Tag: freedom of expression

Comparative Constitutional Law, Dutch Politics, Law and Religion, Public Theology, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Substack, “Meeting Päivi Räsänen”

Hans-Martien ten Napel

During her recent visit to the Netherlands, I had the opportunity, with others, to meet Päivi Räsänen. Ms. Räsänen is the Finnish parliamentarian and former Interior Minister against whom legal proceedings have been pending for five years because of a ‘Bible tweet’, among other things. Read more about it here.

Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Article on the LSE Religion and Global Society interdisciplinary blog: ‘The Natural Law and Natural Rights Tradition; A Foundation for Religious Freedom’

Hans-Martien ten Napel

Photo by Amaury Gutierrez on Unsplash ''To kick off our series on freedom of religion or belief, Hans-Martien ten Napel considers why the right to this freedom, a foundation stone of the liberal democratic order, is threatened. He describes how the notion of natural rights has been replaced by a proliferation of legalistic human rights. Seemingly a welcome… Continue reading Article on the LSE Religion and Global Society interdisciplinary blog: ‘The Natural Law and Natural Rights Tradition; A Foundation for Religious Freedom’