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 : Rights of vulnerable persons in the Middle East and Asia

HRC 58 side-event : Rights of vulnerable persons in the Middle East and Asia

During the 58th session of the UN Human Rights council in Geneva, United Villages organize along with Italia Che Cambia APS and CAP Liberté de Conscience we are co-hosting a side event “Indo-Mediterranean: political changes and human rights” to highlight and discuss the effect of the recent political changes in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen and Syria on ethnic, religious minorities and vulnerable groups such are women.

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Multilateral Negotiations: Keys to Sustainable Peace

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Multilateral negotiations are indispensable for resolving complex international conflicts. As António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, aptly stated, “Multilateralism is not an option but a necessity for rebuilding a better, more equal, more resilient, and more sustainable world.” This principle is particularly relevant in the context of the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which has exposed the limitations of unilateral approaches and underscored the need for inclusive, cooperative solutions.

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HRC 58 Side-event Human Rights In Pakistan

HRC 58 Side-event Human Rights In Pakistan

Join us for an urgent discussion on Human Rights in Pakistan, Particularly the education sector crisis. This event will highlight how ideological influences and rising intololerance threaten fundamental rights,  limit access to education, and jeopardize academic freedom

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HRC 58 Written statement : Sudan Crisis

HRC 58 Written statement : Sudan Crisis

At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, UN experts and civil society have highlighted the gravity of the situation in Sudan and reiterated the urgent necessity of ensuring respect for principles of international law. As the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk stated “The continued and deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as well as summary executions, sexual violence, and other violations and abuses, underscore the utter failure by both parties to respect the rules and principles of international humanitarian and human rights law”. [1]

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HRC 58 : Unprecedented Human Rights Violations in Tunisia: The Persecution of Political Opponents and the Targeting of Sub-Saharan Migrants.

HRC 58 : Unprecedented Human Rights Violations in Tunisia: The Persecution of Political Opponents and the Targeting of Sub-Saharan Migrants.

On 3 March 2025, during the 58th Human Rights Council, Fundacion Vida hosted a side event introduced by Thierry Valle, President of CAP Freedom of Conscience, on Unprecedented Human Rights Violations in Tunisia: The Persecution of Political Opponents and the Targeting of Sub-Saharan Migrants.[1] This side event took place following a strong statement issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on 18 February 2025 calling the Tunisian authorities to “bring an end to the pattern of arrests, arbitrary detentions and imprisonment of dozens of human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, activists and politicians”, the statement also highlighted that members of civil society are often accused of illegally sheltering Sub-Saharan migrants, with individuals denouncing racism and the situation of migrants being arrested.[2] The side event was attended by the delegations of the European Union, Antigua, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Austria.

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Religious Persecution in Pakistan: The Systematic Targeting of Ahmadis

Religious Persecution in Pakistan: The Systematic Targeting of Ahmadis

CAP Liberté de Conscience and the International Human Rights  Committee (IHRC) are ringing the alarm bells over the continuing erosion of religious freedom in Pakistan.  In a recent joint report submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or  Belief, these organizations continued to highlight the systematic and widespread violations of the rights of religious minorities with a  focus on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The report shows that international intervention is desperately required  to prevent the further persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, a community that has been persecuted for its beliefs  for years.   

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In China, in 1989, a religious revival involved both the House Churches (i.e. the Protestant Churches whose activity is not authorized by the government) and the religious movement known as the Shouters, originating from the Chinese preachers Watchman Nee (1903–1972) and Witness Lee (1905–1997). In the same year 1989, the person later identified as Almighty God by her followers began participating in meetings of the Shouters. In 1991, she began to utter words that followers compared, for authority and power, to those expressed by Jesus Christ. Many Christians started reading these utterances and believing they were “what the Spirit says to the Churches” (Rev 2:7, 17). Among these was Zhao Weishan, who would later become the administrative leader of the movement. Not until 1993 did the readers of the utterances start believing that their author was the incarnate God, the second coming of Jesus Christ and Almighty God, the unique God. The movement, born in 1991, became known as The Church of Almighty God (CAG, also known as Eastern Lightning). While stating that God incarnated in our time in a female human being, the CAG never mentions her name. Several scholars identify her with Yang Xiangbin, a woman born in 1973 in northwestern China.

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CAP LC wishes to set the record straight regarding discrimination of minority belief groups in France. We also wish to address the response made in February 2010 by the French government to the request of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief for updated information following her 2005 measures taken to implement them” in the event similar representations were made by the French government to ODIHR.

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