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Workshop Recommendations

Workshop Recommendations © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 DOI: 10.1163/187103107X219064 Religion and Human Rights 2 (2007) 85–89 www.brill.nl/rhrs Religion Human Rights Workshop Recommendations Recommendations Workshop 1—Protection of Religion or Belief vis-à-vis Freedom of Expression Facilitators: • Ms Widney Brown, Amnesty International, Senior Director, International Law, Policy and Campaigns • Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Barrister, President of the National Human Rights Society and Member of the Malaysian Bar Rapporteur: • Professor Liam Gearon, Professor, School of Education, Roehampton University, UK In what circumstances and to what extent can one right trump the other and why? What preventative measures, if any, can be taken to reduce the possibilities of conflict between these rights? What is the role of the media and of leaders or representatives of religions or belief communities? How can the freedom of expression within religious or belief communities be ensured? Issues and Recommendations (1) Freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression are areas of particular cultural sensitivity. While these rights are deemed to be indivisible and universal and as protected in, for instance, the ICCPR and in various UN Declarations, but nota- bly the one whose anniversary we commemorate presently, the potential for conflict between freedom of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Human Rights Brill

Workshop Recommendations

Religion and Human Rights , Volume 2 (1-2): 85 – Jan 1, 2007

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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1871-031X
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1871-0328
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10.1163/187103207782170385
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2007 DOI: 10.1163/187103107X219064 Religion and Human Rights 2 (2007) 85–89 www.brill.nl/rhrs Religion Human Rights Workshop Recommendations Recommendations Workshop 1—Protection of Religion or Belief vis-à-vis Freedom of Expression Facilitators: • Ms Widney Brown, Amnesty International, Senior Director, International Law, Policy and Campaigns • Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Barrister, President of the National Human Rights Society and Member of the Malaysian Bar Rapporteur: • Professor Liam Gearon, Professor, School of Education, Roehampton University, UK In what circumstances and to what extent can one right trump the other and why? What preventative measures, if any, can be taken to reduce the possibilities of conflict between these rights? What is the role of the media and of leaders or representatives of religions or belief communities? How can the freedom of expression within religious or belief communities be ensured? Issues and Recommendations (1) Freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression are areas of particular cultural sensitivity. While these rights are deemed to be indivisible and universal and as protected in, for instance, the ICCPR and in various UN Declarations, but nota- bly the one whose anniversary we commemorate presently, the potential for conflict between freedom of

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Published: Jan 1, 2007

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