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    • 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
    • Understanding Religious Freedom: Why Does It Matter?
    • The Freedom to Import Religious Goods: An Analysis of Customs Regulations on Religious Items and Their Interference with Freedom of Religion or Belief: Part One
    • Religious Freedom and Peacemaking
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  • Conversations
    • 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
    • The Constitutional Crisis in Israel: Religious Dimension
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  • Videos
    • 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
    • Jerry Pankhurst and Alar Kilp on the Russian Orthodox Church and War
    • Nadia Bernaz on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: A Business and Human Rights Perspective
  • 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
    • Knox Thames on the U.S. Efforts to Advance Religious Freedom Globally
  • 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
    • 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
    • Understanding Religious Freedom: Why Does It Matter?
    • The Freedom to Import Religious Goods: An Analysis of Customs Regulations on Religious Items and Their Interference with Freedom of Religion or Belief: Part One
    • Religious Freedom and Peacemaking
    • See All
  • Conversations
    • 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
    • The Constitutional Crisis in Israel: Religious Dimension
    • See All
  • Videos
    • 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
    • Jerry Pankhurst and Alar Kilp on the Russian Orthodox Church and War
    • Nadia Bernaz on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: A Business and Human Rights Perspective
  • 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
    • Knox Thames on the U.S. Efforts to Advance Religious Freedom Globally
  • 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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Olga Sibireva is the head of the Religion in Secular Society project at the Moscow-based SOVA Center for Information and Analysis and an author of annual reports on freedom of conscience in Russia.

Talk About posts by Olga Sibireva:

  • Freedom of Religion or Belief in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2020
  • New Restrictions in the Russian Religious Law: What Should Believers Expect?

 

Recent Posts

  • FoRB Podcast: Justice and Accountability for the Yazidi Genocide Ten Years On
  • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding
  • Head, Heart, and Hands: Religion as an Instrument for Peace
  • Efforts to Promote Religious Freedom and Peaceful Coexistence in Bahrain
  • Conscientious Objection to the Military Service: A Right in Progress

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Recent Posts

  • FoRB Podcast: Justice and Accountability for the Yazidi Genocide Ten Years On December 23, 2024
  • Religious Freedom: Toward a Pluralist Understanding December 9, 2024
  • Head, Heart, and Hands: Religion as an Instrument for Peace December 9, 2024
  • Efforts to Promote Religious Freedom and Peaceful Coexistence in Bahrain November 28, 2024
  • Conscientious Objection to the Military Service: A Right in Progress November 18, 2024
  • Fairness or Failure? The Punitive Nature of South Korea’s Alternative Service November 18, 2024
  • Conscientious Objection: Context and Developments in Armenia November 18, 2024
  • Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Brazil November 18, 2024
  • Torah, War, Politics, and the Supreme Court: The 2024 Military Service of Ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva Students Bill November 18, 2024
  • Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Türkiye November 18, 2024

Topics

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 Refugee Religion and Constitution Religion and Judging Religion and War Religious Autonomy Religious Exemption 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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