Human Rights Awareness Drive by young adults, S. India
Awareness Drive on the Universal “Human Rights” Place: Bangalore & Chennai, India Date : 16th November 2014 Regional coordinators : Fareena Maria (Bangalore) & Vijay Sarathy (Chennai) On a Sunday morning when most people tend to sleep in and while away their time, a few young adults joined hands to step up and make a […]
Side Events at UN HRC 2014
Two events organised by IARF at the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), March 2014 Side Event ‘Rise of Religious Intolerance’ Monday, 10 March 2014 – 2:00 to 4:00 PM Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva UN HRC Side Event ‘Rise of Religious Intolerance’ – Flyer (PDF, 1 page) Discussion on the rise of […]
Interreligious Harmony Week 2014 – Dhaka rally
Interreligious Harmony RallyCampus of the University of Dhaka2 February 2014 Dear Peace-loving brothers and sisters of the world, Please accept my greetings of peace. On the occasion of Interreligious Harmony Week declared by the United Nations, The Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (CIID) of the Department of World Religions and Culture of […]
HRET-RFYN St. Anne’s PU College, Bangalore
Human Rights Eduction training St. Anne’s PU College, Bangalore, INDIA 18 & 19 Nov 2013 Facilitators : Janhvi Gupte & Bro. Albert Xaviour Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated)
Human Rights Resource Centre newsletter end-2013
IARF-HRRC Newsletter Oct-Dec 2013 (PDF 48 pages, illustrated)
RFYN Summit 2014 – program
Time Day One (24th Jan 2014) Day Two (25th Jan 2014) Day Three (26th Jan 2014) Day Four (27th Jan 2014) 07.00 am Arrival & Registration Prayer Meditation Yoga 08.00 am Breakfast 09.00am Inaugural Celebration Previous day Evaluation 10.00am Introductory Session Session Two :- Involvement of young adults in Youth education and learning Session Four:- […]
UN Forum on Minority Issues – IARF Oral Submissions
Human Rights Council – Sixth session of the Forum on Minority Issues “Beyond freedom of religion or belief: Guaranteeing the rights of religious minorities” 26 and 27 November 2013@Room XX of the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland IARF’s six-person delegation included our two Zurich-based colleagues and two delegates from our partner organization based in Brussels (Human Rights Without […]
Launch of Human Rights Education Resource Centre (HRERC)
6th November 2013Launch of Human Rights Education Resource Centre (HRERC)@Sri.Venkateshwara College of Engineering & Technology Tiruvallur District, TamilNadu Following the launch of the HRRC at Hindupur in August this year, a second centre with the same objectives has been opened. Please see the report here (PDF 4 pages, illustrated)
UN Special Rapporteur’s 2013 Interim Report
The Special Rapporteur’s 2013 Interim Report on Freedom of Religion and Belief was delivered on 7 August 2013 at the 68th Session of the General Assembly. Theme: Intersection of freedom of religion or belief and equality between men and women. Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women Article 5 – States Parties shall […]
17th UPR Session – Country Review of Nigeria
Country Review of Nigeria Nigerian Government Statements (Opening, Closing, Country Report) [upload pdf] Media Statement: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Highlights22October2013pm.aspx First Cycle: Date of consideration: 9 February 2009 – 2.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Second Cycle: Date of consideration: 22 October 2013 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:30p.m. Draft Working Group Report: First Cycle [upload pdf], Second Cycle [upload pdf] […]