Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers
pour la Liberté de Conscience
(CAP Freedom of Conscience)
NGO with ECOSOC consultative status at the United Nations
Registration on EU Transparency Register 628479527756-78
Civil society platform of Fundamental Rights created by the EU FRA
French non-benefit association register : W751082307
Member : European Federation for Freedom Of Belief – FOB
Member : Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations – ConGo
Advisory Board : International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue
Advisory committee : New Generation Uniting Nations
2024 Friends of Falun Gong Human Rights Award
DAFOH Partners in Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting
Contact : contact@coordiap.com
phone : +336 70 66 04 42
CAP Liberté de Conscience – 117, rue de Charenton – 75012 – France
What is “Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience” (CAP Freedom of Conscience)?
CAP Freedom of Conscience is a secular European NGO with United Nations Consultative Status, created in 1995 and dedicated to protect the Right of Freedom of Religion and Belief.
CAP Freedom of Conscience combats all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief by alerting European and International bodies.
CAP Freedom of Conscience collects testimonies of discrimination and human rights violations affecting religious or belief communities in order to disseminate them to international bodies, and in order to raise awareness and inform them as well as to generate debate on the protection of Freedom of Religion and Belief.
CAP Freedom of Conscience also advocates for any religious or spiritual group facing discrimination to have their right to Freedom of Religion and Belief recognized.
CAP Freedom of Conscience is a member of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief (FOB), European Network Of Religion and Belief (ENORB) and participate to the Civil Society Platform of Fundamental Rights created by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.
CAP LC General Assembly report 2021
CAP FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE SUPPORT :
FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU
https://www.forbroundtable.org/
The FoRB Roundtable Brussels-EU is an informal group of individuals from civil society who gather regularly to discuss FoRB issues on a non-attribution basis. It is simply a safe space where participants gather, speak freely in sharing ideas and information, and propose joint advocacy actions to address specific FoRB issues and problems globally.
Deterioration of the Situation of Konstantin Rudnev in Argentina and the Risks of Transnational Repression
United for Human Rights and CAP LC submitted this joint written statement during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June – 10 July 2026) under Agenda Item 3, updating the Council on the deteriorating situation of Russian spiritual teacher Konstantin Rudnev, currently detained in Argentina, and exposing the risks of transnational repression.
HRC 62 Written Statement : The Misuse of Tax Systems Against Spiritual Communities and the Two Covenants
CAP LC submitted this written statement during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June – 10 July 2026) under Agenda Item 3, drawing the Council’s attention to a global pattern of misuse of taxation as a tool to target, stigmatize, or weaken spiritual and religious minorities.
HRC 62 Written Statement : Discrimination against “ArtExtasia” and the Need to Protect Artistic Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Freedom of Religion
United for Human Rights and CAP LC submitted this joint written statement during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June – 10 July 2026) under Agenda Item 3, drawing the Council’s attention to a growing pattern of discrimination affecting ArtExtasia, a Budapest-based artistic collective whose members include students of MISA, the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute.
HRC 62 Written Statement : Escalation from Discrimination to Violence against Members of the Christian Gospel Mission (Providence)
CAP LC submitted this written statement during the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June – 10 July 2026) under Agenda Item 3, updating the Council on the escalating situation facing members of the Christian Gospel Mission (CGM), also known as Providence, in the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (Province of) China.
HRC 62 Snow Leopard and the CKU Railway: A Human Rights Council Side Event on Climate, Biodiversity, and the Right to a Healthy Environment
CAP Liberté de Conscience, Global Human Rights Defence, and United Village co-hosted a side event at the Palais des Nations during HRC 62 on the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway and its impact on snow leopard habitat and high-mountain ecosystems in Kyrgyzstan. Speakers including Gary Cartwright (EU Today) and Sascha Fass (former Danish MP) called for full publication of Environmental Impact Assessments, independent ecological review, and EU GSP+ leverage to ensure transparency, public participation, and protection of the right to a healthy environment.
HRC 62 side event : Forced Conversions and Minority Women in Pakistan: A Human Rights Emergency
CAP Liberté de Conscience and Global Human Rights Defence co-hosted a side event at the Geneva Press Club during HRC 62 on forced religious conversions and minority women in Pakistan. MEPs, human rights defenders, and minority representatives examined abduction patterns, child marriage, blasphemy laws, and EU GSP+ leverage. Speakers called for enforcement of existing laws, independent investigations, education reform, and international accountability to protect Hindu, Christian, and Sikh girls from coercion and exploitation.