law Status in Religious Legal Systems
  • Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate: More Continuity Than Change. Interview with Thomas Massaro
  • Pope Francis and His Legacy in Theology, Canon Law, Interreligious Dialogue, and Religious Leadership
  • Pope Francis and Gender Issues: An Ambivalent Legacy
  • Francis’s Legal Revolution: A Reforming Impulse with Many Lights and Some Shadows

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  • Conversion for Convenience: Manipulating Personal Law Status in Religious Legal Systems May 16, 2025
  • Pope Leo XIV’s Pontificate: More Continuity Than Change. Interview with Thomas Massaro May 14, 2025
  • Pope Francis and His Legacy in Theology, Canon Law, Interreligious Dialogue, and Religious Leadership April 25, 2025
  • Pope Francis and Gender Issues: An Ambivalent Legacy April 25, 2025
  • Francis’s Legal Revolution: A Reforming Impulse with Many Lights and Some Shadows April 22, 2025
  • A Student’s Reflection: Oceanian Perspectives on Human Dignity Conference April 11, 2025
  • Human Dignity in Hawaii: The Quest for Purpose, Place, and Rights April 11, 2025
  • Civil Society’s Role in Building a Culture of Dignity in Tonga April 11, 2025
  • Human Dignity and the Media in Fiji April 11, 2025
  • Human Dignity from the Perspective of the Pasifica Household of God April 11, 2025

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Anti-Extremism Artificial intelligence Autocephaly Catholic Church Catholicism Chile Church-State Relations Constitutional Space COVID-19 Decolonization Digitalization Discrimination Fratelli tutti Freedom of Expression Gender Gender Equaility Genocide Human Dignity Humanitarian Aid Human Rights Interfaith Dialogue International Religious Freedom Israel Jewish Law LGBTI+ Marriage Minorities Peacebuilding Politics and Religion Pope Francis Refugee Religion and Constitution Religion and Judging Religion and War Religious Autonomy Religious Freedom Religious persecution Rule of Law Russia Russian Orthodox Church Russian World Secularity Security Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Blog Editors

Co-editors:

Dmytro Vovk, Director, Center for the Rule of Law and Religion Studies, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Amy Andrus, Associate Director, International Center  for Law and Religion Studies

Contributing editors:

Jane Wise, Associate Director, International Center  for Law and Religion Studies

Donlu Thayer (blog originator), Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies

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