Emmanuel Tawil
{{Short description|French lawyer and academic}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Emmanuel Tawil
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| discipline = Law
| sub_discipline = Public law
Constitutional law
Civil liberties
| alma_mater = Aix-Marseille University
University of Fribourg
University of Strasbourg
| occupation = Professor of Law
| known_for = public service law, law and religious, Ecclesiastical law, public law.
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Emmanuel Tawil is a French lawyer and academic, associate professor at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.u-paris2.fr/fr/universite/enseignants-chercheurs/m-emmanuel-tawil|title=M. Emmanuel TAWIL | Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas|website=www.u-paris2.fr|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213831/https://www.u-paris2.fr/fr/universite/enseignants-chercheurs/m-emmanuel-tawil|url-status=live}} As a lawyer, he defended the families of the victims during the trial of the Gdeim Izik protest camp.
Training
He holds two doctorates, one in canon law in Strasbourg in 2003, one in public law in Aix-Marseille in 2006 and a degree in theology in Friborg in 2010. He did his post-doctorate at the EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études – School for Advanced Studies).{{Cite web|url=http://www.theses.fr/093939809|title=Le fondement du droit dans le Magistère pontifical et son rapport à la modernité|via=www.theses.fr}}
He is a lecturer in Paris II and qualified as a professor in February 2018. He teaches at the Catholic Institute of Lyon and the Catholic Institute of Paris where he directed the degree in law and political science.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lechoixdeslibraires.com/livre-127623-laicite-de-l-etat--liberte-de-l-eglise.htm|title=Le choix des libraires - en savoir plus sur le livre Laïcité de l'Etat & liberté de l'Eglise|first=Alain|last=Gravelet|website=www.lechoixdeslibraires.com|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213823/http://www.lechoixdeslibraires.com/livre-127623-laicite-de-l-etat--liberte-de-l-eglise.htm|url-status=usurped}}
He has been a corresponding member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences since 2014 and a member of the Council for Canonical Questions of the Conference of Bishops of France since 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://eglise.catholique.fr/guide-eglise-catholique-france/structure/conseil-pour-les-questions-canoniques/|title=Conseil pour les questions canoniques|access-date=2019-06-06|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213836/https://eglise.catholique.fr/guide-eglise-catholique-france/structure/conseil-pour-les-questions-canoniques/|url-status=live}}
He has participated in numerous symposiums especially in Rome and UC Berkeley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gwilr.org/?page_id=868|title=Volume 41, Number 4 – The George Washington International Law Review|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-date=2020-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717020712/https://www.gwilr.org/?page_id=868|url-status=dead}}
Professional activities
= Lawyer =
His legal activities led him to defend the families of the victims of the events of November 8, 2010 in Laayoune.{{Cite web|url=http://quid.ma/politique/emmanuel-tawil,-convaincu-que-le-proces-de-gdim-izik-fera-eclater-la-verite-au-grand-jour|title=Emmanuel Tawil, convaincu que le procès de Gdim Izik fera éclater la vérité au grand jour|website=quid.ma|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213822/http://quid.ma/politique/emmanuel-tawil,-convaincu-que-le-proces-de-gdim-izik-fera-eclater-la-verite-au-grand-jour|url-status=live}} On that occasion he asserted that Gdim Izik's trial "is not a political trial"{{Cite web|url=http://fr.le360.ma/politique/gdeim-izik-avocats-francais-ce-proces-juge-des-actes-purement-criminels-112041|title=Gdeim Izik. Avocats français: ce procès juge des actes "purement criminels"|website=fr.le360.ma|date=19 March 2017|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213820/http://fr.le360.ma/politique/gdeim-izik-avocats-francais-ce-proces-juge-des-actes-purement-criminels-112041|url-status=live}} and that he was perfectly in accordance with the rules of fair trial.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infomediaire.net/la-citation-du-jour-par-me-emmanuel-tawil-avocat-au-barreau-de-paris/|title=La citation du jour par Me Emmanuel Tawil, Avocat au Barreau de Paris|date=July 20, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2024|archive-date=December 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211134828/https://www.infomediaire.net/la-citation-du-jour-par-me-emmanuel-tawil-avocat-au-barreau-de-paris/|url-status=live}} He also criticizes the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for acting as a means of putting pressure on Morocco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.libe.ma/La-CJUE-servirait-elle-de-moyen-de-pression-sur-le-Maroc_a95309.html|title=La CJUE servirait-elle de moyen de pression sur le Maroc ?|first=T.|last=Mourad|website=Libération}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasinfo.fr/Accord-de-peche-Maroc-UE-la-Cour-de-justice-de-l-UE-doit-faire-barrage-a-l-avis-de-son-avocat-general_a89454.html|title=Accord de pêche Maroc-UE : la Cour de justice de l'UE doit faire barrage à l'avis de son avocat général|website=Atlasinfo.fr: l'essentiel de l'actualité de la France et du Maghreb|date=16 February 2018|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213822/https://www.atlasinfo.fr/Accord-de-peche-Maroc-UE-la-Cour-de-justice-de-l-UE-doit-faire-barrage-a-l-avis-de-son-avocat-general_a89454.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://fr.le360.ma/politique/accord-de-peche-pourquoi-la-cour-de-justice-de-lue-devra-faire-barrage-a-lavis-de-son-avocat-general-156309|title=Accord de pêche: pourquoi la Cour de justice de l'UE devra faire barrage à l'avis de son avocat général|website=fr.le360.ma|date=16 February 2018|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213816/http://fr.le360.ma/politique/accord-de-peche-pourquoi-la-cour-de-justice-de-lue-devra-faire-barrage-a-lavis-de-son-avocat-general-156309|url-status=live}}
He opposes the prohibition of the veil at university{{Cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Archives/2013-08-13/Quelques-raisons-de-ne-pas-legiferer-sur-la-laicite-a-l-universite.-Emmanuel-Tawil-maitre-de-conferences-HDR-a-l-universite-Pantheon-Assas-Paris-II-avocat-a-la-cour-1-2013-08-13-998025|title=Quelques raisons de ne pas légiférer sur la laïcité à l'université. Emmanuel Tawil, maître de conférences (HDR) à l'université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), avocat à la cour (1)|newspaper=La Croix|date=August 13, 2013|via=www.la-croix.com|archive-date=2019-06-02|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213821/https://www.la-croix.com/Archives/2013-08-13/Quelques-raisons-de-ne-pas-legiferer-sur-la-laicite-a-l-universite.-Emmanuel-Tawil-maitre-de-conferences-HDR-a-l-universite-Pantheon-Assas-Paris-II-avocat-a-la-cour-1-2013-08-13-998025|url-status=live}} and wishes the Alsace-Moselle regime cult to be preserved{{Cite web|url=https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/Europe-1-Social-club/europe-1-social-club-080216-2665337|title=Europe 1 social club – 08/02/16|website=Europe 1|date=9 February 2016|access-date=6 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213841/https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/Europe-1-Social-club/europe-1-social-club-080216-2665337|url-status=live}}
= Academic =
As an academic, he specializes in public law – in particular religious law and international relations – and has published several books on it. He is also interested in secularism, whose instrumentalization he deplores,{{Cite book|url=https://www.librairiedalloz.fr/livre/9782130588856-justice-et-religion-la-laicite-a-l-epreuve-des-faits-emmanuel-tawil/|title=Justice et religion; la laïcité à l'épreuve des faits - Emmanuel Tawil - Puf - Grand format - Dalloz Librairie PARIS|via=www.librairiedalloz.fr|archive-date=2024-12-11|access-date=2019-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211140001/https://www.librairiedalloz.fr/livre/9782130588856-justice-et-religion-la-laicite-a-l-epreuve-des-faits-emmanuel-tawil/|url-status=live}} and in the relations between The Holy See and other States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/conferences/college-des-bernardins/la-laicite-instrumentalisee-les-mardis-des-bernardins|title=La laïcité instrumentalisée ? - Les Mardis des Bernardins|date=April 2, 2015|website=France Culture|access-date=June 2, 2019|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213816/https://www.franceculture.fr/conferences/college-des-bernardins/la-laicite-instrumentalisee-les-mardis-des-bernardins|url-status=live}} He makes the "positive secularism" mentioned by Benedict XVI one of the major contributions of his magisterium{{Cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/mon-figaro/2013/03/10/10001-20130310ARTFIG00121-benoitxvi-et-la-laicite-positive.php|title=Benoît XVI et la "laïcité positive"|date=March 10, 2013|website=FIGARO|access-date=June 2, 2019|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602213816/http://www.lefigaro.fr/mon-figaro/2013/03/10/10001-20130310ARTFIG00121-benoitxvi-et-la-laicite-positive.php|url-status=live}}
He explains that the churches' right of asylum was restricted by Charlemagne before being abolished in 1539 by Francis I. If previously churches enjoyed genuine immunity from public powers, now the reference to "right of asylum" has disappeared from the code of Canon law, so it would be necessary to speak of reception in churches and not of asylum{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepelerin.com/archives/archives-a-la-une/actu/les-eglises-sont-elles-encore-des-lieux-d-asile/|title=Les églises sont-elles encore des lieux d'asile ?|date=December 15, 2014|access-date=June 6, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606093346/https://www.lepelerin.com/archives/archives-a-la-une/actu/les-eglises-sont-elles-encore-des-lieux-d-asile/|url-status=dead}}
In 2014, he was appointed member of the Consultative Commission of Religions by the Minister of Social Affairs and Health. He is appointed alongside {{Interlanguage link|Yves Gaudemet|fr}} or Sébastien Fath, among the "personalities chosen for their competence and known for their work, their activities, their knowledge of the social protection problems of ministers of religions and members of religious congregations and religious communities of various faiths and of questions relating to the legal status of religions and problems of religious sociology".
Regarding paedophilia cases, Emmanuel Tawil considers that the sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston marked a turning point and that today the Church cooperates with the civil authorities and is not in a logic of secrecy or Omertà.
Publications
- Norme religieuse et droit français, PU Aix-Marseille, 2005, 322 p.{{Cite book|title=Norme religieuse et droit français|first=Emmanuel|last=Tawil|date=October 1, 2005|id={{ASIN|2731404906|country=fr}}}}
- Droit des cultes. Personnes, activités, biens et structures, Juris Associations, 2005, 640 p.{{Cite book|title=Droit des cultes. Personnes, activités, biens et structures - 1ère éd.: Personnes, activités, biens et structures|first1=Xavier|last1=Delsol|first2=Alain|last2=Garay|first3=Emmanuel|last3=Tawil|date=December 1, 2005|id={{ASIN|2910992667|country=fr}}}}
- Du gallicanisme administratif à la liberté religieuse, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2009, 250 p.{{Cite book|url=https://www.lgdj.fr/du-gallicanisme-administratif-a-la-liberte-religieuse-9782731406788.html|title=Du gallicanisme administratif à la liberté religieuse|isbn=9782731406788|via=www.lgdj.fr|last1=Tawil|first1=Emmanuel|year=2009|publisher=Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille|archive-date=2019-06-03|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603055057/https://www.lgdj.fr/du-gallicanisme-administratif-a-la-liberte-religieuse-9782731406788.html|url-status=live}}
- Laïcité de l'État & Liberté de l'Église, Artège Editions, 2013, 160 p.{{Cite book|title=Laïcité de l'État & Liberté de l'Église|first=Emmanuel|last=Tawil|date=February 14, 2013|id={{ASIN|2360401270|country=fr}}}}
- Justice et religion : La laïcité à l'épreuve des faits, Presses Universitaires de France, 2016, 248 p.{{Cite book|title=Justice et religion: La laïcité à l'épreuve des faits|first1=Emmanuel|last1=Tawil|first2=Hubert|last2=Haenel|date=January 13, 2016|id={{ASIN|2130588859|country=fr}}}}
- France & Saint-Siège. Accords diplomatiques en vigueur, Cerf, 2017, 200 p.{{Cite web|url=https://www.editionsducerf.fr/librairie/livre/18118/france-saint-siege-accords-diplomatiques-en-vigueur|title=France & Saint-Siège. Accords diplomatiques en vigueur d' Emmanuel Tawil, Guillaume Drago - Les Editions du cerf|website=www.editionsducerf.fr|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602214806/https://www.editionsducerf.fr/librairie/livre/18118/france-saint-siege-accords-diplomatiques-en-vigueur|url-status=live}}
- Cultes et congrégations, Dalloz, 2019, 464 p.{{cite news | url=https://univ-droit.fr/recherche/actualites-de-la-recherche/parutions/32532-cultes-et-congregations | title=Cultes et congrégations | archive-date=2019-10-27 | access-date=2019-09-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027120014/https://univ-droit.fr/recherche/actualites-de-la-recherche/parutions/32532-cultes-et-congregations | url-status=live }}
Distinctions
Emmanuel Tawil is:
- Knight of the National Order of Merit (France){{Cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Urbi-et-Orbi/Actualite/Carnet/Dans-la-promotion-du-20-novembre-de-l-Ordre-du-merite-2015-11-23-1383765|title=Dans la promotion du 20 novembre de l'Ordre du mérite|newspaper=La Croix|date=November 23, 2015|via=www.la-croix.com|archive-date=2019-06-02|access-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602214804/https://www.la-croix.com/Urbi-et-Orbi/Actualite/Carnet/Dans-la-promotion-du-20-novembre-de-l-Ordre-du-merite-2015-11-23-1383765|url-status=live}}
- Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
- Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester
- Member of the Society of Men of Letters of France
The Academy of Moral and Political Sciences awarded him the Gallet Prize in 2016 for his book "Justice et religion". Secularism in the test of facts.{{Cite web |url=https://www.asmp.fr/prix_fondations/Palmares2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-06-02 |archive-date=2018-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034259/https://www.asmp.fr/prix_fondations/Palmares2016.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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