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
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.
UN Report Exposes Alarming Erosion of Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
A recent report, from the United Nations has raised concerns about the deteriorating status of freedom in Sri Lanka. The report points out a trend of increasing limitations and bias against minority faith groups.
According to the report prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief there is a reality unfolding for religious minorities in Sri Lanka. Through research and field investigations the document reveals human rights violations such as enforced closure of places of worship violent incidents targeting religious gatherings and systematic marginalization of non Buddhist communities.
Groundbreaking Study Reveals Insights, on Putting UNs Universal Periodic Review Suggestions into Practice
A significant breakthrough has occurred as researchers from the Centre for Human Rights at Birmingham City University have carried out an investigation into the execution of recommendations stemming from the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The outcomes of this study provide perspectives on the obstacles and effective methods in implementing these crucial human rights suggestions.
The recent UN report sheds light on human rights violations during the protests, in Bangladesh.
A fresh analysis by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has revealed instances of human rights infringements carried out by Bangladeshi security forces in response to the protests. The report, offering an overview of the situation in Bangladesh from mid June to August 2024 highlights various violations such as excessive use of force extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions torture and mistreatment and significant restrictions on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Outrage in Paris as Anti-Semitic Tirade Caught on Video
In a disturbing incident on the Paris metro, a man was recorded making vehement anti-Semitic remarks, prompting a police investigation and a complaint from a courageous bystander.
According to a report in Le Parisien, the incident occurred on Thursday morning on the Line 9 metro. A woman filming the scene captured a man repeatedly shouting “Hitler was right, he should have killed all the Juden (Jews in German).”
United Nations Experts Caution Against Accepting Taliban Rule, in Afghanistan
A group of UN Special Rapporteurs has issued a worded message urging the community to refrain from normalizing the governance of the Taliban in Afghanistan. These experts, responsible for monitoring human rights matters at the United Nations have expressed concerns regarding the repression and violations by the Taliban since they assumed power in 2021.
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Synthesis of the voluntary work side event OSCE - HDIM – 2014 Voluntary work in spiritual environments and its criminalization in modern society During our side event regarding the voluntary work, in which we wanted to find out if is the judicial system misused to...
Side-event OSCE 2013 – Spiritual Human Rights
On 10th December 2013, Soteria International co-hosted a conference on the subject of “Freedom of conscience and belief at a crossroads in Europe – self-determination and spiritual teachings”. It is already an established tradition of Soteria International to observe the International Human Rights day by organizing public conferences and roundtables.