Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 April 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 30 April 2021: Quaderni di Diritto e Politica Ecclesiastica no. 2/2021
(Observatory of Liberties and Religious Institutions (OLIR))
ONLINE WORKSHOP, 30 April 2021 (4:15PM CEST): Execution of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: Taking stock and thinking forward
(Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School, Middlesex University, and the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection)
Thursday, 29 April 2021
WEBINAR, 29 April 2021 (6PM London): Spirituality and Ecology: Religious Wisdom for the Future
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
WEBINAR, 29 April 2021 (4PM EDT): Black Women, Black Love: A Conversation on Marriage, Religion, and Black Families
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS (due 28 April 2021): Law, Religion, and Sustainability: The role of freedom of religion or belief in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(The 7th International Colloquium on Law and Religion)
WEBINAR, 28 April 2021 (5:30PM Brussels): CALL Talks #3 - "Remote-Working"
(Church Action on Labour and Life, European Christian Employment and Economy Network)
WEBINAR, 28 April 2021 (9AM New York/3PM Brussels): Faith & Society Webinar Series [Ep. 2] | Enhancing Civil Society Engagement with International Organizations in Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR, 29 April 2021 (12PM in Indiana): Protecting Oak Flat and other Indigenous Sacred Places
(Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Initiative)
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
WEBINAR, 27 April 2021 (9:30AM EDT / 3:30PM CEST): Families and the Sustainable Development Goals
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR, 27 April 2021 (8:30 Brussels): Working group meeting on the role of religion in European Nordic countries
(EPP group in the European Parliament)
WEBINAR, 27 April 2021 (10:30 EDT; 14:30 UCT; 16:30 South Africa): The Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Africa
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies and G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 26 April 2021
WEBINAR, 26 April (11AM EDT): Interview with Papal biographer, Austin Ivereigh—Let Us Dream: Pope Francis on Faith and Discernment in Times of Crisis
(Newman Centre of McGill University)
WEBINAR, 26 April 2021 (8PM London): E&D Webinar: Marriage Registration Changes coming into force on May 4th
(The Church of England)
WEBINAR, 26 April 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Amazon River Missionaries, Deforestation, and COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
WEBINAR, 21 April 2021 (2PM EDT): USCIRF's 2021 Annual Report Virtual Launch
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
ONLINE EVENT, 21 April 2021: The right to places of worship between plural disciplines and judicial discourse
(DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
WEBINAR, 20 April 2021 (12 noon Rome): DPIHD Biodiversity Webinar
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
WEBINAR, 14 April 2021 (10:30AM Eastern): USCIRF Conversation: New Report on Antisemitism in the OSCE Region and U.S. Policy Responses
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 14 Apri 2021 (5PM Eastern): Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State
(Religious Liberty Has Been White Too Long: Voices of Black Scholars featuring Dr. Teresa Smallwood, Dr. Anthony Pinn, Dr. Nicole Turner and Dr. David Goatley., Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
WEBINAR, 13 April 2021 (11AM EST): Keeping Faith with the Sahel--R3 and the Triple Nexus: Commitments to Integrating Peacebuilding
(Catholic Relief Services)
Monday, 12 April 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 12 April 2021 (1:30PM EDT): Religious Liberty: Where We Are and Where We're Going
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Saturday, 10 April 2021
WEBINAR, 8-10 April 2021: Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 9 April 2021
WEBINAR, 9 April 2021, 4:00 pm (GMT+2): Jehovah's Witnesses, Shunning, and Religious Liberty: The Ghent Court Decision
(Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR))
ONLINE SURVEY: Article 18 Survey on the State of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB) Worldwide
(IRF Secretariat and Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
WEBINAR, 7 April 2021 (11 AM EDT): Dalit Human Rights: Interconnected Narratives of Activism and Spirituality :A Conversation with Jyothi Raj
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
WEBINAR, 6 May 2021 2:00 pm (BRT / UTC-3): International Colloquium on Law and Religion at the 7th Law and Religion Research Meeting
(Brazilian Center of Studies in Law and Religion)
WEBINAR, 6 May 2021, (9AM New York/3PM Brussels): (Re-)Building a Post-Covid Society pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals
(Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit Webinar Series (multiple sponsors))
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
WEBINAR, 31 March 2021 (2PM Central): Together We Heal: Recognizing Female Leadership in the Pursuit of Justice
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
WEBINAR, 30 March 2021 (11AM EST): Keeping Faith with the Sahel--Virtual Round table with Sahel Religious Leaders
(Catholic Relief Services)
Monday, 29 March 2021
ONLINE CONFERENCE, 26-30 March 2021: Third International Conference on Islamophobia-Examining the Global War on Terror: Challenges, Policies, and Consequences
(Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA))
WEBINAR, 29 March 2021 (5:30 PM): HRLA & Sheridan CPD Seminar: Conversion Therapy Laws, Employment Codes of Conduct and Religious Freedom
(The Western Australian Legal Theory Association)
WEBINAR, 29 March 2021 (1PM EST): First Peoples, First Racism: a discussion with first nation and indigenous leaders
(G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
WEBINAR, 29 March 2021 (5:30PM AWST): Law and Religion Seminar
(HRLS & The Sheridan Institute of Higher Education)
Friday, 26 March 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS, due by 26 March 2021: A Sacred Covenant? Historic, Legal and Cultural Perspectives on the Development of Marital Law
(The Journal of Legal History and Northumbria University, Socio-Legal Studies Association)
Thursday, 25 March 2021
WEBINAR, 25 March 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Looking Through Gender Lenses at COVID-19's Impact: Religious and Ethical Perspectives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 25 March 2021 (12:30 EDT): Film For Women's Rights: Reframing the Narrative
(Womens' Voices Now)
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
WEBINAR, 24 March 2021, 5:00 pm (GMT): The Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
(The Coalition for Genocide Response)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2021 (10AM Central): The Road to COP26: An Intergenerational and Multilateral Conversation on Climate Justice
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2021 (11:30AM EDT): The Geopolitics of Religious Moderation in the Middle East and North Africa
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2021 (9AM EDT / 2PM CET): Faith & Society: A Global Perspective
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
Monday, 22 March 2021
WEBINAR, 22 March 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Lunch Series on Religion and Nationalism: Syria
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Saturday, 20 March 2021
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, 20 March 2021 (10AM GMT): The Solemnization of Matrimony: past, present and future
(Rebecca Probert, Nick Hopkins, Russell Sandberg, Sandra Miller, Ecclesiastical Law Society)
Thursday, 18 March 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 March 2021 (12PM EST): The Tyranny of Choice and the Interpretation of Standards: Why the European Court of Human Rights Uses Consensus
(Daniel Peat, Anne van Aake, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, NYU Journal of International Law & Politics)
WEBINAR, 18 March 2021 (4PM Eastern): The Diakonia Project: Religious Faith in Action
(Diakonia Project, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
WEBINAR, 18 March 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Reflections on Faith and Secularity in Our Global Secular Age: A Conversation with Fr. Tomáš Halík
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
WEBINAR, 17 March 2021 (2PM in Brussels): How valuable are the EU's external FoRB activities? A conversation with the EEAS
(Conference of European Churches and European Evangelical Alliance)
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
ANNOUNCING the ACLARS WEBINAR SERIES, 19 January - 16 March 2021 (14:30 UCT, 16:30 South Africa): COVID-19 in Africa: Religious Responses and Legal Implications
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
WEBINAR, 16 March 2021 (14:30 UCT): ACLARS Webinar Series--COVID-19 and the rise of poverty and social inequalities
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
SIDE EVENT via ZOOM: 16 March 2021 (2PM EST): High-level expert panel discussion on the worsening situation for women and girls caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
(UN Women Conference for 2021, International Federation for Peace & Sustainable Development (IFPSD))
WEBINAR, 16 March 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Faith and COVID Vaccination Challenges: Global Initiatives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 15 March 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline: 15 March 2021: 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions
(European Association for the Study of Religions)
WEBINAR, 15 March 2021 (11:30AM EDT): The Panorama of Religious Freedom and Practice in Cuba
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 15 March 2021 (11AM EST): Keeping Faith with the Sahel--The Role of Religious Leaders in Justice & Peace in the Sahel
(Catholic Relief Services)
WEBINAR, 15 March 2021 (14.00 GMT): Latest Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law
(Lea Raible, Aurel Sari, Ralph Wilde, Shaheed Fatima, British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
WEBINAR, 15 March 2021 (12PM EDT): The Pope's Visit to Iraq: An Historic Juncture
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 12 March 2021
WEBINAR, 12 March 2021 (12PM MST): Interfaith and LGBT Summit on Religious Liberty and Employment Nondiscrimination
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS, due by 12 March 2021: Third Volume of Women in Religion Series
(Parliament of the World’s Religions)
WEBINAR, 12 March 2021 (12PM EST): The Papacy Past and Present: Religious Soft Power and International Diplomacy: A Conversation with Timothy A. Byrnes
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 11 March 2021
DAY OF ACTION, 11 March 2021: Sacred People, Sacred Earth Day of Action
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
ROUNDTABLE, 11 March 2021 (14:00 CET): “Does the ECHR really protect the ‘right to offend, shock or disturb’? A critical assessment of the European Court of Human Right´s hate speech case law”
(Jacob Machangama, University of Central Lancashire (Cyprus) and the Erasmus+ Porgramme of the European Union)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
WEBINAR, 10 March 2021 (10:30AM EST): A Religious Minority Enslaved: Addressing the Complicity of U.S. Companies in Uyghur Forced Labor
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 10 March 2021 (1PM EST): Fratelli Tutti: Social Solidarity from Several Points of View
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 March 2021 (11:30AM CST): Inclusivity, Faith, and Belief: How to Navigate Faith and Belief in a Way that Creates a More Inclusive and Accommodating Workplace
(The Forum on Workplace Inclusion)
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
ONLINE EVENT, 9 March 2021 (2PM GMT): Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Practice: Roadmap for working together
(The Faith & Belief Forum)
WEBINAR, 9 March 2021, (15:00 GMT): The Right to Opt-out or Not: The Legal Right of Withdrawal from Religious Education in Norway
(Philosophy, Religion and Education Research Group, University of Oxford)
WEBINAR, 9 March 2021 (15:15 CET): Beyond Hirsi: The interception of migrants at sea
(Seline Trevisanut, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Andrea Saccucci, Hélène Trigoudja, The Netherlands Institut for the Law of the Sea, The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe)
Monday, 8 March 2021
WEBINAR, 8 March 2021 (5PM GMT): Turning Her Body into a Weapon of Persecution/Genocide: Rape and Sexual Violence Against Uyghur Women
(The Coalition for Genocide Response)
Friday, 5 March 2021
WEBINAR, 5 March 2021 (12PM EST): Understanding Religion and Populism
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 4 March 2021
WEBINAR, 4-6 March 2021: Limitations of religious freedom in Europe/ Part 3
(Sigmund-Neumann-Institut für Freiheits- und Demokratieforschung e.V. Dresden & Uniwersytet Wroclawski)
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
ECHR Webinars on Migration, Climate Change, European Consensus and Free Speech
(Kushtrim Istrefi, ECHR Blog)
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 2 March 2021 (10AM EST): Shahbaz Bhatti 10th Anniversary Commemoration
(Religious Freedom Institute)
WEBINAR, 2 March 2021 (3:30PM CET): Fortifying Families--Families and Migration
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR, 2 March 2021, (17:00 GMT): 'The European Court of Human Rights’ judgements and compulsory religious education in Turkey'
(Philosophy, Religion and Education Research Group, University of Oxford)
Monday, 1 March 2021
VIDEOS: Coronaspection, from the Elijah Interfaith Institute
CALL FOR PAPERS, New deadline 1 March 2021: Theme Issue on Conversion, Proselytization, Secularization
(Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, Journal of Law, Religion and State)
Friday, 26 February 2021
WEBINAR: 26 February 2021 (3 PM CET): Human rights of Baha’is – Seizure of Baha’i Properties in Ivel
(Hans Noot, WWilly Fautré - Director and Editor-in-CHans Noot, Willy Fautré, Jos Douma, Karlijn van der Voor, Björn Hoop, moderated by Myra Koomen, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Thursday, 25 February 2021
ONLINE EVENT, Thursdays in February (1:30PM EST): Voices of Black Faith Freedom
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
EVENT, 25 February 2021: European Regional Pre-Assembly for WCC 11th Assembly, Warsaw, Poland
(Conference of European Churches)
WEBINAR, 25 February 2021 (11AM MST): “The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again” with Robert D. Putnam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett
(BYU Wheatley Institution)
WEBINAR, 25 February 2021 (1:30PM SGT): A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India
(Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 February 2021 (11AM EST): FoRB Victims List and Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project Update
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH, 25 February 2021 (14:00 GMT+2/UTC+02:00): Grievous religious persecution: a conceptualisation of crimes against humanity of religious persecution (2020)
(Werner Nicolaas Nel, South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) and the International Institute for Religion Freedom)
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
WEBINAR, 24 February 2021 (11AM MST): Religious Freedom: Economics & Equality
(Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center)
WEBINAR, 24 February 2021 (4PM EST): COVID Vaccination Challenges: Ethical Imperatives and Local Realities
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University; G20 Interfaith Forum; World Faiths Development Dialogue; and the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities)
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
WEBINAR, 22 and 23 February 2021: Conference on "Religious pluralism in Spain"
(Agencia SIC)
WEBINAR, 23-26 February 2021: Integral Human Development in the Digital Age: Poverties, Migrations, Pandemics, and the Idea of a New Social Ethics
(International Institute for Ethics and Contemporary Issues and the Faculty of Social Sciences at Ukrainian Catholic University)
WEBINAR, 23 February 2021 (12:30PM EST): Religion, Identity, and Power in Turkey and the Balkans: A Conversation with Ahmet Erdi Öztürk
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR: 23 February 2021 (5PM GMT): ‘The end of the opt-out era in Belgian state schools?’
(Philosophy, Religion and Education Research Group, University of Oxford)
WEBINAR, 23 February 2021 (2PM CST): Together We Heal: Interfaith Perspectives on Loving Our Neighbors
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Monday, 22 February 2021
WEBINAR, 22 February 2021 (4PM GMT): Keeping Up the Pressure: The Role of Faith Communities in COP26
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
WEBINAR, 22 February 2021 (12:30PM EST): National Versus Transnational Secularism: Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia: A Conversation with Clemens Six
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sunday, 21 February 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 21 February 2021: The Influence, Legacy and Future of the European Court of Human Rights in the International Legal Order
(European Society of International Law)
Saturday, 20 February 2021
WEBINAR, 20 February 2021 (9AM CST): Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue | Retreat on Climate Awareness
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Thursday, 18 February 2021
WEBINAR, 18 February 2021 (12:30PM EST): Engaging with Difference, Religious Pluralism, and Building a Tolerant Civil Society: A Conversation with Adam Seligman
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 18 February 2021 (16.30 CET): Vaccination – Curse or blessing? A spiritual and theological approach to Covid-19 vaccination
(Conference of European Churches)
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
WEBINAR, 17 February 2021 (10AM EST): Building Better Together: An Interactive Conversation on the Future of Our Movement, Our Communities, and Our Work
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
WEBINAR, 17 February 2021 (1PM EST): Israel’s Religious Soft Power: A Conversation with Claudia Baumgart-Ochse
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
WEBINAR, 16 February 2021 (2PM EST): USCIRF Conversation: Engaging State and Local Government in Nigeria to Protect Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 15 February 2021
WRITING COMPETITION, deadline 15 February 2021: Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School
(Notre Dame Law School)
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