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 DAFOH Partners in Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting

HRC 58 Side-event : Human Rights In Tunisia

HRC 58 Side-event : Human Rights In Tunisia

On 18 February 2025, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk urged the Tunisian authorities to cease all forms of persecution against political opponents and to respect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, while several UN experts have repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of sub-Saharan migrants.

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The Situation of Bahá’ís in Egypt: The Case of Systematic Discrimination  and the EU’s Response to the Human Rights Issue

The Situation of Bahá’ís in Egypt: The Case of Systematic Discrimination and the EU’s Response to the Human Rights Issue

European Parliament member Per Clausen in the Written Question (E-000676/2025) submitted the 13th February highlighted a diplomatic lever: Egypt’s  macro-financial assistance from the European Commission is linked with human rights guarantees. The crux of the matter  is this: What are the concrete measures that the EU is going to use in order to make Egypt  undo the 1960 discriminatory decree?

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HRC 58 Written Statement : Religious Freedom Under Scrutiny: Shincheonji’s Canceled Event Raises Concerns in South Korea

HRC 58 Written Statement : Religious Freedom Under Scrutiny: Shincheonji’s Canceled Event Raises Concerns in South Korea

In a written statement presented to the Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council recently We highlighted an issue regarding religious freedom infringement linked to the Shincheonji Church, in South Korea.

A situation arose regarding a gathering scheduled for October 29th to 31st in the year 2024 at Imjingak Pyeonghwa Nuri Park, in Paju area in South Korea. Shincheonji is the group behind the event and has faced criticism for its beliefs in the past; however this time they obtained all the required permits and paperwork to use the venue legally. The event was expected to attract, about 100 000 attendees and involved a commitment of approximately $7 Million.

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Religious Persecution and Human Rights: UN Report Examines Torture and Religious Freedom

Religious Persecution and Human Rights: UN Report Examines Torture and Religious Freedom

In the  report “Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Prohibition of  Torture”, the UN Special  Rapporteur Nazila Ghanea looks at how religious persecution is linked with human  rights  violations. The study which was discussed at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council and later made  news by European Times News, focuses on how religious prejudice can lead to institutional violation.

 The focus of  the report is on the connection between coercion and religious freedom. According to European Times  News,  Ghanea said, “Not all forms of coercion reach the threshold of torture or ill-treatment,  but all forms of torture  committed on persons on the basis of their religion or belief constitute coercion.”

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CAP Freedom of Conscience involvement UNITED NATIONS

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Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review France 2013

The European Office for Human Rights of the Church of Scientology (EOHRCS), la Coordination des associations et des particuliers pour la liberté de conscience (CAP), and the Centre of Information and Counseling on New Spiritualities (CICNS) noted with concern a continued repressive policy towards minorities of religion or belief and new religious movements, despite recommendations made to France during its first UPR.

SIKHS Win School Turban Ban Case Against France in the UN

The UN Human Rights Committee has made our nine year wait for justice worthwhile, since the French law was passed against religious signs in public schools in 2004

Universal Periodic Review France 2013

The Inter-ministerial Mission of Vigilance and Fight against Sectarian Drifts (MIVILUDES), placed directly under the Prime Minister in France, has set in place a policy that directly contradicts Article 18.4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “Covenant”) which provides

Stigmatization of Minorities of Religion or Belief within the School System Report of the Secretary General

Pursuant to §10 of the General Assembly Resolution 66/167 invitation to provide input for the Secretary General’s forthcoming report on steps taken by States to combat intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization and discrimination based on religion or belief, CAP provides the following report regarding the French policy on minorities of religion or belief in France that needs to be changed to effectively implement the Resolution.

Comments on the UNHRC’s views on the violation by France

Comments on the UNHRC’s views on the violation by France of Ranjit Singh’s right to wear a turban on his ID photo

SIKHS Win Turban Case Against France at the UN

The UN Human Rights Committee has asked France to submit a report by March 15th on measures it is taking to remedy the violation of the religious freedom of 76 year old Ranjit Singh,who was asked to remove his turban for his ID photo” said Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Legal Director, whois in the fore-front of a legal campaign for French Sikhs’ right to wear their turban.

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The World Summit on  Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting

The World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting

This World Summit is presented by five non-governmental organizations dedicated to the exposure and prevention of unethical organ harvesting with the goal to further promote medical ethics and basic human rights. The World Summit is a noble and solemn gathering of experts who are united by the wishto provide not only objective findings about one of the most egregious crimes in human history, but also by the understanding that the forced harvesting of organs from living people is a threat to the basic values and rights of humanity. The World Summit is also an appeal to humankind to return to a life of compassion and sympathy.

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World Summit on Organ Harvesting Presented by Five NGOs

World Summit on Organ Harvesting Presented by Five NGOs

Forced organ harvesting is an unethical and illegal yet highly profitable practice where organs are removed from non-consenting, healthy people and sold to patients for fast-tracked transplantation operations. Although illegal organ trafficking has occurred in several regions, it is only in China that it is government sanctioned and under military control, involving disenfranchised, vulnerable populations.

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Invitation World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting in China

Invitation World Summit on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting in China

The crime of forcibly removing organs from living non-consenting prisoners for profit, for the purpose of transplantation, research or other medical procedures, commonly known as forced organ harvesting, poses a great danger to humankind as it violates universal ethical values, moral principles of life and human dignity, thus turning the medical profession into an abusive practice. In that process, persecuted prisoners of conscience in China, primarily Falun Gong are being killed (executed) and thus becoming the human sources of those organs.

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ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLENCE AND THE TAI JI MEN CASE

ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLENCE AND THE TAI JI MEN CASE

Two events organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers to celebrate the 2021 International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. With Camelia Marin – Massimo Introvigne – Willy Fautré – René Wadlow – Christine Mirre – Rosita Šorytė – Alessandro Amicarelli – Hans Noot – Thierry Valle – Eric Roux – Kenneth A. Jacobsen – Konrad Swenninger, and witnesses from Tai Ji Men.

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