United Nations HRC 2012: Joint NGO Statement on Human Rights Education
@21st Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva September 2012 Joint Oral Statement by 21 organisations, including IARF: The World Programme for Human Rights Education [WPHRE] is an essential tool forimplementing the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, a newnormative reference for the international community. We affirm that human rights education and training in […]
Peace Commission statement on Syria
Statement on Syria 09 September 2012 The Peace Commission of the International Association for Religious Freedom has noted with great concern that in the pursuit of geostrategic policies, ill-considered military and material support of ‘popular’ revolutions with poorly-defined aims and structures has led to situations where human rights have been systematically abused, religious freedom has been […]
SACC chairman attends Rio+20
Dr. Thomas Mathew, Chairman of our South Asia regional body, represented IARF in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janerio from June 20-22, 2012. IARF attended the original 1992 Rio conference, and this was an opportunity for him to represent IARF as one of several religion-based voices on Earth issues. […]
Training on UN Human Rights mechanisms
First IARF Annual Training on UN Human Rights mechanisms Geneva, 26th-27th May 2012 Facilitators: Mandat International (the UN welcome centre in Geneva); the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. More than 30 participants from 10 countries were involved in the course. Under the guidance of Morse C. Flores, IARF’s main representative at UN, and Ursula […]
IARF Training Workshop on UN Human Rights Mechanisms
26-27 May 2012 Geneva, Switzerland In response to specific requests during the last 19th Session of the Human Rights Council in March 2012, from grassroots NGO representatives and human rights defenders, IARF in collaboration with the David M. Kennedy Centre for International Studies is organizing an international training workshop on the UN Human Rights Mechanisms – focus on the […]
Latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
25 March 2012 The 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council has just ended. You can read here a statement made by Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, during the interactive dialogue, and also download his latest (2012) Report presented to the Council.
RFYN statement to UN’s International Year of Youth
“The role of youth in the progress of Afghanistan” Work by Afghan members of our youth network (‘RFYN’) submitted for: High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth @ UN Headquarters, New York25-26 July 2011 RFYN contribution to UN High-Level Meeting (PDF, 3 pages) Illustrated article “The role of youth in the progress of Afghanistan” […]
25 years of thought on Freedom of Religion or Belief
On the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations’ Freedom of Religion or Belief mandate… Publication of a key reference e-book compiling observations & recommendations by the four independent experts (Special Rapporteurs) who have served on the mandate since 1986.