2009
 
April 15, 2009 - European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium) 2009-04-15
 
Conference: 10th Anniversay of Falun Gong in China
 
Organizers: Vice-President of the European Parliament, Edward McMillan-Scott
 
Guest-speaker: The Universal Periodic Review and China: An assessment of the Coverage of Religious Freedom
 
 
February 13, 2009 - European Commission in Brussels (Belgium) 2009-02-15
 
Conference: Capacity-building seminar for Cambodian Civil Society
 
Organizers: European Commission
 
Guest-speaker: Transnational Advocacy in International Politics
 
 
2008

December 2, 2008 - European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium) 2008-12-02
 
Conference: Human Rights in China After the Olympics and Before the Universal Periodic Review
 
Organizers: MEP Istvan Szent-Ivanyi and Human Rights Without Frontiers
 
Guest-speaker: Religious Freedom in China in 2008

October 6-8, 2008 - Warsaw (Poland) 2008-10-06  2008-10-07  2008-10-08

Conference: OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

Organizers: OSCE/ ODIHR

Guest-speaker: Presentation of three contributions

Religious intolerance in the OSCE space
Freedom of religious assembly in the OSCE space
Belgium: Assessment of the fight against human trafficking


September 4, 2008 - Paris / UNESCO (France)

Conference: 61st Annual DPI/ NGO Conference "Reaffirming Human Rights for All: The Universal Declaration at 60"

Organizers: United Nations

Guest-speaker: Critical analysis of the UN Universal Periodic Review


September 1-2, 2008 - Geneva / United Nations (Switzerland)  2008-09-01

Conference: Regional Perspectives on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace and Human Rights

Organizers: Interreligious International Federation for World Peace

Guest-speaker: Interfaith cooperation on religious freedom issues: A European perspective


June 25, 2008 - Brussels / European Parliament (Belgium) 2008-06-25

Conference: The Uyghur Issue/ Tribute to Rebeiya Kadeer

Organizers: ALDE Political Group & Human Rights Without Frontiers

Speaker: In the shadow of the Olympic limelight, 400 000 Uyghur girls and young women are torn away from their families and deported from rural areas in West China to factories in East China


June 11, 2008 - Brussels / European Parliament (Belgium) 2008-06-11

Conference: Assyrians in Iraq

Organizers: Assyria Council in Europe

Speaker: Is there a future for minority communities in Iraq?


May 20-21, 2008 - Kiev (Ukraine)   2008-21-05

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: A critical
and constructive look at religious intolerance in France and in Belgium


March 5, 2008 - European Parliament (Brussels)   2008-05-03 Brussels

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

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 PDF

Willy Fautré