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 57 Written statement Jordan: Six Members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light to Be Tried as Heretics
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a small community in Jordan that faces ongoing challenges, including harassment from authorities, threats of violence, and exclusion from society due to their divergent beliefs from traditional Muslim views. Their beliefs include that the real Kaaba is in Petra, Jordan rather than Mecca, that prophets made mistakes, that fixed prayer times are unnecessary, and that alcohol can be consumed moderately. They also accept LGBTQ people in their community.
HRC 57 Written statement Truth, Justice, Reparation, and Recovery: Discrimination Against Spiritual Minorities Through the Abuse of Taxes
The written statement discusses the issue of discrimination against spiritual minorities through the abuse of taxes. It argues that religious and spiritual groups have a right to truth, justice, reparation, and recovery when they have been unjustly discriminated against and persecuted.
Side event HRC 57 Arbitrary Detention in the UAE: Addressing the Crisis of Civil Society Suppression
On Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 1 p.m. in the Peace Palace (Room XXV) in Geneva, a side event will feature Joey Shea, Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Ahmed al-Nuaimi, defendant in the UAE 94 trial, and Matthew Hedges, a British academic held in solitary confinement for nearly seven months. The panel will address serious concerns about arbitrary detention and the repression of civil society in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
HRC 57 Emirati Victims of Arbitrary Detention in the United Arab Emirates
In a written statement submitted to the 57th session UN Human Rights Council, CAP LC has shed light on the plight of Emirati victims whose fundamental rights have been systematically violated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government.
UN Delegation Visits Bangladesh to Assess Potential Human Rights Probe
A group, from the United Nations visited Bangladesh to investigate human rights violations. The visit aimed to assess the situation and decide if further investigation is necessary.
The delegations visit follows reports of government crackdowns on society and accusations of misconduct by authorities. Concerns about rights in Bangladesh were also raised during the countrys review at the UN Human Rights Council.
Nicaragua: Government Orders Taxation of Churches and Closes 151 NGOs
The Nicaraguan government is cracking down harder on groups and civil society. Recently on August 19th the Ministry of the Interior announced the closure of, over 150 governmental organizations (NGOs) and required churches and religious organizations to pay income taxes.
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COVID-19 and Religious Freedom: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea
A webinar organized by the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) Date/Time: Monday, July 20, 2020, 17:00 (UTC +2, Brussels time) The fact that one member of Shincheonji, a Christian new religious movement in South...
Media Briefing The Coronavirus and the Shincheonji Church: True facts and fake news
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 14h Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels In 2019, while no one knew the Shincheonji Church outside of South Korea, Massimo Introvigne, Willy Fautré and Rosita Soryté were studying the Shincheonji Church in Seoul, meeting...
Droits des Femmes et Objectifs de développement durable
Nations Unies 05 Mar 2020 Room VII 16:00-17:00 Droits des femmes et ODD
Human Rights Council 43rd : Human Rights in China
04th March 2020 Room VII 16:00-17:00 Palais des Nations - Geneva Human Rights in China
Human Rights in Thailand and Malaysia : The case of the Ahmadis refugees in Thailand and Malaysia
06th March 2020 Room VIIPalais des Nations - Geneva 15:30-16:30 Human Rights in Thailand and Malaysia :The case of the Ahmadis refugees in Thailand and Malaysia M. Ahmed Shaheed The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Senior Lecture...
FORB Roundtable meeting 10 December
Dear participants to the ForB Roundtable Brussels-EU, Our next meeting will occur from 4pm to 6pm on December 10, in the European Parliament, room A1H-1.To register, please write to us at contact@forbroundtable.orgThe meeting will be chaired by Kishan Manocha, Senior...