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
Immediate Action Needed to Address Violent Attacks on Religious Minorities in Bangladesh
The Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD) is deeply disturbed and gravely concerned by the recent wave of violent attacks targeting religious minorities across Bangladesh. These deplorable incidents, which have involved the destruction of homes, places of worship, and businesses belonging to Hindu, Ahmadiyya, and other minority communities, represent a grave violation of human rights and a serious threat to the principles of tolerance, diversity, and peaceful coexistence.
Misinformation Poses Growing Threat to Religious Freedom Worldwide, New Report Warns
A recent report, by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has highlighted the increasing concern about how misinformation’s impacting freedom globally. Titled “Misinformation and International Religious Freedom ” the report delves into how false information spread is being used to fuel intolerance, discrimination and violence against minority groups.
Waves of Violence and Vandalism Target Ahmadis in Bangladesh
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, in Bangladesh has been targeted by a series of attacks and persecution recently with violent mobs attacking their places of worship and residences.
These incidents took place in July following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In Panchagarh town a group of attackers vandalized an Ahmadiyya mosque causing damage to property and breaking windows. Similar assaults were reported in parts of the country including the capital city Dhaka.
New Committee to Combat Antisemitism Launched at United Nations Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations
In light of the alarming rise of antisemitism around the globe, a new committee affiliated with the United Nations called End Antisemitism and Promote Peace (EASAPP) has been formed and held its first meeting last week to elect its founding officers and board members.
Tragic Assassination of Ahmadi Doctor in Pakistan Highlights Ongoing Persecution; UN Experts Call for Immediate Action
In a turn of events involving violence and prejudice, against the Ahmadi community in Pakistan Dr. Abdul Salam, a respected Ahmadi physician was tragically killed outside his clinic in Gujrat. This unfortunate incident occurred on July 27 2024 shedding light on the entrenched persecution experienced by the Ahmadi minority in Pakistan.
CAP Freedom of Conscience Welcomes UN Experts’ Urgent Call to End Discrimination and Violence Against Religious Minorities in Pakistan
The announcement made on July 11 2024 by UN experts urging the government to take immediate action to stop discrimination and violence, against religious minorities in the country is appreciated by CAP Freedom of Conscience.
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International Convention «Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe, a difficult journey»
In the prestigious setting of Sant'Apollonia Auditorium at the homonymous XIV century convent complex located in Via San Gallo, in the historic center of Florence, the international convention of the European Federation for the Freedom of the Belief (FOB) took place...
Laïcité and religious freedom: A coalition of NGOs questions France at the United Nations
CAP/ LC HRWF (15.01.2017) – In a side-event following the Universal Periodic Review of France in Geneva this Monday 15th January, several NGOs and an international law expert have called upon President Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister to revise the financing of...
United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The denial of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
United Nations : The denial of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13 November 2017 CAP Liberté de Conscience - UN Geneva Universal Periodic Review Side-Event : Highlights the Ongoing and Systematic Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan GENEVA: Today, the...
UPR on Philippines
United Nation UPR session : Extradition in question two Czech yoga teachers stuck in the Manilla immigration detention center for two years. Mr. Filip Manek Mrs. Kristyna Tomanova Mr. Willy Fautré