The Law Banning the UOC: Can Religious Policy Coexist with Freedom of Religion?

... has been held by Nazila Ghanea, an Iranian-born British lawyer. Her approach can be seen in the monograph “Freedom of Religion or Belief: An International Law Commentary” (Oxford, 2016), co-authored with Heiner Bielefeldt (UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2010–2016) and Michael Wiener. 4 . Notably, on March 24, 2024, the UN published a report on the human rights situation in Ukraine , which said that official actions targeting the UOC could be discriminatory. 5 . On its basis, on August 24, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called on religious leaders around the world to offer their support and prayers for the believers ...