IRF - Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine

Russia is responsible for religious oppression in the occupied Crimea and Donbas – RESOLUTION

Thursday, 16 May 2019 14:34
Practices of abduction, torture and extrajudicial executions of clerics and individual believers of most confessions, except the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, are widespread.
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Ukrainian Council of Churches condemns terror against Christians in Sri Lanka and Nigeria

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 12:35
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations appeals to all religious leaders in the world to condemn the preaching of religious hatred or attempts to justify crimes with feelings of religious superiority.
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The first Religious Freedom Roundtable was held in Ukraine

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 13:26
Ukrainian religious leaders and human rights activists agreed to cooperate for promoting religious freedom in the format of a roundtable.
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Ukrainian Council of Churches calls to respect the choice of others during election

Tuesday, 02 April 2019 16:25
The leaders of Ukrainian churches and religious organizations wished all the citizens to make an informed choice – in peace and quiet, prayerfully.
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Ukrainian Council of Churches condemned New Zealand's religious intolerance attack

Monday, 18 March 2019 18:38
Ukrainian religious leaders condemn any acts of violence on the grounds of religious hatred or other motives, in whatever place and under whatever slogans they are committed.
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Publications

Terror in occupied territories of eastern Ukraine: IRF published the facts of religious persecutions

The Institute for Religious Freedom has presented the Report “Religious freedom at gunpoint: Russian terror in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine.”

The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) was established in December 1996 as an interfaith institution, aiming to unite the efforts of various denominations to focus on the spiritual revival of Ukraine, coordination of interfaith dialogue in Ukraine and abroad, participation in a legislative process on church-state issues, and the implementation of comprehensive charitable actions.

Comments & Analysis

IRF Statement at OSCE Conference on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians

Speaking about the current persecution of Christians in Europe, we can again recall the consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine over the last 3 years. Also conflicts arise from implementing the concept of equal opportunities, in particular, from the ambiguous interpretation of the concepts of gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

For 15 years, the Institute for Religious Freedom has performed an important mission of protecting freedom of conscience and religion in Ukraine and internationally.

Monitoring

Situation with Religious Freedom in Crimea 2015 – OSCE Mission's Report

Report of the OSCE Human Rights Assessment Mission on Crimea

International Documents

PACE Resolution 2076 (2015) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society

Churches and religious organisations are an integral part of civil society and must, with secular organisations, take part in the life of society. National authorities should take more account of religious communities’ potential to work for dialogue, mutual recognition and solidarity.

PACE Recommendation 2080 (2015) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society

The Parliamentary Assembly consequently recommends that the Committee of Ministers set up a stable an officially recognised platform for dialogue between the Council of Europe and senior representatives of religions and non-denominational organisations.

Maksym Vasin's Blog

'Religious' War in Donbas

Ideologists and producers of the Russian occupation of the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine have artificially built in religious hidden motives in the bloody picture of the events in Donbas.