HRE-RFYN Angelo Institute, Hindupur

Human Rights Education program@Angelo Institute, Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh  12 – 13 July 2013 Facilitator:  Bro. Albert Xaviour   This RFYN-India event was a prelude to the launch of its new base in the Human Rights Resource Centre at Angelo Institute. Report (PDF 2 pages, illustrated)          

British Chapter committee member elected to IFN-UK Executive

1 July 2013The British Chapter of IARF has congratulated committee member Derek McAuley on his election to the Executive Committee of the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom. The Inter Faith Network plays a key role in promoting good relations between people of different faiths in this country and advancing public knowledge and mutual […]

British parliamentary RF group launch report

The newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom launched a report at the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 June 2013, revealing that millions of people in 184 countries have experienced aggression or intimidation because their beliefs. Article 18: An Orphaned Right      

Launch of Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC)

 Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, India On Thursday 8 August 2013, a multi-part event marked a new phase in the Human Rights work of RFYN (IARF’s youth network) in India. HRRC Launch Report RFYN Leaders’ Gathering post-HRRC Launch Council member Br. Albert Xaviour, young adult representative on IARF’s international governing board, organized the event, with the indispensable help of […]

Tehmina Kazi on Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism

  Religion, Religious Freedom and Secularism – by Tehmina Kazi This article appeared in the March 2013 edition of the IARF British Chapter’s Newsletter and IARF Peacemaking Commission News For the last three and a half years, I have been the Director of a registered charity named British Muslims for Secular Democracy. When I tell […]

Guidelines for arranging group visits to Houses of Worship

  From Scarboro Missions, comprehensive guidelines for visiting houses of worship of various faiths, authored by renowned Canadian multifaith educator, JW Windland.          

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 […]

TEDx ViadellaConciliazione

  Does faith matter in  the Technological, Entertained and Designed world? Can religion help to break down barriers and disunity among individuals and nations?  

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)