High Representative’s Video Message on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia
UNAOC High Representative Miguel Moratinos commemorated the International Day to Combat Islamophobia by highlighting the UNAOC's cross-cutting activities that promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue and emphasize respect for religious and cultural diversity with the aim of advancing a culture of tolerance and respect among individuals, societies, and nations.

(United Nations Alliance of Civilizations)

2024 Multi-Faith High-Level Forum: Advancing Positive Outcomes for Children, Families, and Communities
This event convened religious leaders, faith actors, development agencies, and institutions to share experiences and craft recommendations towards taking tangible actions to address critical global challenges.

Religions for Peace; United Nations Children’s Fund; Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
March 26-27, 2024 | New York City, NY

20th Annual Religion and the Law Symposium
This event will explore how faith-friendly workplaces increase recruitment, retention, and revenue.

J. Reuben Clark Law Society - Orange County Chapter
April 12, 2024 | Orange, CA

Commemoration of the 2024 World Interfaith Harmony Week And Celebration of the Golden Rule Day
This conference will gather religious leaders and other advocates from Africa and beyond to commemorate World Interfaith Harmony Week under the President of Ethiopia’s patronage.

G20 Interfaith Forum; African Union; Interfaith Alliance; Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia; United Religions Initiative
February 29, 2024 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Promoting Interfaith Dialogue and Mitigating Religious Conflicts in Indonesia

This article explores Indonesia's diverse cultural and religious landscape, highlighting the challenges and opportunities it presents. It recognizes the historical, political, economic, and geographical factors that have shaped interfaith relations and emphasizes the importance of fostering a culture of interfaith dialogue, mutual understanding, and respect. 

(Journal of Law and Social Transformation, Vol. 2, No. 1)

Promoting Peace and Stability in the Americas through Religious Freedom

This analysis essay explores how authoritarian governments in South America have increasingly viewed religious actors as threats to their regime’s survival and tried to control or crush independent religious activity and argues that Western Hemisphere nations need to increase protection of human rights.

(United States Institute of Peace)

Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: Gender as a Lens and a Force and Factor for Change

The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: Exploring with a Gender Lens
This report explore the manner and extent that both latent and manifest gender roles are reflected in the approach to the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative and its management. By probing this often-neglected dimension of partnership and action, the aim is to gain insights and develop ideas to better face the challenges involved in protecting threatened rainforests.

Interfaith Action to Protect Global Rainforests: What Do We Know about Gender as a Force and Factor for Change?
This review focuses on the intersections between religion, gender, and climate change in three rainforest regions: The Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. Three issues emerge as critical for the review: the roles of interfaith initiatives, the global-local dimensions at play, and special roles of indigenous communities.

(Religions for Peace; World Faiths Development Dialogue)

Empathy and Shaken Dialogue in the Aftermath of October 7

Senior Research Fellow Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Dr. Karma Ben-Johanan reflected on empathy and the shaken state of dialogue following the events of October 7, 2023.

Katherine Marshall on Challenging Discussions at the UN Human Rights Council

Writing for the UNA-NCA, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall reflects on discussions during the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the challenges involved in translating core principles of human rights into practice in our deeply polarized world.