IIRF Updates

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”

Two researchers related to the International Institute for Religious Freedom receive awards
New research awards for research on religious freedom and persecution of Christians

IIRF Director teaches at the UN University for Peace on “Perspectives of Religion and Society”
Dr. Dennis P. Petri was appointed as a Visiting Professor at the UN University for Peace (UPEACE) to teach the postgraduate course “Perspectives of Religion and Society”.

Democracy, Authoritarianism and Religious Freedom
IIRF Research Fellow Dr. Camila Sánchez-Sandoval published an article in the German Protestant news agency IDEA.
Statements
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The Sahel Conflict’s Impact on Religious Freedom and Political Economy
In the context of the collaboration between the IIRF and the School of International Relations of the ULACIT, students developed an analysis of the relationship between religious freedom and development.

The Impact of Religious Freedom on Social Stability
In the context of the collaboration between the IIRF and the School of International Relations of the ULACIT, students developed an analysis of the relationship between religious freedom and development.

Heads of USCIRF and IIRF in Discussion about Antisemitism
Bishop Thomas Paul Schirrmacher meets Rabbi Abraham Cooper in Berlin

Mortal enmity towards all Jews long before the founding of the state of Israel
Panel discussion in Brauweiler Abbey on anti-Semitism to mark the anniversary of the end of the Second World War on 8 May 1945

Religious dialogue is essential
Schirrmacher speaks in the German Bundestag at the hearing on the situation of freedom of religion or belief

United Nations Human Rights Council includes ORFA´s submission in report about Nigeria
The ORFA, a partner organization of the IIRF, submitted a report for the UN Universal Periodic Review on Nigeria and is included in the document.