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WIN for church autonomy in Mexico: Court protects Catholic baptismal records from gender ideology

Win for church autonomy in Mexico.

Federal appellate court in Mexico sides with Querétaro Catholic Diocese following demands to change transgender-identifying individual’s sex on years-old baptismal record.

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Church Autonomy gender ideology Latin America Mexico Religious freedom Tomás Henríquez

Top human rights court of the Americas fails to uphold parental rights 

The decisions of parents regarding how and by whom their children will receive religious education may be disregarded – so ruled the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

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Chile Church Autonomy Latin America parental rights Pavez Tomás Henríquez

LET US WORSHIP: Faith representatives turn to Uganda’s Constitutional Court to lift worship ban

An alliance of Catholic, Evangelical and Muslim faith representatives, along with parliamentarians, have brought a legal challenge to Uganda’s restrictions on public worship because of COVID-19 before the Constitutional Court.

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Magyar Keresztény Mennonita Egyház and Others v. Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of Hungarian church freedom.

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Nagy v. Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights confirmed church autonomy as a basic right deserving protection in its 47 Member States.

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LET US WORSHIP: Legal challenge filed in Uganda to overturn “draconian” covid-19 worship ban

A church in Kampala and a representative from the Muslim community have commenced legal action challenging the Ugandan government’s ban on public worship after new national lockdown measures were announced on Friday.

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Africa Church Autonomy let us worship Sean Nelson uganda

Church autonomy and parental rights challenged at top human rights court of the Americas

Will the decisions of parents be respected when it comes to the religious education of their children? The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will soon answer this question for 35 American countries in the landmark case of Pavez v. Chile.

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Chile Church Autonomy Interamerican Court of Human Rights parental rights Pavez Tomás Henríquez

Parents concerned ahead of religious freedom case at top human rights court of the Americas

Will the decisions of parents be respected when it comes to the religious education of their children? The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will soon answer this question for 35 American countries in the landmark case of Pavez v. Chile.

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Chile Church Autonomy parental rights Pavez Tomás Henríquez

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