2008
May 20-21, 2008 - Kiev (Ukraine) 2008-21-05 Kiev DOC
Conference: Religion in Post-Modern Society/ Conceptional, social-political and legal aspects
Organizers: State Committee for Religious Affairs (Ukraine)
Speaker: Interactions between public powers, communities of faith or belief, and society
March 5, 2008 - European Parliament (Brussels) 2008-05-03 Brussels DOC
Conference: Persecutions of Christians in China, Iraq and Palestine
Organizers: MEP Takkula (Finland)
Speaker: Freedom of Religion in China in 2008
February 21-22, 2008 - Taipei (Taiwan) 2008-02-21 Taipei DOC
Conference: Human Rights in China and 2008 Olympics
Organizers: Taiwan Cultural Foundation - International Society for Human Rights (Germany) - HRWF Int'l (Belgium)
Speaker: Freedom of Religion in China in 2008
2007
December 18, 2007 - European Parliament (Brussels) 2007-12-18 Brussels DOC
Conference: Human Rights in China "No Olympic Medal"
Organizers: HRWF Int'l - Members of the European Parliament - Sakharov Prize winners
Speaker: Religious freedom in China
December 11, 2007 - European Parliament (Strasbourg) 2007-12-11 Strasbourg DOC
Press conference: Gao Zhisheng, the conscience of China
Organizers: HRWF Int'l - Members of the European Parliament
Speaker: Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in China
December 1, 2007 - Universal Peace Federation (Brussels) 2007-12-01 PDF
Conference: Inter-Faith Dialogue toward Global Peace
Organizers: Universal Peace Federation & INSPAD
Speaker: Religious Intolerance and Inter-Faith Dialogue
October 10, 2007 - European Parliament (Brussels)
Press conference: Human Rights Defenders in China
Organizers: HRWF Int'l - Members of the European Parliament
Speaker: Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in China
September 26, 2007 - Warsaw / OSCE-ODIHR (Poland) 2007-09-26 PDF
Conference: Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Speaker: Statement "Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan, France, Belgium, Austria"
September 25, 2007 - Warsaw / OSCE-ODIHR (Poland) 2007-09-25 PDF
Conference: Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Speaker: Statement "The Public Financing of Projects and Organizations Spreading Religious Intolerance Must Stop!"
September 8-9, 2007 - Taipei (Taiwan) 2007-09-08 PDF
Conference: Human Rights in Tibet
Organizers: Taiwan Friends of Tibet
Guest-speaker: Religious Freedom in Tibet in 2007
August 24-27, 2007- Ankara (Turkey) 2007-08-28 PDF
Seminar: Prevention of Violence against Children
Organizers: Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Guest-Speaker: Legal Premises for the Protection of Children Against Violence - International Law: The EU Perspective
July 5-6, 2007 - Bristol (UK)
The changing nature of religious rights
Center for the Study of Law and Religion/ Bristol University School of Law
June 22-23, 2007 - St Petersburg (Russia) 2007-07-22 PDF
Conference: "Implementation of Freedom of Religion and Belief: International and Russian Experience"
Organizers: International Center for Law and Religion Studies / Brugham Young University
Guest-Speaker: Directions for use of the European Parliament mechanisms by religious freedom and religious diversity defenders outside the EU
April 4, 2007 - Seoul (South Korea)
Round table: The right to conscientious objection in international law
Organizers: Ministry of Justice/ Human Rights Policy Department
Guest-Speaker : Willy Fautré, HRWF Int'l
April 3, 2007 - National Human Rights Commission (Seoul / South Korea)
Conference : The right to conscientious objection in international law
Organizers : National Human Rights Commission
Guest-Speaker : Willy Fautré, HRWF Int'l
April 2, 2007 - Seoul (South Korea)
Conference : The right to conscientious objection in international law
Organizers : Minbyun, Lawyers for Human Rights
Guest-Speaker : Willy Fautré, HRWF Int'l
March 27, 2007 - United Nations/ Human Rights Council (Geneva/ Switzerland)
2007-03-27
Conference : Kashmir, Human Rights in the Crossfire
Organizers : Kashmir Centre
Guest-Speakers : Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers - Prof. Marco Lombardi, Catholic University of Sacred Heart - Shah Ghulam Qadir, Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations - Betty Cleeren, RTBF journalist - Faiz Naqishbandi, All Parties Hurryiat Conference - Majid Tramboo, Director of the Kashmir Centre in Brussels
March 26, 2007 - European Parliament (Brussels)
2007-03-26
Conference: Seyfo, the Assyrian genocide
Organizers: Assyrian Federations of Sweden, Holland, Germany and
Firodil Institute
Guest-speakers: MEP Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/ NGL), MEP Markus Ferber (EVP-ED), Sabri Atman (Seyfo Center), Prof. David Gaunt (Sodertorns University College, Sweden), Willy Fautré (Human Rights Without Frontiers)
2006
December 12-17, 2006 - Amman (Jordan) 2006-12-12 PDF
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Capacity-building seminar for a cross-section of 20-25 Iraqi Human Rights Defenders
Trainers: Dr Elie Abouaoun (Lebanon), Prof. Rania Fazah (Lebanon),
Attorney Eva Aby Halawe (Jordan), Attorney Asma Khader, former Minister of Culture and Parliament Spokesperson (Jordan), Dr Mohamed Mattar (USA), Mr. Willy Fautré, director of HRWF International (Belgium) and Ms Rend Al-Rahim, director of the Iraq Foundation and former Iraqi ambassador in Washington in 2003 (USA)
November 29, 2006 - European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium)
Seminar: Religious Intolerance in China
Organizers: McMillan-Scott, vice-president of the European Parliament; MEP Simon Coveney, Human Rights Spokesperson EPP-ED; Epoch Times; Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers International
Guest-speakers: Thomas Weyrauch, Scholar from Germany, specialist in human rights, legal history, and politics in China; Erping Zhang, Mason Fellow (2005) at Kennedy School of Government of Harvard and Director of Association for Asian Research, currently guest scholar at the Centre for Pacific Asia Studies of Stockholm University; Rebiya Khadeer, chair of the World Uighur Congress
October 10, 2006 - Warsaw / OSCE-ODIHR (Poland)
Conference: Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Speaker: Statement about Interreligious Tolerance and Respect 2006-10-10 PDF
October 10, 2006 - Warsaw / OSCE-ODIHR (Poland)
Conference: Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Speaker: Statement on Freedom of Association and Assembly in
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan 2006-10-10 PDF
October 10, 2006 - Warsaw / OSCE-ODIHR (Poland)
Conference: Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Speaker: Statement about the Systems of Hierarchy of Religions 2006-10-10 PDF
July 12, 2006 - Brussels / European Parliament (Belgium)
Hearing: Human rights in China
Organisers: Delegation of the European Parliament for Relations with the People's
Republic of China
Speaker: Religious Freedom in China in 2006 2006-07-12 PDF
June 27, 2006 - Strasbourg / Council of Europe (France)
Conference: International Forum. A close look at environment and human rights in China
Organisers: Swedish MP Göran Lindblad (a member of the Swedish parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe), International Society for Human Rights (Germany), Human Rights Without Frontiers Int. (Belgium), The Epoch Times (Europe), Network for Human Rights (Norway), Support Human Rights in China (Sweden) and Network for Human Rights in China (Denmark).
Speaker
: Allegations of organ harvesting in Chinese prisons 2006-06-27 PDFMay 30, 2006 - Brussels (Belgium) JPG JPG JPG
Conference: Global View of Religious Freedom in China
Organisers: Human Rights Without Frontiers Int., MEP Simon Coverney and
MEP Charles Tannock
Speaker: Religious Freedom in China: the Regulatory Framework 2006-05-30 PDF
May 19, 2006 - Kiev (Ukraine) JPG JPG
Conference: Interaction of State and Religious Organisations:
Legal and Political Aspects
Organisers: Ministery of Justice of Ukraine
(State Department of Religious Affairs, Center for Law Reform),
Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies Researchers,
Centre for Religious Information and Freedom,
International Academy of Freedom of Religion and Belief,
BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies,
Religious Studies Department of the Philosophy Institute of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (May 19-20, 2006)
Guest Speaker: Political Regulation of the Religious Sphere in the EU Member States:
Good and Bad Practices in a Human Rights Perspective 2006-05-19 PDF
May 15 - 19, 2006 - Berlin (Germany) JPG JPG JPG
Conference: International Conferenece on Chinese / Asian Democracy
Organisers: The Federation for a Democratic China and
Human Rights Without Frontiers China
Guest Speaker: Freedom of Religion and Belief in 2006 2006-05-15 PDF
China's Treatment of North Korean Refugees 2006-05-16 PDF
April 21, 2006 - Paris (France)
Colloquium: Quelles perspectives de paix durable?
Organisers: Institut International d'Etudes Stratégiques
Guest Speaker: Les artisans de paix entre l'idéal de la non-violance
et les exigences de la sécurité et de la défense nationale 2006-04-21 PDF
2005
October 20, 2005 - Brussels (Belgium)
Seminar: Human Rights in China
Organisers: Flemish Parliament / Committee for Foreign Relations
Guest-speaker: Religious Freedom and Freedom of expression in China
October 19, 2005 - Brussels (Belgium)
Seminar: Human Rights in China
Organisers: European Parliament / MEP Simon Covery and Charles Tannock
Guest-speaker: Religious Freedom and Freedom of expression in China
2005-10-19 PDF
September 28 - 29, 2005 - Warsaw (Poland)
OSCE Conference / Human Dimension Implementation Meeting / Freedom
of Religion or Belief (September 28 - 29, 2005)
Organisers: OSCE / ODIHR
Presentation: Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Armenia,
Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - Categorization of
religions and discrimination
2005-09-28 PDF 2005-09-29 PDF
August 21, 2005 - Mecau (China)
Seminar: Human Rights in China
Organisers: Southern Cross Foundation
Guest-speaker: Religious Freedom Advocacy
July 21 - 24, 2005 - Cluj (Romania)
Conference: Recognizing our Neighbors - Religious Tolerance in Shared Societies
Organizer: International Religious Freedom Association
Guest-speaker: Registration of Religious Communities, Categorization of Religions and Institutionalized Discrimination 2005-07-21 PDF
June 8 - 9, 2005 - Cordoba (Spain)
OSCE Conference on "Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance" (8-9 June 2005)
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Presentation: Fighting Religious Segregation and Discrimination against Religious Minorities in the OSCE Space 2005-05-09 PDF
June 3, 2005 - Brussels (Belgium)
Seminar: Promotion of Freedom of Religion in/by the EU
Organizers: European Platform for Freedom of Religion or Belief and MEP Jan Maas
Guest-speaker: Assessment of the Promotion of Religious Freedom by the European Institutions
May 22, 2005 - Brussels (Belgium)
Concert-Conference: Genocide of the Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire
Organizers: Assyrian Cultural Centre and Brussels Catholic Cathedral
Guest-speaker: The Ignored Genocide 2005-04-23 PDF
March 29 - April 9, 2005 - Geneva (Switserland)
Conference: 61st Session of the UN Commission (29 March - 9 April 2005)
Organizers: UN Commission on Human Rights
Presentation: Minority religions in Eritrea, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and EU
2005-04-08 PDF
2004
October 14, 2004 - Vienna (Austria)
Press conference: Religious Freedom, Discrimination and Intolerance in Austria
Organizers: Human Rights Without Frontiers / International Helsinki Federation
Presentation: Religious discrimination and intolerance in Austria
October 5 - 8, 2004 - Warsaw (Poland)
OSCE Conference/ Human Dimension Implementation Meeting / Freedom of Religion or
Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR
Presentation: Political Regulation of Islam and Foreign Religions in Belgium - Institutionalized Religious Discrimination in Europe 2004-10-06 PDF 2004-10-08 PDF
September 25, 2004 - Brussels (Belgium)
Conference: The Genocide of Armenians
Organizers: Assyrian Cultural Center
Guest-speaker: In Memory of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide 2004-09-25 PDF
September 28 - 30, 2004 - Budapest (Hungary)
Conference: State and Church in Joined Europe
Organizers: Prime Minister's Office State Secretary for Church Affairs
Guest-speaker: Financing of religions, a human rights perspective 2004-09-27 PDF
April 5 - 9, 2004 - Geneva (Switserland)
Conference: 60st Session of the UN Commission
Organizers: UN Commission on Human Rights
Presentation: Islam in Belgium - Religious Freedom, Discrimination and Intolerance in West European Countries 2004-04 PDF
2003
September 27, 2003 - Quebec City (Canada)
Conference: Political Regulation of the Religious Sphere
Organizers: Laval University, Faculty of Political Science
Guest-speaker: Cults: Do democracies need laws of exception? 2003-09-27 PDF
August 29 - 31, 2003 - Chicago (United States of America)
Conference: Assyrian American National Convention
Organizers: Assyrian American National Federation
Guest-speaker: What place for the Assyrians in tomorrow's Iraq?
April 19 - 20, 2003 - Hengelo (The Netherlands)
Conference: The Ottoman Genocide of Christian Minorities
Organizers: Dutch Coalition of Assyrian Organizations
Guest-speaker: The Ottoman genocide of Christian minorities
2002
November 24, 2002 - Tokyo (Japan)
Press Conference: Human rights in North Korea JPG
Organizers: Life Fund for North Korean Refugees
Guest-speaker: The European Union and North Korea 2002-11-24 PDF
June 7 - 8, 2002 - Sofia (Bulgaria)
Conference: The Sect issue in Belgium and France
Organizers: Advocates International (USA) / The Rule of Law Institute (Bulgaria)
Guest-speaker: An Analysis of the French Law About-Picard on Religious Cults in the Scope of the ECHR 2002-06-08 PDF
June 10 - 12, 2002 - Bucharest, Timisoara and Oradea (Romania)
Conference: The Sect Issue
Organizers: IRLA / Romania
Guest-speaker: The Sect Issue in Belgium and France
April 26, 2002 - Brussels (Belgium)
Conference: Assyrian Genocide
Organizers: Assyrian Cultural Center
Guest-speaker: Remebering the First Genocide of the 20th Century 2002-04-26 PDF
February 9 - 10, 2002 - Tokyo (Japan)
Conference: Third International Conference on North Korean Human Rights
Organizers: Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
Guest-speaker: Baby killings in North Korean Gulag 2002-02-09 PDF
2001
November 24, 2001 - Madrid (Spain) 2001-11-24 PDF
June 7 - 9, 2001 - Heidelberg (Germany)
Conference: Freedom and Equality of Beliefs and Worldviews
Organizers: University of Heidelberg
Guest-speaker: The Sect Issue in France and in Belgium 2001-06-07 PDF
May 3 - 4, 2001 - Stockholm (Sweden)
Conference: Religious Minorities in Europe
Organizers: Stockholm Baptist School of Theology
Guest-speaker: The Sect Issue in the Francophone European Sphere 2001-05-04 PDF
April 25, 2001 - Washington (United States of America)
Conference: Transatlantic Exchange on Religious Coexistence in a Church-State Context
Organizers: Institute on Religion and Public Policy
Guest-speaker: State Neutrality and Equal Treatment of Religions 2001-04-25 PDF
2000
November 2 - 5, 2000 - Prague (Tjechoslovakia)
Conference: International Helsinki Federation
November 30, 2000 - Utica College (New York, United States of America)
1999
FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN WESTERN EUROPE Brigham Young University, Provo (USA) 3 - 5/10/1999
1999-10-05 PDF
REPRESSION OF MINORITY AND NON-CONVENTIONAL RELIGIOUS IN WESTERN Human Rights Implications, Trinity College, Hartford (USA) 26 - 27/09/1999
1999-09-27 PDF
THE IMPACT OF THE CULT ENQUIRY COMMISSIONS AND THE DETERIORATION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE Newbold College, Bracknell, Berkshire, England - 10/09/1999
1999-09-10 PDF
CULT CONTROVERSIES IN FRANCE Cesnur, Bryn Athyn, USA - 03/06/1999
1999-06-03 PDF
THE CULT ISSUE IN WESTERN EUROPE AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCECSCE Hearing, Washington (Capitol) - 08/06/1999
Conference/ Hearing:Religious Minorities in Greece
Organizers: CSCE
Guest-speker: Intolerance andDiscrimination Towards Religious Minorities in Present-Day Greece
1999-06-08 PDF
Conference: Les rapports Etat-Eglises à l'épreuve des nouvelles minorités/ La controverse sur les sectes dans les pays francophones
Organizers: CLIMS
Guest-speaker: La spécificité des pays francophones européens: le refus du dialogue
1999-05-15 PDF
FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE OSCE SPACE OSCE-ODIHR, Vienna, Hofburg - 22/03/1999
1999-03-22 PDF
THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN SCENEGeorge Washington University Law School and Internation Commission on Freedom of Conscience - Washington - 29-30/01/1999
1999-01-29 PDF
INCORPORATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS University of Central Lancashire, London - 06-07/01/1999
1999-01-07 PDF
1998
FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Religious Affairs Department of the Romanian Government, Bucharest - 16-18/11/1998
OSCE IMPLEMENTATION MEETINGOSCE , Warsaw - 26/10/1998
DETERIORATION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN EUROPE ENQUIRY COMMISSIONS ON CULTS IN WESTERN EUROPECSCE Hearing, Washington DC (Capitol) - 22/07/1998
1997
FINANCING CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES ARE SECTS TO BE FINANCED LIKE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES? Slovak Ministry of Culture Bratislava- 2-3/10/ 1997
1997-10-03 PDF
OVERVIEW OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN EASTERN EUROPE THE RIGHT OF ASSOCIATION : THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONThe Rutherford Institute , Paris - 02-03/08/1997
1997-08-03 PDF
1996
SECTS, NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OR RELIGIONS? A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVEPhare Programme Financed by the European Commission Seminars in Sofia, Bucharest, Tirana - 21-22-23/02/1996
1996-22-02 PDF
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