Acts of the European Conference

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Radisson BLU Hotel Marseille,

Vieux Port 38-40 Quai Rive Neuve, 13007 Marseille, France

organised by the

European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Cults and Sects

(FECRIS)

and

GEMPPI[1] – Sectes: aide, information, prévention

http://www.gemppi.org/accueil/

Programme

Daniele Muller-Tulli, President of FECRIS (Switzerland -Representative in the CoE)

Thematic approach through the spectrum of FECRIS’ experience in the Council of Europe, OSCE, FRA and UN

Rudy Salles, MP and member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe (France)

Analysis of the situation that led to the failure of Rudy Salles’ report on “excesses of sects” in the Council of Europe [2] (read by Danièle Muller-Tulli)

Didier Pachoud, président du GEMPPI, co-organising association, (France) 

Introduction of the topic        

Serge Blisko,  President of MIVILUDES, (Office of the Prime Minister – France).

Secularism

Bertrand Chaudet, (CCMM, France)

The collective of victims of psycho-spiritual excesses

Friedrich Griess (GSK, Austria) and XXXX (France)

Testimonials about Smith Friends (ACFF[3])

Alexey Voat, researcher (CSR, Russian Federation)

The Aum Shinrikyo cult’s proselytizing on the Internet – Presentation

Franceline James, Psychiatrist (Switzerland)

Cults and religions: false gods. How should we consider an approach which claims to be religious and leads to a psychitrist’s couch?

Jean-Pierre Jougla, lawyer (UNADFI, France).

Concerted and deliberate confusion between cult and religion

Anne Edelstam, journalist, (FRI, Sweden)

Fundamentalism

Olivier Faelens, (President SAS Sekten, Belgium)

Cults or religions, a misleading debate

Presentation

Pierre Le Coz, Director Department Social Science, Faculty of Medicine (University Aix-Marseilles[4])

The emotional pivot point between religion and cult

Joni Valkila, (UUT, Finland)

The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ internal judicial system as a human rights problem – efforts to draw attention to the problem in Finland

Presentation

Dr. Janja Lalich, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, California State University, Chico (United States)

Perspectives on U.S. Cult – Related Court Cases

Danièle Muller-Tulli, President of FECRIS, accompanied b David Clark,  representive of FECRIS at the UN (United States)

Conclusions and closure