Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
WEBINAR, 29 March 2023 (9AM in Tokyo): Advancing Human Security and Sustainability at the G7 Hiroshima Summit
(International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation)
WEBINAR, 29 March 2023 (12PM EDT): Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons: Reflections and Responses
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 27 March 2023
WEBINAR, 27 March 2023 (1PM ET): Public Freedoms in the Islamic State
(Yale University)
Friday, 24 March 2023
EVENT, 23-24 March 2023: The First Latin American Forum of Journalism and Religion
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2023 (2PM in Zurich): HRC52 Parallel Event | Recognising the Diversity of Yemen - Safeguarding the rights of every Yemeni to determine their religion or belief
(Jubilee Campaign USA)
Thursday, 23 March 2023
EVENT, 23 March 2023 (5:30PM in New York): Symposium on the Rise of the Nones and American Law
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
EVENT, 23 March 2023 (1PM to 5:30PM PST): Dignity in Diversity: Why religious freedom and human dignity matter, UNLV Thomas and Mack Moot Court facility
(Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)
HYBRID EVENT, 23 March 2023 (6PM ET): When Religious Liberty Divides Us – Free Exercise of Religion in the 21st Century
(University of Toledo College of Law)
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22 March 2023 (11AM ET): Tackling Human Trafficking in Africa: Catholic Sisters Share Successful Advocacy Strategies
(The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
EVENT, 21 March 2023 (10AM): Others in Their Own Land: The Baha'is in Iran (Geneva)
(Bahá’í International Community)
Monday, 20 March 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, proposals due 20 March 2023: Interdisciplinary Conference on Islamic Law in the Crucible of the Modern State: Problems and Perspectives
(University of Münster)
WEBINAR, 20 March 2023 (1PM ET): Religious Dimensions of Forced Migration
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 24 March 2023: Rescuing Democracy in Myanmar
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Thursday, 16 March 2023
WEBINAR, 16 March 2023 (7AM HST/1PM EDT): Time of prophecy: Walking in the prayers of our ancestors
(G20 Interfaith Forum, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples)
WEBINAR, 16 March 2023 (6PM): Christian Nationalism and the Borders of Political Community (Washington, DC)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR, applications due 15 March 2023: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom: Philadelphia
(Faith and Liberty Discovery Center and Religious Freedom Institute)
WEBINAR, 15 March 2023 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 March 2023: Conference on Afghanistan: Negotiating difference and pluralism in the way ahead
(University of Pittsburgh Center for Governance and Markets)
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
EVENT, 14 March 2023: Rightly Ordered Law and the Flourishing of the Human Person (Washington, DC)
(The Center for Law and the Human Person, Catholic University of America)
HYBRID EVENT, 14 March 2023 (10:30AM ET): Working Multi-Religiously for Gender Equality: Reassessing the Role of Education and Knowledge in the Digital Age (New York)
(Religions for Peace)
Friday, 10 March 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 10 March 2023 (14:00PM): Safer and Stronger Communities project: A briefing and training on security awareness and crisis management (Madrid)
(Conference of European Churches)
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
WEBINAR, 8 March 2023 (10AM ET): USCIRF Conversation: Rising Authoritarianism in ASEAN Member States
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 8 March 2023 (6PM in Montreal): Muriel V. Roscoe Lecture: Women, Religion and Peace-making - The Tipping Point
(McGill University)
WEBINAR, 8 March 2012 (12PM CT/6PM GMT): Dialogues on Journalism and Religion: Religious Extremism
(International Association of Religion Journalist)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 8 March 2023 (10AM ET): The Continued Fight for Religious Freedom in China
(Hudson Institute)
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 7 March 2023 (5PM in New York): The Supreme Court and New Frontiers in Religious Liberty
(Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law School)
HYBRID EVENT, 7 March 2023 (11:15 CET): Africa-EU partnership of equals: how can we get there? Is the Global Gateway fit for purpose? (Brussels)
(COMECE, ACT Alliance EU, AEFJN, Baha’i Community International, Caritas Europa, CIDSE, Don Bosco International, EU-CORD and World Vision EUREP)
Monday, 6 March 2023
EVENT, 6 March 2023 (5P ET): Constitution and Religion: Church and State Relations in the 21st Century (Washington, DC)
(Religious Freedom Institute, Standing for Freedom Center, Freedom and Identiy in Central Europe)
Friday, 3 March 2023
EVENT, 3 March 2023 (12PM ET): Pursuing Common Ground: How Religious Freedom is Vital for the Common Good (Washington, DC)
(Faith & Law)
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
EVENT, 27 February - 1 March 2023: Meeting of the European National Councils of Churches (Brussels)
(Conference of European Churches)
WRITING COMPETITION, submissions due 1 March 2023: Church, State & Society Writing Competition 2023
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
WEBINAR, 28 February to 2 March, 2023: 2023 Celebration of the World Interfaith Harmony Week
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 27 February 2023
WEBINAR, 27 February 2023 (7PM ET): Religion and the Legacies of Slavery | A Series of Public Online Conversations: Memory, History, and the Ethics of Reparations
(Harvard Divinity School)
Friday, 24 February 2023
APPLICATIONS OPEN, deadline 24 February 2023: School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life
(World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council, and Council for World Mission)
Thursday, 23 February 2023
EXHIBITION, 10 January – 23 February 2023: After the end of the world: Displaced persons and displaced persons camps
(United Nations Headquarters in New York City, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
WEBINAR, 23 February 2023 (2PM ET): Religicide: Examining Religious, Ethnic, and Racial Violence
(Tanenbaum, URI, G20 Interfaith Forum)
EVENT, 23 February 2023 (5:30PM in Sydney): 9th Annual Religious Liberty Lecture
(Mark Hill KC, The University of Notre Dame Australia)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
EVENT, 21 February 2023 (12:30PM EST in Washington, DC): Do Religion and Religious Freedom Impede or Enhance Security?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 17 February 2023
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 17 February 2023: Religion, Property Law, and the Crisis of Houses of Worship: A Virtual Conference
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 February 2023: Legitimate Aims and Ulterior Purposes in International Human Rights Law
(The Hertie School)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
EVENT, 11-14 February 2023: Youth Peacebuilding: Interfaith Dialogue from Theory to Practice
(Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) and A Common Word Among the Youth (ACWAY))
WEBINAR, 14 February 2023 (9AM ET): Women of Faith Peacebuilders
(International Center for Religion & Diplomacy)
Monday, 13 February 2023
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT, deadline 13 February 2023: DRL FY22 IRF Empower Youth Leaders to Advance Religious Tolerance in Nigeria
(U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 8 February 2023 (7PM ET): The Politics of Forgiveness
(Baylor in Washington, Faith & Law)
WEBINAR, 8 February 2023 (10:30AM ET): Two Years after the Coup: Religious Freedom in a Contested Burma
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT (VIRTUAL OR LIVE), 8 February 2023 (10AM EST): Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today: Findings from the PRRI and Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey
(Brookings Institution)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
EVENT, 7 February 2023 (8:30AM in New York): Multi-Religious Prayer for Peace and Compassion
(Religions for Peace and the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 February 2023 (11AM EST): Virtual IRF Roundtable with Civil Society and USCIRF Chairman Nury Turkel
(International Religious Freedom Roundtable)
Thursday, 2 February 2023
EVENT, 2 February 2023 (1PM ET): Preserving Identity in the Face of Oppression: Religious Freedom and National Identity in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Washington, DC)
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
EVENT, 31 January - 1 February 2023: IRF Summit 2023 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit 2023)
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 1 February 2023: 2023 Eastern International Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion
(Queen’s University)
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline for applications 31 January 2023: Young Scholars Fellowship on Religion and the Rule of Law, Christchurch, Oxford
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 31 January 2023: 6th Young European Law Scholars Conference ‘The Future of EU Fundamental Rights’
(Maastricht University)
EVENT, 31 January 2023: NJOHSP Houses of Worship Security Seminar (New Jersey, USA)
(New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness)
Monday, 30 January 2023
WEBINAR, 30 January 2023: Is Religious Freedom Under Threat in Ukraine?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 30 January 2023 (6PM GMT): No Peace Among Nations and Religions without Interreligious Learning and Peace Education! The Endeavours of Religions for Peace (RfP)
(with Professor Johannes Lähnemann, Oxford Interfaith Forum)
Thursday, 26 January 2023
WEBINAR, 26 January 2023 (2PM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Religious Freedom and Women’s Rights in Iran
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 26 January 2023: Protecting Houses of Worship (Maine, USA)
(U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine, U.S. Department of Justice)
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
WEBINAR, 24 January 2023 (8:30AM ET): Ninth Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs
(International Religious Liberty Association)
VIRTUAL COURSE: Virtues in the Public Square
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Friday, 20 January 2023
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline 20 January 2023: Training for Civil Society on Addressing Religion-Related Hate Crime
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
WEBINAR, 20 January 2023 (17:00 CET): Four years of impunity after dam collapse in Brumadinho
(COMECE, CIDSE, Misereor, RENSER and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights)
Thursday, 19 January 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 19 January 2023 (1:30 PM MST): The Future of Religion and Conflict
(Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University)
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
WEBINAR, 18 January 2023 (14:00 CET): Every Part of Creation Matters
(Conference of European Churches)
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
WEBINAR, 17 January 2023 (7PM in London): The Nigerian Constitution and Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Bellwether International)
Sunday, 15 January 2023
CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 15 January 2023: Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline 15 January 2023: CEC invites communicators for its 2023 Assembly in Tallinn
(Conference of European Churches)
Friday, 6 January 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due by 6 January 2023: Global Semiotics and Everyday Legal Claims - Intercultural Use of Law, Interreligious Dialogue and Translation Ethics
(Pontificia Università Antonianum)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 6 January 2023: The “global south” and liberal values in the historiography of human rights
(Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS))
Friday, 30 December 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 December 2022 (12PM EST): Congo Peace Vigil: A Global Call for Peace in the Congo
(The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Friday, 16 December 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 December 2022 (3PM in Beijing): Religions and Ecological Civilization – Harmonious Coexistence between Humans and Nature
(China Committee on Religions and Peace (CCRP) and Religions for Peace)
Thursday, 15 December 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 December 2022 (13:00 GMT): "Together with URI" Global Community Call: Human Rights
(United Religions Initiative)
WEBINAR, 15 December 2022 (10AM EST): Interreligious Perspectives on Peace and Development: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
VIRTUAL HEARING: 14 December 2022 (10:30AM ET): China’s Religious Freedom Violations: Domestic Repression and Malign Influence Abroad
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 14 December 2022 (1PM in Rome): Global Food Crisis and the Responses – A comprehensive update and discussion
(World Council of Churches and the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanism)
Monday, 12 December 2022
EVENT, 12-13 December 2022: Live Stream: G20 Interfaith Forum
(G20 Interfaith Forum, G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
EVENT, 7 December 2022 (7PM ET): 2022 Lantos Human Rights Prize Ceremony
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)
WEBINAR, 7 December 2022 (2PM in London): Inequality, injustice and violence - experiences of women from Iraq’s diverse ethnic and religious communities
(Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID))
Monday, 5 December 2022
WEBINAR, 5 December 2022 (12PM ET): The Vatican and Permanent Neutrality: A Book Discussion Addressing the Holocaust, Cold War, and Ukraine
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 1 December 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS (Publication December 2022): Inaugural Issue JSLR
(Journal of the Sociology of Law and Religion)
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
EVENT, 30 November 2022 (10:00 CET): The European Care Strategy: Responding to challenges faced by women in times of (post-)pandemic?
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE))
ESSAY COMPETITION, deadline 30 November 2022: Call for Essays: International Law and the Popular Consciousness in South Asia
(International Law and the Global South and the Research Society of International Law (Pakistan))
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
WEBINAR, 29 November 2022 (18:00 GMT+2): Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: Freedom of Religion and Belief at Stake
(Faculteit voor Protestantse Theologie & Religiestudies)
EVENT, 29 November 2022 (17:00): Legislative Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Europe (House of Commons)
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 29 November 2022 (12:00 GMT): Briefing: Impact of Census Results on Religion & Belief (England & Wales)
(Religion Media Centre)
EVENT AND LIVE STREAM, 29 November 2022 (7PM MST/ 9PM EST): Does the American Experiment Still Matter?
(Wheatley Institute)
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
HYBRID EVENT, 23 November 2022 (18:00): Ukraine: the future of ethnic and religious diversity (Oxford)
(Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
WEBINAR, 22 November 2022 (19:00 WIB): Pesantren’s Role in Religious Literacy to Prevent Conflict and to Strengthen Collaboration Between Religious Communities
(Institut Leimena)
Monday, 21 November 2022
WEBINAR, 21 November 2022 (11:30AM EST): India and the Rise of Islamophobia: Why and Why Now?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
EVENT, 15 November 2022 (9:30AM MST): Advancing religions freedom in a divided America | With Judge Thomas B. Griffith (Provo, Utah)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) and Sutherland Institute)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, due 15 November 2022: Clothed in Religion: Religion, Law, and Religious Attire/Garb
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
WEBINAR, 15 November 2022 (2PM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Crackdown on Religious Freedom in Nicaragua
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 14 November 2022
EVENT, 14-15 November 2022: Carrying Forward Drew Christiansen’s Legacy: Catholic Social Teaching, Environmental Justice, Just War, and Peacebuilding
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 11 November 2022
EVENT, 11 November 2022: Utah Faith@Work, Veteran’s Day Conference Nov. 11
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Thursday, 10 November 2022
EVENT, 10-11 November 2022: International Law and Religion Moot Court
(Brazilian Center of Studies in Law and Religion)
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
EVENT, 7-9 November 2022: Eighth Annual Conference (SEAFORB)
(Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Friday, 4 November 2022
EVENT, 3-4 November 2022: 3rd Brazilian Congress of Religious Law (Portuguese)
(Instituto Brasileiro de Direito e Religião)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 November 2022 (14:00 CEST): 8th Anniversary of #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness
(World Council of Churches)
Thursday, 3 November 2022
EVENT, 31 October - 3 November 2022: Annual Forum on Religion and Sustainable Development
(International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD))
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