Religious Freedom Subcommittee of European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses

[Jack Ryan]

Since Jehovah's Witnesses seem to have made it a recurring event to attend the human rights conferences of the OCSE, I checked the OCSE website if they did so again this year.

I found something else that I haven't heard of before:

The European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses,
Religious Freedom Subcommittee

 

Based in UK and/or Belgium this Jehovah's Witnesses' committee submits statements and document to the OCSE, the UN, and others.The submissions are all about protecting the human rights, freedom of religion, and assets of Jehovah's Witnesses.

It is unclear whether any official representation of Jehovah's Witnesses actually attended in person some of the meetings and conferences for which submissions or statements were submitted. They have done so in the past for OCSE conferences.

A few of the documents submitted by Religious Freedom Subcommittee of The European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses:

Submission to the Comittee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (20-11-2017)

https://rm.coe.int/native/090000168076c93a

Statement for the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting 1-2 April 2019, Vienna

https://www.osce.org/odihr/415922

https://www.osce.org/odihr/415919

Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee (02-06-2019)

https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/GNQ/INT_CCPR_CSS_GNQ_35119_E.docx

Contribution to the Report of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (05-07-2018)

https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/eritrea/session_32_-_january_2019/eajcw_upr32_eri_e_coverpage.pdf

Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee CCPR (29-04-2018)

https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1443712/1930_1537354367_int-ccpr-ico-eri-26085-e.doc

Contribution for the 33rd session (6-17 May 2019) of the UPR Democratic Republic of Congo

https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/congo_democratic_republic/session_33_-_may_2019/eajw_upr33_cod_e_main_rev.pdf

What is the UPR?

 

For the record: I do not deny Jehovah's Witnesses the right to stand up for their interests, and demand from governments and international organizations that human rights are protected.
But it's odd that they are so fiercely opposed to political involvement, yet petition governments and ministers on regular basis.
It's very odd that Jehovah's Witnesses petition the United Nations to protect their religious freedoms, and at the same time they believe the UN to be the very entity that will attack all religions.

 

[Witness]

8 minutes ago, Jack Ryan said:

It's very odd that Jehovah's Witnesses petition the United Nations to protect their religious freedoms, and at the same time they believe the UN to be the very entity that will attack all religions.

Yes; it is oddly, hypocritical and uncanny.  2 Cor 11:13-15

[Arauna]

There are legal precedents in the bible such as Paul who called on the ceasar (legal procedure) in Rome for recourse. 

To criticise JWs  for their  submission of documents to the authorities to protect their right to preach and protect the organization - which produces material for preaching - is hypocritical and convenient amnesia regarding the precedents in the bible. 

This is not participating in politics. It is acknowledgement of the authority these organizations have for protection. Other citizens have the same rights.