Reports on non-project events

Our member groups & Chapters arrange and participate in a variety of events related to both religious life and peace activism in their respective countries.

Latest:

• RFYN meets UN official India visit 27 April 2013, Chennai Following the wave of concern over women’s issues in India since the New Delhi rape atrocity of December 2012, the  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the United Nations arranged, under the ‘Special Procedures’ instrument for human rights issues, a country visit by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, from April 22 ...
• Council meeting 2013 REPORT: 2013 International Council meeting at the Konko Church of Izuo in Osaka, 17-19 April 2013 Preceded by the annual Executive meeting – hosted once more by our Osaka member group Shitennoji Temple – the two-day annual board meeting ended on Friday (19 April), in general agreement that this was the most positive so far during the presidency of Rev. ...
• IARF and HRWF co-sponsor HRC UPR side event UN Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review (UPR)Side Event on freedom of religion in Russia 29 April 2013in conjunction with the review of the human rights records of Russia through the Working Group on the UPR of the Human Rights Council. Jointly organised by IARF and Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWFI)Topics & Speakers: The law on extremism ...
• IARF co-sponsors Multi-faith Coalition event at UN Report to the “Multi-Faith Coalition on Partnering with the United Nations” On a meeting during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council United Nations, Geneva.7 March 2013 Sponsored by the Republic of Kazakhstan; FICIR (Forum Intercultural & Interreligious); IARF (International Association for Religious Freedom) Report to the Multi-Faith Coalition  (PDF, 6 pages)      

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Note: Project-related events are reported under Projects in the top menu above.