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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Latvia
The constitution provides every person the right to “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion” and specifies the separation of church and state.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Estonia
The constitution declares there is no state church and protects the freedom of individuals to practice their religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Netherlands
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the freedom of individuals to profess their religion or belief. It is a crime to engage in public speech inciting religious hatred.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Hungary
The Fundamental Law, the country’s constitution, provides for freedom of religion, including freedom to choose, change, or manifest religion or belief, cites “the role of Christianity” in “preserving nationhood,” and values “various religious traditions.”
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Cyprus
The government of the Republic of Cyprus is the only internationally recognized government on the island, but since 1974 the northern third of Cyprus has been administered by Turkish Cypriots.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Cyprus—Area Administered by Turkish Cypriots
The government of the Republic of Cyprus is the only internationally recognized government on the island, but since 1974 the northern third of Cyprus has been administered by Turkish Cypriots.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Belarus
The constitution grants the freedom to profess and practice any religious belief but prohibits religious activities directed against the sovereignty of the state, its constitutional system, and “civic harmony.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Belgium
The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the law prohibits discrimination based on religious orientation. Federal law bans covering one’s face in public.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Montenegro
The constitution provides for freedom of religion as well as the right to change one’s religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Switzerland
The constitution guarantees freedom of faith and conscience. Both the constitution and the penal code prohibit discrimination against any religion or its members.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Malta
The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious worship and prohibits religious discrimination.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Moldova
The constitution protects the right of individuals to practice their religion and states religious groups are independent from the state and free to organize and operate according to their own statutes.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Armenia
The constitution states that everyone has freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. It recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) as the national church and preserver of national identity but also establishes separation of religious organizations and the state.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Spain
The constitution guarantees freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Norway
The constitution prohibits religious discrimination and protects the right to choose, practice, or change one’s faith or life stance (belief in a nonreligious philosophy).
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Luxembourg
The constitution provides for freedom of religion, including the right to practice one’s religious beliefs and express one’s religious opinions in public, and it prohibits compulsory participation in religious services or observance of religious groups’ days of rest.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Slovenia
The constitution provides for freedom of religion and the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs in public and private.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Liechtenstein
The constitution stipulates everyone is free to choose his or her faith. It makes the state responsible for “protecting the religious.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ireland
The constitution provides for freedom of religion and prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion.
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2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Turkey (Türkiye)
The constitution defines the country as a secular state. It provides for freedom of conscience, religious belief, conviction, expression, and worship and prohibits discrimination based on religious grounds.