Amendment No. 19 | Doc. 13441 | 09 April 2014

The protection of minors against excesses of sects

Signatories: Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Johann WADEPHUL, Germany, EPP/CD

Origin - 2014 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 7.

Explanatory note

Tasking national parliaments with studying "the phenomenon of sects" would contravene the necessary separation between the State and religions, and would also be discriminatory, as it would address only minority groups, opening the door to discrimination between traditional and non-traditional religions.