The Interreligious Council of Albania awarded the highest medal “Honor of the Nation”
The Interreligious Council of Albania is a fine example of the civil public square in action, with faith communities working […]
Sofia, Bulgaria – Celebrating Religious Diversity
“Everyone should live as they see fit, but always with respect for their neighbours who profess a different worldview.” Professor
Ten years on from the launch of the Global Charter of Conscience…
In 2012, the Global Charter of Conscience was launched as a vision and a framework to make the world “safer for diversity” for all human beings. Ten years on and what has happened to everyone’s ability to flourish as free people living with diversity? Has there been an increase in respect for freedom of thought, conscience and religion for all and the cultivation of a culture of civility?
A civil public square: what would it look like?
The Global Charter of Conscience sets out a vision of “freedom of thought, conscience and religion” for people of all faiths and none. It calls for the cultivation of civility and the construction of a civil public square that maximises freedom for everyone. Is this just a utopian dream? Possibly. But it is an essential vision, not a mere cosy idea.
Dublin Launch – The Global Charter of Conscience is becoming a tool to open debates and protect conscience
Introducing the Irish launch of the Global Charter of Conscience on 9th May, Seán Mullan from the Evangelical Alliance Ireland said there could not be a more appropriate time to raise awareness of such an important Human Rights document.
The Charter Launch in Sweden
At the end of September the Swedish Evangelical Alliance (SEA) organised a number of events surrounding the Swedish launch of the Global Charter of Conscience.
Soul Freedom
An invited audience of 175 heard Dr Guinness deliver the inaugural Premier Annual Lecture on 28th June. His title was “Soul Freedom – living with our deepest differences in an age of exping diversity.
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Since the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there has been a developing group of thoughtful and humane
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The ‘Global Charter of Conscience’ is a visionary document which encompasses and expands the standards set out in the Universal
Global initiative calls for a new “vision” of diversity
The Global Charter of Conscience, a declaration reaffirming and supporting Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (about “freedom of thought, conscience and religion”), was launched officially in the European Parliament today, in an event hosted by Finnish MEP Sari Essayah.
Cyber-Religion: The Spread of Extremism and of Peace Through the Internet and Social Media
The Internet and social media play a central role in spreading religious and non-religious extremism globally.But both tools can be used to ease tensions and convey peace between different religions, ethnic and national groups.
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The Global Charter is a forceful, eloquent and timely reaffirmation of a fundamental right currently under serious threat wherever brutal
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The National Council of Evangelicals in France, a member of the European Evangelical Alliance and the World Evangelical Alliance, wishes,
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The Global Charter of Conscience is an extremely important document and should receive the full support of those responsible for
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Freedom of thought, conscience and religion is only secure when questions of ultimate concern can be debated civilly in the
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I found the document very inspiring and timely. “Global Charter of Conscience” reflects much of my own thinking and development
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The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion always was at the centre, whenever in history human rights made