Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2013, Vishakhapatnam
6 – 9 August 2013 Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India IARF member group Bala Vikas Foundation for Peace & Harmony is organising commemorative meetings around the city with the goal of inculcating an anti- nuclear mindset in the public, especially the student community. A photo exhibition showcasing the Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions is also part of the events. On 6th, […]
Congress 2014 venue familiarisation
6 July 2013 Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, representing IARF’s president Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake, visited Birmingham together with IARF Treasurer Jeff Teagle and British Chapter committee member Derek McAuley (Chief Officer of the Unitarian General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches), as guests of Shaykh Muhammad Amin-Evans, Chair of the Congress Host Committee. They were given a […]
Announcement of 34th World Congress, 2014
“Challenges for Religious Freedom in the digital age” Sun 24 to Weds 27 August 2014 University of Birmingham,United Kingdom Announcement flyer (PDF) Updates (also on Twitter and Facebook Friends and Event pages) Information to date on the Congress
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 […]
Council meeting 2013
[nggallery id=31] 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 […]
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 […]
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)
IARF Peace Commission Conference 2013
Theme: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY Co-Sponsored by IARF Peacemaking Commission and World Congress of Faiths (WCF) Starts 20 August, continue though 23 or 24 August. @Unitarian Church in Horsham (25 minutes from Gatwick Airport, one hour from London) rooms in the Travelodge 100 yards away. Registration, room and board: £260 (approx $390 US), reduced for shared rooming.£50 […]
RFYN Interfaith Peace Rally
Chennai seafront23rd January 2013 Co-ordinators: Krishnan Ramachandran, Anbumani Arumugam, Nitya Saheba The rally was held in consonance with the UN declared Interfaith Harmony Week (February every year) to be observed by organisations across the world. We are happy that the rally attracted 800-odd students from 3 districts in and around Chennai city. There was representation from […]
2012 International Human Rights Day in India
10 December 2012 Chennai – Valliammal College, Anna Nagar Chennai – Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology (SVCET), Tiruvallur Visakhapatnam – Integral Institute Of Advanced Management Bangalore – Sri Krishna International Group of Institutions