Amendment No. 38 | Doc. 13441 | 09 April 2014

The protection of minors against excesses of sects

Signatories: Mr Brian BINLEY, United Kingdom, EDG ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Joe BENTON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jim DOBBIN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jeffrey DONALDSON, United Kingdom, EDG

Origin - 2014 - Second part-session

In the draft recommendation, replace paragraph 1.2 with the following paragraph:

"establish a working group within the Venice Commission to determine if there are any fundamental legal or human rights conflicts with regards to the use of such words as "sect" or "cult" and whether there should be a differentiation between traditional, new, minority or majority religions when it comes to determining whether they have committed illegal activities;"