Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 26 November 2021
EVENT, 26 November 2021 (9:00 CET): Religious freedom before, during and after covid-19 between Europe and the member states
(Università degli Studi di Trieste)
Thursday, 25 November 2021
WEBINAR, 25 November 2021 (8:00 GMT/15:00 Bangkok): SEAFORB Webinar 3--What do women's rights have to do with freedom of religion or belief? Stories from women of faith in Southeast-Asia
(Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference)
WEBINAR, 25 November 2021 (10.00 CET): Strengthening the Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Western Balkans: A Roadmap for Parliamentarians
(The International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
CONFERENCE, 24 November 2021: The ECHR turns 70: Taking Stock, Thinking Forward
(Human Rights Centre Ghent University, Strasbourg Observers)
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
EVENT, 23 November 2021 (7.30PM): Ireland and the Church: where we’ve come from, where we’re going
(The Iona Institute)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22-23 November 2021: Transforming Education: Ethics Education For Learning To Live Together
(Arigatou International)
WEBINAR, 23 November 2021 (12:00 GMT/19:00 Bangkok): SEAFORB Webinar 2--International Initiatives Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference)
Saturday, 20 November 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 20 November 2021: Governments’ Legal Responses and Judicial Reactions during a Global Pandemic: Litigating Religious Freedom in the Time of COVID-19
(Journal of Church & States, Oxford Academic)
EVENT, 20 November 2021 (18:00 GMT): Interfaith Week Celebration - a concert of music, prayer & short talks
(All Faiths Network UK)
Friday, 19 November 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 19 November 2021 (10AM CET): Rules- or values-based approach? Could the EU and the ASEAN cooperate in the Indo-Pacific?
(Centre for European Policy Studies)
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
FACEBOOK VIDEO EVENT, 17 November 2021 (10:30 AM ET): Voices of Native American Faith Freedom
(Mark Charles, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
EVENT, 16 November 2021 (9AM EDT): Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism (REMVE): Global Trends and Dynamics: Looking Beyond North America and Europe
(United States Institute for Peace)
EVENT, 16 November 2021 (11:00 CET): Article 17 Dialogue Seminar on the Conference on the Future of Europe
(Article 17 Dialogue)
Monday, 15 November 2021
EVENT, 15 November 2021 (19:00 CET): EU in search of the Common Good
(Chapel for Europe)
WEBINAR, 15 November 2021 (11AM EST): Searching for Omar Ibn Said: A Conversation with Jennifer Berry Hawes and Gavin McIntyre
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Saturday, 13 November 2021
EVENT, 13 November 2021: Defender of Religious Freedom Award Ceremony
(Religious Freedom Institute)
EVENT, 11-13 November 2021: 'I Have Called You by Name': Human Dignity in a Secular World
(University of Notre Dame)
Friday, 12 November 2021
WEBINAR, 12 November 2021 (5PM EST): Afro-Pessimism and the Future of African American Religions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 11 November 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 11 November 2021: Cardus Elevate with Rt. Hon. David Johnston
(Cardus)
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
BLOG SYMPOSIUM (Book Discussion), 4-12 November 2021: David Lefkowitz’s Philosophy and International Law: A Critical Introduction (CUP, 2020)
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
WEBINAR, 17 November 2021 (12PM EST): Who Belongs at the Thanksgiving Table? Immigration, Religion, and the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Thanksgiving
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sunday, 7 November 2021
EVENT, 5-7 November 2021: Global FoRB Action Summit 2021
(21Wilberforce)
Saturday, 6 November 2021
ONLINE EVENT, 6 November 2021: Politics and Religion: A Symposium
(Sector for Cultural Dialogue Team, Portsmouth Catholic Diocese)
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
WEBINAR, 4 November 2021 (12:15PM ET): Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: What Does It Mean For Israel to be a “Jewish State”?
(Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University)
WEBINAR, 3 November 2021 (9AM ET): 2021 Interreligious Council (IRC) Development Global Webinar Series: Nurturing A Sustainable Environment
(Religions for Peace)
Sunday, 31 October 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, extended deadline 31 October 2021: Law, Religion, Health and Healing in Africa
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies and G20 Interfaith Forum)
Friday, 29 October 2021
EVENT, 28-29 October 2021: Dignidad Humana y Libertad Religiosa
(Centro Internacional de Estudios de Derecho y Religión (ICLRS), Oficina Nacional de Asuntos Religiosos del Gobierno de Chile, Centro UC de Derecho y Religión)
EVENT, 29 October 2021 (9AM CST): 4th Annual DFW Interfaith Summit
(DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
2021–22 BYU Forum Speakers
(Martin Luther King III, Reverend Doctor Andrew Teal, William Barber II, Marilynne Robinson, James Fallows, Amy Chua, Brigham Young University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 October 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Targeted Sanctions - Implications for International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 27 October 2021 (3PM PT): Remaking the Human: Technoscience, Dignity and the Meaning of Progress
(Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University)
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 26-27 October 2021: FP Digital Summit: Her Power 2021
(Foreign Policy)
Friday, 22 October 2021
WEBINAR, 22 October 2021 (4PM EDT): The Call of Creation: Responding to “A Joint Message for the Protection of Creation"
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 22 October 2021: Apache Stronghold Spiritual Convoy to the 9th Circuit Court (PDF)
(Apache Stronghold)
Thursday, 21 October 2021
EVENT, 19-21 October 2021: 3rd European Policy Dialogue Forum on Refugees and Migrants
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
WEBINAR, 21 October 2021 (3PM EDT): Community in Time of Corona
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding)
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
EVENT & LIVESTREAM BROADCAST, 18-19 October 2021: The Islamic World Today: Issues and Perspectives
(Brigham Young University)
Sunday, 17 October 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 17-18 October 2021: Parliament of the World's Religions
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Friday, 15 October 2021
APPLICATIONS OPEN (deadline 15 October 2021): Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2022: “Christ’s Love (Re)moves Borders”
(World Council of Churches)
WEBINAR, 15 October 2021 (12:30PM EDT): The Body and Religiously Motivated Social Action: A Global Look at Religion and Political Transformation
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 17 October 2021 (2PM ET): Lecture for the Order of Malta: “Understanding the Right to Religious Freedom Under the U.S. Constitution”
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Thursday, 14 October 2021
WEBINAR, 14 October 2021 (9AM MST): Cultural Heritage in Law and Diplomacy: A Roundtable Conversation
(Fletcher Initiative On Religion, Law & Diplomacy)
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
WEBINAR, 13 October 2021 (2PM ET): USCIRF Conversation: New Report on Uzbekistan’s Religious Prisoners
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Sunday, 10 October 2021
ZOOM WEBINAR, 25 October 2021 (18:30-20:00 GMT+1): Gender Perspective at the ICC: Legal Principles and Institutional Impact
(Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, The Graduate Initiative Geneva)
Saturday, 9 October 2021
EVENT, 5-9 October 2021: Ecumenical Social Week
(Institute of Ecumenical Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University, Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine, Lviv City Council)
Thursday, 7 October 2021
EVENT, 4-7 October 2021: Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue
(Religions for Peace)
VIRTUAL EVENT, September-October 2021: Voices of Hispanic and Latin American Faith Freedom
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
WEBINAR, 6 October 2021 (1PM ET): Vaccines and Workplace Religious Accommodation
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
WEBINAR, 6 October 2021 (11AM): USCIRF Conversation: Update on At-Risk Religious Communities in Afghanistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 6-8 October 2021: The History of Evangelicals and Religious Freedom
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
WEBINAR, 6 October 2021 (19:30 GMT+3): Freedom Of Religion Or Belief And Gender Equality In The Context Of SDGs
(İnanç Özgürlüğü Gİrİşİmİ Freedom of Belief Initiative)
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
EVENT, 3-5 October 2021: 28th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
EVENT, 5 October 2021 (17:00 CEST): Gnosticism and New Religions: The case of L. Ron Hubbard
(CESNUR and FoRB.PRESS)
Friday, 1 October 2021
EVENT, 1 October 2021: Religions for Peace to Be Awarded the European Culture Prize
(The European Cultural Foundation Pro Europa)
Thursday, 30 September 2021
WEBINAR, 30 September 2021 (11AM ET): USCIRF Conversation: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 27 September 2021
WEBINAR, 27 September 2021 (12PM ET): Pope Francis, Grand Imam Al-Tayyeb, and Ayatollah Al-Sistani: What Do Their Relationships Mean for Us?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 23 September 2021
EVENT, 23 September 2021 (7:30PM MDT): Richard L. Evans Memorial Lecture: "Finding My Faith" by UVU Pres. Tuminez
(Utah Valley University President Astrid S. Tuminez., Brigham Young University)
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
WEBINAR, 22 September 2021(9AM ET): 2021 Interreligious Council (IRC) Development Global Webinar Series: Promoting Peaceful, Just, And Inclusive Societies
(Religions for Peace)
WEBINAR, 22 September 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Strategies for Religious Freedom in Fragile States
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 22 September 2021 (11AM EDT): Defending Fundamental Freedoms in Cuba: Faith-Based Perspectives
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)
WEBINAR, 22 September 2021 (2PM EDT): 'The First Amendment: Where America Stands’ Survey Release
(Freedom Forum Institute)
Friday, 17 September 2021
EVENT, 17 September 2021 (3PM MDT): Constitution Day Lecture: Judge Thomas Griffith
(Brigham Young University)
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 15 September 2021: 2022 Church History Symposium--Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives
(BYU Department of Church History and Doctrine and the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
EVENT, 12-14 September 2021: G20 Interfaith Forum Italy
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Thursday, 9 September 2021
WEBINAR, 9 September 2021 (10AM EDT): Secularism and Islam in Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Sarah Wolff
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 9 September 2021 (1PM ET): The Power of Faith: Healing and Transforming Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our World
(Religions for Peace)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 September 2021 (1PM ET): Faith@Work on 9/11
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 9 September 2021 (11AM CET): Is Suspension of Pakistan’s GSP+ Status Overdue?
(In person or via YouTube, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
EVENT, 7 September 2021 (1PM Pacific): LGBT Workplace Discrimination in 2021: The Role of Religion, Race, the Closet, and Covering
(UCLA School of Law)
Monday, 6 September 2021
COURSE (online or in person), 6-9 September 2021: Conflictos éticos y religiosos en sociedades contemporáneas/Ethical and Religious Conflicts in Contemporary Societies
(Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation and the International University of Andalusia in Spain)
Sunday, 5 September 2021
EVENT, 5-10 September 2021: "The European Convention on Human Rights in Times of Crises"
(TU Dresden and Leipzig University, 2nd International Summer School "Human Rights in Theory and Practice")
Friday, 3 September 2021
WEBINAR, 3 September 2021 (4PM EDT): Global Religious and Interfaith Networks Engage Global Governance: A Conversation with Alberto Melloni
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 2 September 2021
WEBINAR, 2 September 2021 (2PM ET): The Muslim Experience in the Shadow of 9/11
(Simran Jeet Singh, Rowaida Abdelaziz, Asma Uddin, Sahar Aziz, Noreen Nasir, The Associated Press, The Conversation and Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
EVENT, 1-3 September 2021: The Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Justice
(Newcastle University)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 1 September 2021: “Religiously Motivated and Religion-Based Discrimination: Prohibition, Regulation, Exemption” (PDF)
(Bar Ilan University)
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 1 September 2021: Religious Actors & Humanitarian Norms Compliance in Armed Conflict: Roles, Influence, Engagement (PDF)
(The Generating Respect Project)
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
WEBINAR, 31 August 2021 (11AM ET, USA): USCIRF Conversation: Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in Algeria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 30 August 2021
EVENT, 30 August to 2 September 2021: #EUARE2021
(European Academy of Religion)
CALL FOR PANELISTS, 30 August-3 September, 2021: 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, Panel-Gender Law and Religion During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
(European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR))
EVENT, 30 August 2021: The London Interfaith Fun Run
Friday, 27 August 2021
EVENT, 27 August 2021: Exploring the Ecosystem of International Law: Developments in Business & Human Rights Law for Multi-Jurisdictional Corporate Accountability
(The Jindal Society of International Law and the Centre for Study of United Nations)
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
WEBINAR, 25 August 2021 (7PM London): Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – Our Service is not an Option But a Duty
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
WEBINAR, 25 August 2021 (12PM): Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
EVENT, 22-24 August 2021: Dare to Overcome: Global Intersectionality Conference
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
WEBINAR, 24 August 2021 (11AM ET, USA): Poverty and COVID-19: Challenges and Solutions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 23 August 2021
WEBINAR, 23 August 2021 (4PM BST): The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence
(The Coalition for Genocide Response)
Friday, 20 August 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22-24 August 2021: Dare to Overcome: Global Business Convention & Peace Awards (four-year global business, technology procurement, sustainable development and peace initiative)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 20 August 2021: European Perspectives on Taiwan from a Human Rights angle
(Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association)
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
WEBINAR, 18 August 2021 (11AM ET): USCIRF Conversation: New Report on Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
WEBINAR, 17 August 2021 (6PM CEST (Amsterdam): Made in the Image of God: The Role of Sacred Texts in Helping or Hindering Gender Equality
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
WEBINAR, 11 August 2021 (10AM New York): Girls' Access to Education in Bangladesh During COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
WEBINAR, 3 August 2021 (12 PM EST): A Festival of Hate: How to Defeat the Durban Strategy – A Primary Vector of 21st Century Antisemitism)
(Irwin Cotler (Canada’s Special Envoy on Antisemitism) and Ambassador Gilad Erdan (Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and the US) and others, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 3 August 2021 (9AM EDT): Addressing the Legacies of the Vietnam War: The Next Step Forward
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Friday, 30 July 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 30 July 2021: International Institute for Religious Freedom Special Issue on Refugees and FoRB
(International Institute for Religious Freedom)
CALL FOR PAPERS, Proposals due by 30 July 2021: Special Issue on “Refugees and FORB”
(International Journal for Religious Freedom)
CALL FOR PAPERS, Abstract submissions due 30 July 2021: “I Have Called You by Name: Human Dignity in a Secular World”
(de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture)
WEBINAR, 30 July 2021 (3PM Singapore): {CALS] VR#14 - Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Based on the book "Routledge Handbook of Freedom of Religion or Belief" by (Eds.) Silvio Ferrari, Mark Hill QC, Arif A. Jamal and Rossella Bottoni, Virtual Roundtables on Asian Law Series, National University of Singapore, Centre for Asia Legal Studies, Faculty of Law)
Thursday, 29 July 2021
WEBINAR, 29 July 2021 2:00 pm (EDT-US & Canada): Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Systemic Racial Challenges
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
WEBINAR, 28 July 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF & TLHRC Hearing: Ending Genocide: Accountability for Perpetrators
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
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