IIRF Updates
From China to India to Islam: Top Scholars Address Religious Freedom in a Changing World
Volker Kauder, Dennis P. Petri, Carsten Polanz (ed.). Religionsfreiheit in Zeiten des globalen Wandels / Religious Freedom in a Changing World. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2026. ISBN 978-3-374-08047-2.
The First Right: Freedom to Religion. Freedom from Religion
IIRF has released the English-language translation of Swedish Christian leader Jacob Rudenstrand’s book
A word to the critics of the World Watch List
Schirrmacher responds to media criticism of Open Doors’ World Watch List
Internship Experience: Lorena Peña Rodríguez and the Global Study of Religious Freedom Violations
The International Institute for Religious Freedom is pleased to highlight the work of Lorena Peña Rodríguez.
Africa held conference
Scholars reflect on regulation of religion and the limits of law
International Institute for Religious Freedom
IIRF presents to South African Parliament as it listens to faith communities complaining about attempts to regulate religion
State commission seeks to curb abuse in churches by legislation, calling it “self-regulation”
Statements
Protecting Life: Nobody should be killed for their choice or expression of religion or belief
UNGA resolution on Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Protecting Life: Nobody should be killed for their choice of religion or belief
UNGA resolution Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Visit of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to Nigeria
Press release from the Christian Association of Nigeria on the visit of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to Nigeria
The appeal of Euromaidan SOS and the Religious Freedom Roundtable in Ukraine
The appeal of Euromaidan SOS and the Religious Freedom Roundtable in Ukraine regarding the attack on religious freedom during the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
IIRF Publishes Audit Statement of World Watch List 2022
The International Institute for Religious Freedom published its audit statement of Open Doors International’s World Watch List (WWL) 2022 that was released.
SOS Letter on Nigeria from Concerned Groups
The State Department’s removal of Nigeria from the designation of ‘Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC) in terms of religious freedoms The Honorable Antony BlinkenDepartment of
Religious Freedom News
The Global Imams Council publishes a Statement against the Persecution of Christians
The Global Imams Council (GIC) has published a Statement against the Persecution of Christians which we reproduce here.
“Put a stop to the enemies of freedom of religion and belief!”
The yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 were presented in Berlin today.
Speech at the Global Tolerance Alliance Abu Dhabi
Speech by Thomas Schirrmacher at the Global Tolerance Alliance Abu Dhabi (November 16, 2022)
IIRF president highlights religious freedom violations in Turkey at hearing
IIRF president Schirrmacher was among the speakers as the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing on August 14 regarding violations of religious liberty in Turkey.
Keep commissioner for religious freedom, IIRF president urges Germany
IIRF President Thomas Schirrmacher has called on the parties negotiating a new government in Germany to retain the office of the Commissioner for Religious Freedom
Turning point in Damascus: How do Christians in Syria look to the future?
An interview with His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church