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 […]
HRET Deshbandhu Chittaranjan College, Burdwan
Human Rights Education workshop @Deshbandhu Chittaranjan College, Chittaranjan, Burdwan, West Bengal 9-10 March 2013 Facilitator: Asit Kumar Basu Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated) Photos
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 […]
HRET St. Thomas College, Jaipur
@St. Thomas College, Phagi, Jaipur, Rajasthan19-20 February 2013 Facilitator: Adv. Mrs. Amal Rohilla Report (PDF 6 pages, illustrated) Photos
Principles and Guidelines for Interfaith Dialogue
Scarboro Missions is a Canadian Roman Catholic Mission Society whose interfaith work in Canada “is also a support and inspiration to interfaith activity in Scarboro Missions’ overseas missions. In Canada, we are likewise inspired and supported by Scarboro members working overseas in pluralist environments”. Principles and Guidelines for Interfaith Dialogue
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?
HRET CPC Polytechnic, Mysore Distr.
Human Rights Education training@Govt. CPC Polytechnic, Mysore District1-2 March 2013 Facilitators: Adv. Md. Shabeer Ahmed & Adv. Mrs. M.A. Hemalatha Rao Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated) Photos
HRET Sri Lakshmi Ladies Association, Mysore
Human Rights Education training @Sri Lakshmi Ladies Association, Mysore22-22 February 2013 Facilitators: Adv. Md. Shabeer Ahmed & Adv. Mrs. M.A. Hemalatha Rao Report (PDF 5 pages, illustrated) Photos
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 […]
President joins signatories to G8 letter
IARF President Most Rev. Mitsuo Miyake and Council member Rev. Takeshi Nishida were among 80 religious leaders signatory to a letter to the Financial Times urging G8 countries to follow the UK in meeting existing commitments to spend 0.7% of national income on aid. Original FT article requires subscription to view, but this story is reported on […]