From September 10 to September 12, we invite selected parliamentarians from Southeast Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa to the 6th IPPFoRB Academy, taking place at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford.
IPPFoRB and ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) are co-organizing "Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB): 2024 Parliamentarians Regional Conference in Southeast Asia." The conference will be held in Jakarta on 24-25 August 2024 and attended by Southeast Asian MPs, representatives from FoRB violations survivors, and FoRB experts and advocates.
Join us during Kristiansand Democracy Week. On May 4th, the Kristiansand Interfaith Dialogue will take place in Kristiansand, Norway, offering a platform for engaging discussions on the intersection of freedom of speech, hate speech, and the promotion of religious beliefs as human rights. Engage in enriching dialogues and cultural experiences that aim to bolster democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression!
APHR and IPPFoRB are co-organizing the launch of the Final Fact-Finding Mission Report and Toolkit for Parliamentarians to Promote an Inclusive Malaysian Society through the UPR Process on 20 March 2024 at Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Malaysia.
With great pleasure, we extend a warm invitation to both former and current parliamentarians, as well as pertinent civil society actors from the Southeast Europe region, to join us for the inaugural event of the Southeast Freedom of Religion or Belief (SEE FoRB) network.
A workshop will be conducted prior to the launch day.
Parliamentarians from different countries in Latin America are invited to the IPPFoRB Academy 2023, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Details regarding registration and the Academy's program will be made available shortly on this page and across IPPFoRB's social media channels.
Official side-event to the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, organized by PIN, IRI, and IPPFoRB.
We warmly invite members of the Ghanaian parliament to an exclusive webinar on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and its connection with the right to education. Scheduled for November 27th from 10:00 to 11:30 Ghana time. Session facilitated by Dr. Mine Yildirim (Freedom of Belief Initiative - Turkey).
Join us for a workshop by IPPFoRB and Humanists International, tailored for South Asia's relevant stakeholders on freedom of religion or belief. This two-day workshop welcomes diverse regional actors – from parliamentarians and policymakers to judicial representatives and civil society members.
The consultation aims to determine the level of support for establishing a regional network and discuss the potential form of regional collaboration and future steps.
Participation in the event is by invitation only.
From 1 – 4 May 2023 the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) will organise the International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).
The aim of these workshops is to introduce the IPPFoRB competence-building activities to new MPs, share experiences about how successful (or not) the strategies devised in Oxford have been, discuss more in detail additional challenges MPs encountered in their work to advance freedom of religion or belief.
In September 2022, the IPPFoRB brought a small group of parliamentarians from Indonesia, Malaysia, Ghana and Malawi for the IPPFoRB Academy in Oxford. During the intense 3 days of training, participants discussed the right to freedom of religion or belief and its intersection with other rights, such as the right to education and women’s rights. Towards the end of the training, MPs identified tools and strategies they could adopt in their work in the respective countries and drafted action plans.
Building on this experience, IPPFoRB is convening a digital workshop with the participation of a broader group of parliamentarians from Southeast Asia and Africa. The goal of the workshop is to introduce the IPPFoRB competence-building activities to new MPs, share experiences about how successful (or not) the strategies devised in Oxford have been, to discuss more in detail additional challenges MPs encountered in their work to advance freedom of religion or belief and learn from similar examples from other countries. Finally, the last part of the workshop will focus on developing a plan for future steps.
Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. For more information, please contact us at contact@ippforb.com
With a focus on four countries in the Western Balkans - Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia - this workshop brings together parliamentarians and select civil society actors to connect and deliberate on cooperation across the region for advancing the right to religion or belief for all.
This IPPFoRB panel brings together parliamentarians and faith leaders who have dedicated their lives to reaching across divides and building coalitions to promote a more just and inclusive world, where all individuals can enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms.
This High-Level Dialogue will explore how climate change exposes, accentuates and reinforces existing inequalities. If we are to ensure that ‘no one is left behind’, it is important to ensure that mitigation and adaptation efforts take account of the needs of marginalised communities, including religious or belief communities and indigenous peoples around the world.
This Dialogue will provide parliamentarians, faith leaders and influencers and civil society space to look together at the relationship between FoRB and health in greater detail. It will explore the role that each can play in addressing the different experiences religious/belief communities have had through the pandemic and the biases that exist in health care access and resourcing.
This Dialogue will explore how parliamentarians and religious and belief leaders can navigate this politicised environment and in so doing better understand the role that they can play in ensuring the freedom of all individuals to express themselves, including in relation to religion or belief, while at the same time protecting against incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.
With a focus on four countries in the Western Balkans region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia), IPPFoRB together with Dr Mine Yildirim (author of the report) launches the ‘Strengthening the Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Western Balkans: A Roadmap for Parliamentarians’.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination and UNESCO’s International Day of Tolerance on 16 November, this High Level Dialogue will explore how we can achieve inclusive and equitable quality education for all regardless of their religion or belief.
Alongside International Day of the Girl (11 October) and International Rural Women’s Day (15 October), this High-Level Dialogue provides an opportunity for determining how we can confidently build communities in which all people, regardless of their gender, can thrive.
On the anniversary of ‘Global Goals Week’, this High-Level Dialogue provides an opportunity for parliamentarians and faith and belief leaders to engage with expert speakers and practitioners and to reflect on these questions within their own contexts.
In this webinar, panellists will reflect on their unique experiences of working with regional, national, and supranational legislative bodies to fight religious persecution in the Middle East and beyond.
Side-event at the International Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom and Belief 2020
Together with the African Parliamentarians Association for Human Rights (AfriPAHR), we organized the Freedom of Religion or Belief Consultation and Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya from 7 to 8 February 2020 with parliamentarians from Kenya and neighbouring countries.
The Consultation and Workshop in Accra, Ghana introduced parliamentarians in West Africa to the Freedom of Religion or Belief Leadership Network (FoRBLN) project and consulted with them to identify challenges, opportunities and relevant stakeholders for freedom of religion or belief in the country and regional context of Africa.
Together with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), we organized our third high-level conference on freedom of religion or belief took place in Singapore, 30-31 October 2019.
From 2 to 4 September 2019, we organized our second IPPFoRB Academy with parliamentarians from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Malaysia, Macedonia, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
Held for the first time in Oxford, United Kingdom, the IPPFoRB Academy 2018 was a three-day residential training program to build capacity and knowledge of parliamentarians on freedom of religion or belief and other human rights.
Workshop for Parliamentarians from the Balkans and South Caucasus to discuss issues pertaining to the Freedom of Religion or Belief within the two regions.
