HRWF advocacy papers & Court decisions
COURT DECISIONS: BELGIUM
2023
2022
- BELGIQUE: TEMOINS DE JEHOVAH C. ETAT BELGE (CIAOSN/ Observatoire des sectes) – Tribunal de Première Instance Francophone de Bruxelles (FR)
- BELGIË: Ghent Court of Appeal Decision v. Jehovah’s Witnesses acquitted of charges of discrimination and incitement to hatred (Original language: DUTCH)
- BELGIQUE/ EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: Assemblée Chrétienne des Témoins de Jéhovah d’Anderlecht et Autres c. Belgique (FR)
2021
- BELGIË: Ghent Court Decision v. Jehovah’s Witnesses (Original language) (DUTCH)
- BELGIUM: Ghent Court Decision v. Jehovah’s Witnesses (Unofficial translation in English ailable on request)
- BELGIQUE: Ghent Court Decision v. Jehovah’s Witnesses (Unofficial translation in French available on request)
COURT DECISIONS: FRANCE
2025
- FRANCE: Témoins de Jéhovah c. MIVILUDES/ Tribunal Administratif de Paris (11 juillet 2025)/ FR
- FRANCE: Jehovah’s Witnesses v. MIVILUDES/ Administratif Court of Paris (11 July 2025)/ EN
- FRANCE: List of 19 MIVILUDES Allegations in its 2021 Report Challenged by Jehovah’s Witnesses/ EN
- FRANCE: CAP/ Liberté de Conscience v. MIVILUDES/ Tribunal Administratif de Paris III (28 mai 2025)/ FR
- FRANCE: CAP/ Liberté de Conscience v. MIVILUDES/ Tribunal Administratif de Paris I (16 mai 2025)/ FR
- FRANCE: CAP/ Liberté de Conscience v. MIVILUDES/ Tribunal Administratif de Paris II (16 mai 2025)/ FR
FRANCE: Malrevers Kibbouts v. MIVILUDES/ Tribunal Administratif de Paris (21 février 2025)/ FR
2024
2017
2015
2008
- FRANCE 2008 A.M.O.R.C. v. Anne Fournier & Catherine Picard – Private agreement Post-Court of Cassation (Available on request)
2007
- FRANCE 2007 A.M.O.R.C. v. Anne Fournier & Catherine Picard – Court of Cassation decision (Available on request)
- FRANCE 2007 Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Catherine Picard, UNADFI President – Court of Appeal Rouen (Available on request)
2003
- FRANCE 2003 Danièle Gounord v. Jeanine Tavernier et UNADFI – Court of Appeal Paris (Available on request)
2002
- FRANCE 2002 Témoins de Jéhovah c. Ghislain Leleu et Jacky Cordonnier – TGI Court of Marseille decision (FR) – Available on request
- FRANCE 2002 Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Ghislain Leleu et Jacky Cordonniers – TGI Court of Marseille decision (EN) – Available on request
2001
- FRANCE: Danièle Gounord v. Janine Tavernier et UNADFI – TGI Court Paris (Available on request)
1997
- FRANCE: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Lydwinne Marie Ovigneur, President of ADFI North/ Court of Appeal Douai (Available on request)
COURT DECISIONS: SOME OTHER COUNTRIES
- ITALY 2025: Soka Gakkai v. Associazione Italiana Viitime delle Sette (ITALIAN)
- GERMANY 2020 : Jehovah’s Witnesses v. FECRIS/ Landgericht Hamburg decision (ENGLISH/GERMAN)
ADVOCACY PAPERS
2023
- Secular State, Hate Speech, Justice and Security – ISFORB International Seminar at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven on 4-5 May 2023
2022
- HRWF complaint filed against Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church with the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Plainte de HRWF contre le Patriarche Kirill de l’Eglise Orthodoxe Russe déposée auprès du Tribunal Pénal International (TPI)
2021
- European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Submission about France to the UN Human Rights Committee (132nd Session)
- TAIWAN: Education, Conscience and Tax Justice
- The Activities of FECRIS in the EU Member States
- The Campaign against Jehovah’s Witnesses about Alleged Sexual Abuse
- FRANCE: Livre Blanc – La laïcité et les moyens de la préserver (FR)
2020
- A White Paper: Justice Denied: The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan
- Remember December 1996 – How Tai Ji Men’s Persecution Started in Taiwan (Oral presentation at a webinar)
- Justice Denied: The Tai Ji Men Case in Taiwan (Press Conference)
- TAIWAN: Tax Justice and Religious Freedom: The Tai Ji Men case and beyond (Oral presentation at a webinar)
- FRANCE: The law meant to tackle ‘separatism issues’ should not target religion (Oral presentation at a webinar)
- EN: FORB Roundtable (Brussels-EU) Letter to French President Macron concerning the announcements on the “Law on separatism” FR: FORB Roundtable (Brussels-EU) Lettre au président français Macron concernant les annonces sur « la loi sur le séparatisme »
- TAIWAN: The Persecution of Tai Ji Men by the Tax Administration (Oral presentation at a webinar)
- EN: France: A White Paper on “Separatism”, Religion & “Cults”: Religious Liberty Issues FR: France: Un livre blanc – “Séparatisme”, Religions et “Sectes”: Questions de liberté religieuse
- Who Is Afraid of Chairman Lee? The Crackdown on Shincheonji in South Korea: A Third White Paper
- EN: FRANCE: The proposed ‘law on separatisms’ should not target religion FR: FRANCE : Le projet de loi sur les séparatismes ne doit pas s’en prendre à la religion
- Freedom of Religion or Belief in Algeria, a constitutional and legal framework
- EN: Austria: Federal Office of Sect Issues Targets COVID-19 Dissenters. An Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”? (FOREF Europe & HRWF) GER: ÖSTERREICH: Die Bundesstelle Für Sektenfragen nimmt COVID-19 andersdenkende ins vizier. Ein Orwellsches „Wahrheitsministerium”?
- Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: Legal Measures
- COVID-19: Treatment of Clusters in Protestant Churches and the Shincheonji Church in South Korea. A Comparative Study
- COVID-19: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea: A Second White Paper
- EN: Shincheonji and Coronavirus in South Korea: Sorting Fact from Fiction – A White Paper FR: Shincheonji et le coronavirus en Corée du Sud : de la réalité à la fiction – Un livre blanc GER: Shincheonji und das Coronavirus in Südkorea : Trennung von Fakten und Fiktion Eine öffentliche Diskussionsschrift IT: Shincheonji e il coronavirus in Corea del Sud: separare i fatti dalla fantasia – Un libro bianco ES: Shincheonji y el COVID-19 en la República de Corea Discerniendo realidad de ficción – Un libro blanco
- The Persecution of Tai Ji Men by the Tax Administration in Taiwan: Comparison with Jehovah’s Witnesses v. France at the European Court
2016
Muslim Minorities, a New Challenge to Religious Freedom
