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Can The Extent Of Religious Freedom Be Measured?, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

The purpose of this paper is to develop a method to assess the extent of religious freedom internalized by a country. It represents an effort to provide a framework of possible patterns of the right to individual or collective religious freedom, as well as resulting configurations between religious institutions and the state. With this aim in mind, the paper claims two things. Firstly, that the extent of the constitutionally protected right to religious freedom can be assessed along three dimensions – one measuring the level of state interference with individual religious freedom, another involving the amount of collective religious autonomy …

Models Of Religious Freedom, Marcel Stuessi Swiss Human Rights Lawyer

Marcel Stüssi

MODELS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The Swiss, US American, and Syrian models are in this thesis illustrated by way of three representations. The Analytical Representation comprises more than statements of posi-tive law or mechanical comparison. Each chapter is introduced by thought-forms predominant in the respective legal culture. The objective of the Methodological Representation is to investigate the logic and legitimate pattern by which the Swiss and US American judiciary meth-odologically come to the conclusion that an alleged governmental inter-ference is covered under the right to religious freedom. The last dimen-sion, which is the Eclectic Representation, pursues a dual aim. Firstly, the …

Muss Das Parlament Die Minarettverbotsinitiative Für Ungültig Erklären?, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

Am 1. Mai 2007 lancierte das Egerkinger Initiativkomitee bestehend aus Politikern der Schweizeri-schen Volkspartei (SVP) und der Eidgenössisch-Demokratischen Union (EDU) eine Volksinitiative, die den Bau von Moscheetürmen (Minaretten) verbieten will. Am 8. Juli 2008 reichten Vertreterin-nen und Vertreter des Initiativ-Komitees 114'895 gesammelte Unterschriften bei der Bundeskanzlei ein. Die Initiative kann dem Schweizerischen Stimmvolk erst zur Abstimmung vorgelegt werden, nachdem sie alle rechtlichen Schranken überwunden hat. Dies beinhaltet unter anderem, dass die Minarettverbotsinitiative nicht „zwingende Bestimmungen des Völkerrechts“ verletzt.

A Balancing Act Between Crime Prevention And Privacy Protection, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

How should individuals who live their lives with complete integrity, enjoy family harmony and pursue an honourable occupation be unmasked as potential, internationally operating terrorists and perpetrators of other serious crimes if not by secretly listening to their telephone calls, opening and reading the content of their letters or e-mail messages, and exchanging that data across frontiers and between Governments?

As pointed out in Part VII, Paragraph 1.4 to 1.6, this dilemma becomes apparent when considering the State’s duty to prevent terrorism and serious crime on the one hand, and have respect for privacy and individual liberties on the other. …

Interview With Heitam Maleh, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

This is a previously unpublished interview on democracy and religious liberty in Syria.

Interview With Gregorios Iii, Patriarch Of Antioch And All The East, Of Alexandria And Of Jerusalem, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

This is a previously unpublished Interview with Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem

Interview With Mahmoud Akkam, Syria, Marcel Stuessi

Marcel Stüssi

This is a previously unpublished interview with Mahmoud Akkam, Mufti of Aleppo, Syria