Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
EVENT, 12 December 2023: Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees (Geneva, Switzerland)
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 11 December 2023
EVENT, 11-12 December 2023: Workshop: The changing faces of nationalism in Central- and Eastern Europe
(Cambridge Interfaith Programme)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 11 December 2023: Combating Hate Speech in Sport
(Council of Europe)
EVENT, 11 December 2023 (6PM GMT): Honouring the Uyghur People Seeking Accountability Amidst the Uyghur Genocide on the 75th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention (London, UK)
(Religious Liberty Initiative, University of Notre Dame Law School)
Thursday, 7 December 2023
EVENT, 7 December 2023 (6PM CET): Conference on Laudate Deum and the EU’s Green Transition (Brussels, Belgium)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 December 2023 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Religious Minorities and Governance in Iraq
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
ONLINE COURSE: Exploring Religion
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 December 2023 (13:00 CET): Seeking and serving the truth? What role do Churches play in Misinformation & Disinformation?
(World Council of Churches)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 December 2023 (9AM EDT): Interfaith Responses to Gender-Based Violence: A Fireside Chat
(Religions for Peace)
Monday, 4 December 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 December 2023 (3:30 PM Brussels): The Future of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Rights
(Andrea Benzo, Nazila Ghanea, and Jack N. Gerard, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Friday, 1 December 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 1 December 2023: Conference on Religious Freedom in South Africa with the theme: Freedom of Religion or Belief in a Democracy
(International Institute for Religious Freedom)
Thursday, 30 November 2023
EVENT, 28-30 November 2023: International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference (Prague, Czechia)
(International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA))
EVENT, 30 November 2023 (2PM CEST): Fundamental Rights of Religious and Spiritual Minorities in the European Union (European Parliament)
(MEP Maxette Pirbakas)
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
EVENT, 29 November 2023 (5:30PM): Religious Freedom in Cuba and Nicaragua (Prague, Czechia)
(People in Need, IRI, IPPFoRB)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 29 November 2023 (8AM MST): Diplomacy, Geopolitics, and Global Orthodox Christianity: Launching a New Policy Brief
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
VIRTUAL COURSE, November - December 2023: Religious Engagement in Peacebuilding (Instructor-Led)
(The United States Institute of Peace)
WEBINAR, 28 November 2023 (11AM ET): USCIRF Conversation: Threats to Religious Sites in Turkey
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Thursday, 23 November 2023
WEBINAR, 23 November 2023 (16:00 CET): Pathways to Peace: Webinar on Freedom of Religion and Belief
(Conference of European Churches)
Monday, 20 November 2023
EVENT, 20 November 2023 (5PM): Building FoRB through Faith-and-Belief Friendly Workplaces (London, UK)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Sunday, 19 November 2023
WEBINAR, 19 November 2023 (9AM ET): Touro Talks: Artificial Intelligence and Antisemitism
(Touro University)
Thursday, 16 November 2023
WEBINAR, 16 November 2023 (12PM ET): Thirty Years of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
(Senator James Lankford, Eric Baxter, Christopher Bates, Jennie Bradley Lichter, Matt Sandgren, Orrin G. Hatch Foundation)
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
WEBINAR, 15 November 2023 (9:15AM GMT+1): An Interfaith Week Celebration: Putting the spotlight on interfaith activism (for Secondary Schools in the UK)
(The Faith & Belief Forum)
REQUESTS FOR QUOTES, deadline 15 November 2023: 1) Illicit Finance Laws and Religious Freedom; 2) Early Warning Signs Indicated by Religious Persecution
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 November 2023 (10AM ET US & Canada, 15:00 UTC, 17:00 South Africa): Honouring the late Prof. Johan D. van der Vyver, his life and legacy
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
HYBRID EVENT, 15 November 2023 (2PM ET): Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Hong Kong
(Hudson Institute)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
WEBINAR, 14 November 2023 (15:00 GMT+1): Changing Hearts and Minds: Uganda and Nigeria in the Fight Against HIV Stigma
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 13 November 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 13-14 November 2023: Human Dignity and Rule of Law for a Peaceful and Inclusive Society
(Institut Leimena)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 13 November 2023 (12PM ET): On the Significance of Religion for the Sustainable Development Goals
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 9 November 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 November 2023 (9AM CST): RPLP Fellows Meeting: “Government Religious Preference and Intrastate Conflict”
(Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University)
EVENT, 9 November 2023 (6:30PM ET): Religious Freedom for All (Sanford, FL, USA)
(Seminole State College of Florida)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 November 2023 (3:30PM ET): Religious Freedom in the Sahel Region of Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 8-9 November 2023: African Union Interfaith Dialogue Forum General Assembly (Kigali, Rwanda)
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 November 2023 (17:00hrs in South Africa): Freedom of Religion under Threat
(YouTube Video, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) and Word of Faith Christian Centre)
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
EVENT, 8 November 2023 (12:30PM ET): Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience
(Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government, University of Notre Dame)
Monday, 6 November 2023
EVENT, 6 November 2023: Freedom for Faith 2023 National Conference (Village Church Annandale, NSW, Australia)
(Freedom for Faith)
EVENT, 6 November 2023: Religions on War and Peace (Rome, Italy)
(The Luiss Religions in Dialogue Forum)
Friday, 3 November 2023
EVENT, 3 November 2023: Christian Theology and the Dialogue with Islam
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 1 November 2023: Theology and Jurisprudence Symposium
(School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland)
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 31 October 2023 (9:30 ET): The International Religious Freedom Act at 25
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Monday, 30 October 2023
HYRBID EVENT, 30 October 2023 (5PM MT): Dialogue: What can we learn about bridging divides in America today? (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
(BYU Law, The University of Utah, Equality Utah, 1st Amendment Partnership, Fairness For All Initiative, Braver Angels, Tolerance Means Dialogues)
Sunday, 29 October 2023
CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 29 October 2023: Advocacy of Hatred Based on Religion or Belief - Transformative Responses
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Thursday, 26 October 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 26 October 2023 (9AM CST): RPLP Fellows Meeting: The Born Again Dyula: Between Religious Conversion and Ethnic Allegiance in Cote-d’Ivoire
(Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University)
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 26 October 2023: What can we learn about bridging divides in America today?
(BYU Law, The University of Utah, Equality Utah, 1st Amendment Partnership, Fairness For All Initiative, Braver Angels, Tolerance Means Dialogues)
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
EVENT, 24 October 2023 (2PM ET): 2023 Lantos Prize Ceremony (Washington, DC, USA)
(The Lantos Foundation)
Monday, 23 October 2023
EVENT, 23 October 2023 (3PM ET): 25th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act (Washington, DC, USA)
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 23 October 2023: Arab Region Dialogue Initiatives
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Sunday, 22 October 2023
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline 22 October 2023: Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy (New York, USA)
(Interfaith Center of New York)
Friday, 20 October 2023
VIRTUAL SUMMIT, 19-20 October 2023: Global Youth Summit for FoRB: “Toward a Future of Social Harmony.” Connect & collaborate with FoRB champions and rising stars from around the globe
(First Freedom, IRFBA, and Boat People SOS)
ONLINE COURSE: Using Interreligious Dialogue to Reduce Religiophobia
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Thursday, 19 October 2023
WEBINAR, 19 October 2023 (11:30AM ET): The Religious Freedom Restoration Act at Thirty
(The Center for the Study of Law and Religion and Canopy Forum)
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
WEBINAR, 18 October 2023 (12PM ET): Halal Preferences and Food Insufficiency among American Muslims
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
EVENT, 17 October 2023 (6PM): Securing Religious Freedom: Why British Leadership on FoRB Should Be Written into Law (London, UK)
(Marc Sidwell, Malcolm Evans, Fabio Petito, Mervyn Thomas, and Fiona Bruce, The Henry Jackson Society)
Sunday, 15 October 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 October 2023: Copyright in Islamic Law
(İstanbul Araştırma ve Eğitim Merkezi)
Friday, 13 October 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 13 October 2023 (3:30PM GMT+2): Challenges Facing Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Rights: Strategies to Strengthen the Human Rights Architecture
(with H.E. Ms. Ismat Jahan and Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Thursday, 12 October 2023
EVENT, 12 October 2023: Celebrate Religious Freedom Gala (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
(Hardwired Global)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 12 October 2023 (11AM ET): Book Launch on “The Significance of Religion in Human Rights and the SDG’s”
(Religions for Peace and Routledge, Religions Matters)
WEBINAR, 12 October 2023 (2PM EST): Climate Change and The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
EVENT, 11 October 2023 (3PM ET): Competing Understandings of Islamic Codes Pertaining to Women in the Arab World (Washington, DC, USA)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 6 October 2023
EVENT, 18 November 2023: Religious Freedom Symposium (Topeka, KS, USA)
(Washburn University)
Thursday, 5 October 2023
EVENT, 5 October 2023 (14:00): Addressing Anti-Religious Hate Crime in the OSCE Area (Warsaw, Poland)
(Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE))
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 October 2023 (10 AM ET): The Faith Factor in Climate
(PRRI)
EVENT, 13 October 2023 (4PM ET): Religious Liberty, Courage, and the Necessity of Leadership (Notre Dame, IN, USA)
(Michael Pompeo, University of Notre Dame)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
EVENT, 3 October 2023 (9AM to 4PM ET): Commemorating RFRA & IRFA: Why Religious Freedom Remains Vital to U.S. Law and Policy (Washington, DC, USA)
(Religious Freedom Institute)
EVENT, 3 October 2023: 6th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom (Dallas, Texas, USA)
(DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 1-3 October 2023: South Asia Regional Workshop on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Bangkok)
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
30th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, 1-3 October 2023: Protecting the Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Provo, Utah, USA)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)
Sunday, 1 October 2023
EVENT, 1-5 October 2023: Religion & the Cultures of Democracy: Community and Critique (Charlottesville, VA, USA)
(The University of Virginia)
Saturday, 30 September 2023
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline for responses 30 September 2023: 2024 ACLARS Conference Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS))
Friday, 29 September 2023
SURVEY, deadline 29 September 2023: The status and experience of the rights and responsibilities to religious freedom within the faith communities of South Africa
(CRL Rights Commission)
RESEARCH SOLICITATION, deadline 29 September 2023: Examination of Antisemitism in the OSCE Region
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
HYBRID EVENT, 29 September 2023 (9:30AM ET): OAS Dialogue - Freedom of Conscience, Religion or Belief and Pluralism (Washington, DC, USA)
(OAS Department of Social Inclusion)
Thursday, 28 September 2023
EVENT, 28 September 2023: The Black Church & Religious Freedom Conference
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
EVENT, 27-29 September 2023: UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna 1993 – Strengthening Imperatives 30 Years After (Vienna)
(The University of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
EVENT, 26 September 2023 (6PM CT): 2023 Benac Human Dignity for All Lecture (Dallas, TX, USA)
(Featuring Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein, and President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice Katrina Lantos Swett, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth and DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)
Monday, 25 September 2023
EVENT, 25 September 2023 (14:00 CEST): UN Human Rights Side Event: The Targeting of Minority Communities – From Hate Crime to Atrocity Crimes
(International Bar Association, Coalition for Genocide Response, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Physicians for Human Rights)
Friday, 22 September 2023
EVENT, 22 September 2023 (12:30PM ET): Constitution Day Panel: "Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses"
(de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame)
EVENT, 22 September 2023 (12PM ET): Bioethical Challenges and Exploiting Nascent Human Beings (Washington, DC, USA)
(Faith & Law)
Thursday, 21 September 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 21 September 2023 (9AM ET): Engaging Youth in the Abolition of All Forms of Racism from a Faith Perspective to Achieve a Sustainable Future for All
(Religions for Peace, the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), and the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA))
HYBRID EVENT, 21 September 2023, (6:30PM ET): Religious Identity & University Discourse
(With Najeeba Syeed, Saginaw Valley State University)
HYBRID EVENT, 21 September 2023 (12:30PM EST): 2023 Kofi Annan Briefing: The Radical Catalyst of Faith: Driving Civil Society Contributions to the SDGs (New York City, NY, USA)
(Religions for Peace; Members of the Multi-Faith Advisory Council to the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Development)
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 20 September 2023 (9:30AM ET): Innovative Intra- and Inter-faith Peacebuilding: Pursuing Freedom of Religion or Belief for the realization of the SDG 2030 Agenda and beyond (New York City, NY, USA)
(Search for Common Ground, The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, Faith to Action Network, Tearfund, Mensen Meet Een Missie)
EVENT, 20 September 2023 (9:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Advancing Religious Freedom within the U.S. - India Bilateral Relationship (Washington, DC, USA)
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
EVENT, 19 September 2023 (6PM ET): Constitution Day: Freedom from religion or freedom for religion?
(Hauenstein Center, Grand Valley State University)
EVENT, 19 September 2023 (4:15 ET): Book Panel with Author: "The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India" (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
(The Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University)
Monday, 18 September 2023
ONLINE and IN-PERSON EVENT, 18 September 2023 (9.00-12:30 CEST) / Register by 14 September): Dialogues on Religious Minorities
(Presenters: Silvio Ferarri, Ilaria Valenzi, Kyriaki Topidi, Toesse Bottoni, Roberto Toniatti, Mattia Zeba, FBK-ISR)
EVENT, 18-19 September 2023: International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion (Milan, Italy)
(European Academy of Religion)
HYBRID EVENT, 18 September 2023 (1:30PM EST): Inspiring Faith, Hope, and Transformative Action to Accelerate Progress Towards the SDGs (New York City, NY, USA)
(Religions for Peace; Act Alliance, Arigatou International; Baha'i International Community; KAICIID; International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development; World Vision)
Thursday, 14 September 2023
WEBINAR, 14 September 2023 (10AM EDT): Can Interreligious Engagement Be a Realistic Tool for Diplomacy and Peacebuilding?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University and Italian Institute for International Political Studies)
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 13 September 2023 (18:00): Is it possible to defend religious freedom from a rationalist and secular position? (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(El Consejo Argentino para la Libertad Religiosa (CALIR))
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 12 September 2023 (9:30AM ET): Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Friday, 8 September 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 8 September 2023 (12 PM ET): Debrief for the Jewish Community
(Twitter, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism)
Thursday, 7 September 2023
WEBINAR, 7 September 2023 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Vietnam: Challenges and Opportunities for Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 6 September 2023 (11AM ET): Building religious freedom for all: Combatting antisemitism and all forms of religious discrimination
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule
(Editors Abbas Aghdassi and Aaron Hughes)
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
EVENT, 5-7 September 2023: Shaping World Peace and Sustainable Development through Interfaith Harmony (India)
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 4 September 2023
EVENT, 4 September 2023 (2:30PM): Aston Cantlow v Wallbank – Lecture by Mark Hill KC (Warwickshire, England)
(Aston Law School)
EVENT, 4-6 September 2023: Freedom. Interreligious. Intercultural (Bologna)
(Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE))
Friday, 1 September 2023
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, due 1 September 2023: The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion
(The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Columbia University)
Thursday, 31 August 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 31 August 2023: Migration, Law, and Religion/Culture
(Journal of Law, Religion and State, Bar-Ilan University School of Law and Reichman University)
Monday, 28 August 2023
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 28 August 2023: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act at Thirty; Free Speech, Religious Accommodation, and Affirmative Action in the U.S Supreme Court
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
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