The Green Inquisition

The Committee welcomes the establishment of a Family court with jurisdiction over civil and religious marriage.

Ms. Gnacadja wondered whether the Family Law had two components, religious or customary law and civil law.

A court allegedly declared that he belonged to a sect and could not, therefore, appeal on the basis of religion.

Religious Courts

The delegation should confirm whether there was a kind of customary tribunal in Roma communities which regulated matters normally falling under family law and whether the existence of ecclesiastical courts under other religions did not constitute competition with common law in the area of family law.

She wished to point out that of the 18 religious denominations in Lebanon, each with its own personal status code and family code, only five were Islamic and the rest were Christian denominations of various types.

was carried out to determine the true impact on society and the family of the legislation on divorce in the case of civil and religious marriages (Law 25 of 1992) on the basis of surveys of family court judges in the country apos s main towns.

Documented marriage is the starting point for the foundation of a natural family in a context of a union between the sexes in accordance with religious and civil law.

The new Law on Religious Communities and Religious Groups was passed in July 1997.

The Special Rapporteur was informed that religious courts and tribunals which applied Islamic principles existed in all districts and provinces.

An observer for Interfaith International told about a family member who was in jail in China for practising Falon Gung.

156. The Committee is very concerned about religious and customary laws and practices in the family context that violate women s human rights.

If that were not the case, she wished to know whether some of the conditions accepted by religion or customary law governing marriage contravened the legal provisions of the Family Law.

No religion can demolish that by indoctrination.

Clarification was requested regarding the remedies available to victims of racist acts were such offences dealt with by the secular or Islamic courts? Could the Convention be invoked directly by individuals before the Islamic courts? Had the Convention ever been invoked before any court?

Freedom of religion and belief has great significance for Uzbekistan, which is home to representatives of 16 religions and whose Constitution and laws guarantee all citizens freedom of religious conscience.

It is felt that passage of the new Law on Religious Communities and Religious Groups makes resolution of this issue even less likely.

That goes beyond the previously existing penal provisions of section 233 (a) of the Penal Code, concerning public attacks on a group of persons on the grounds of their nationality, colour, race or religion, and of section 125, concerning ridicule of the religion or worship of a lawful religious community in Iceland.

11. This limited protection of religious freedom must, however, be offset by the progress made in the legal protection of religious freedom as a result of decisions of the High Court of Australia relating to the definition of the term religion and interpretations of constitutional provisions relating to the establishment of a religion .

His analysis concerned the situation of religions and belief in general and in particular the Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu minorities and the Church of Scientology and The Family he paid particular attention to the consideration of religious and non religious matters and relations between religions and society and the State.

Regarding these exceptions, in matters relating to divorce, the jurisdiction is granted to the Family Courts or to the Religious Courts, upon the decision of the President of the Supreme Court.

Also, given the importance of religious practices in the country, religious leaders had been instructed to speak out at Friday prayers against domestic violence.

A course titled Cultural studies focuses on the origins of the family, the role of women in it, and the effect of religion on the formation of family and marital relations.

That is due to many factors religious, social, familial and moral.

Aspects involving educational levels, poverty, religion, and sexual and intra family abuse similarly have a bearing, as they affect the woman apos s ability to secure agreement on preventive measures, such as the use of a condom.

The Coroner's Court has given recommendations in 24 out of the 91 cases.

Ms. Tan asked what position the new Code took on religious law, given the clear distinction the report had drawn between religious, customary and civil law in the country.

These doctrines seemed unproven, abstract.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan reportedly declared the Ahmadi faith to be blasphemous, in keeping with Ordinance XX (under which Ahmadis are prohibited from practising or calling their faith Islam).

The Special Rapporteur notes the strong criticism with which the Law was received among many religious groups in the country, which argue that it favours traditional religions over so called new religions.

Religious minorities are recognized and protected under the Constitution.

discriminate against another person on the basis of lawful religious beliefs and practices or the absence of lawful religious beliefs and practices. These texts do not guarantee freedom of religion, but prohibit discrimination.

72. The Family, which originated in the former Children of God movement, portrays itself as a new religious movement based on the teaching of the Bible, the education of children at home and community life (about 400 persons).

The applicable law distinguishes between a registered religious community and a registered religious association.

(e) Freedom to manage religious affairs (art. 26 of the Constitution states that every religious denomination or any section thereof has the right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and acquire movable and immovable property and to administer such property in accordance with the law)

84. As regards legislation, the provisions of the Constitution fully guarantee freedom of religion and belief, and the provisions incorporated from the Weimar Constitution governing relations between the State, the churches and the religious communities are very comprehensive.

In Europe, Islam is the fastest growing religion, and Sharia has penetrated European legal systems. In the UK, a hundred Sharia courts adjudicate on divorce and other family cases, prompting Home Secretary Theresa May to promise a review of Sharia courts to determine whether they are consistent with British values.

As at the time of the present report, the Court has a total of five cases pending before it.

The teaching of tolerance has to start with universal education and what is taught in schools has to be supplemented by the family, social and religious organizations and the media.

The Committee is concerned that registration requirements for religious organizations, as well as distinctions made between different religious groups in this connection, could result in discrimination on religious grounds in violation of the right to freedom from discrimination on the ground of religion.

34. The Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and religion and free public profession of religious convictions .

186. Tunisian law is aimed at promotion of the legitimate family founded on marriage, which is a purely civil contract without any religious overtones.

It is also concerned that the minimum age of marriage for girls, fixed by law at 17, may be reduced by the religious courts, and that no minimum age is fixed for men.

Physical separation in civil or church marriages.