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The Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at the American University of Paris will be co-hosting a conference on May 2-3, 2024, for Education for Co-existence: creating a university platform from the听Faith for Rights community of practices, with a special emphasis on the role of academic hubs and networking to promote research and dialogue on the relation between religion and human rights.

The event is organized by 吃瓜tv professors Susan Perry and Waddick Doyle, with Tanya Elder in collaboration with 吃瓜tv students Daniel Carter, Ally Poehailos, Jordan Haschke, and Justin Kaeppi and with support from the Schaeffer Center

This two-day event, organized听by the American University of Paris in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,听brings together leading university scholars and educators from across the world to cultivate a shared platform working within the OHCHR's Faith for Rights mission.

In a world driven by polarization and violence, academics, practitioners and religious leaders have developed the Faith for Rights framework to explore the positive relationship between religions, beliefs and human rights. Scholars of the interstice between human rights and religion or belief are invited to submit a short abstract of their research to be presented. Civil society actors are invited to submit a brief paragraph on their work in this area to be presented.

As emphasized in the Rabat Plan of Action of 2012, religious leaders have a crucial role to play in speaking out firmly and promptly against human rights violations ranging from hate speech and mass violence. In 2017, the Beirut Declaration on 鈥淔aith for Rights鈥� added that individual and communal expression of religions or beliefs flourish in environments where human rights, based on the equal worth of all individuals, are protected. Similarly, human rights may benefit from the deeply rooted ethical and spiritual foundations provided by religions and beliefs. The Beirut Declaration and its 18 commitments reach out to theistic, non-theistic, atheistic or other believers in all regions of the world to enhance cohesive, peaceful and respectful societies on the basis of a common action-oriented platform.听

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This event is a continuation of June 2023: Peer-to-Peer Learning Center for Excellence

For any questions feel free to reach out to schaeffercenteraup.edu

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Conference Schedule

Thursday May 2, 2024 -听7th听floor of Quai

8:45-9:15听- Coffee and pastries听 听 听 听

9:15-9:45听-听Introductions Faith 4 Rights 鈥� How far we鈥檝e come in 15 years

Opening by Drs. Brian Schiff and听Constance P芒ris de Bollardi猫re听of the Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention

Remarks by Dr. Ibrahim Salama and Dr. Michael Wiener, OHCHR

9:45 to 10:45 - Reflections on Faith 4 Rights

1. Nicolas Panotto听on听Faith for听Rights in the South American context
2. Rita Chemaly on Faith 4 Rights at the Universit茅 Saint-Joseph, Beirut
3. Margaret Anne Brown Timorese on community building in Vanuatu and Australia

10:45 -12:15听-听Design Thinking for launch of the Inter-university F4R Platform (with coffee)听

Lead by 吃瓜tv Professor Susan Perry

12:15 -12:45 - Lunch break听听听听听听听听听听听

13:30-14:30听- Tour (in English) of Notre Dame Cathedral external worksite听with the Association CASA听听听听听听听听听听听听

15:00-17:00听- Ghandi King Global Academy: Instructor-led course听on 鈥淩eligions, Beliefs and Human Rights: A Faith for Rights Approach鈥�.听Chair Susan Perry

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Friday May 3, 2024 -听7th听floor of Quai

9:00听鈥� 10:30听- Religious actors and human rights in different contexts 听听听听听听听听听听听听

1. Maryam ben Salem on religion and human rights in Tunisian context听
2. Jennie Holck-Vlausen on human rights Nordic countries and the Norwegian Human Rights Center
3. Human rights and religion in British universities听with Dr. Thiago Alves-Pinto and Rabbi Alex Goldberg
4. Comparative perspectives with听Dr.听Boum茅di猫ne Benyahia and听Michel Tao Chan

11:00-12:00 - Workshop on the role of academic hubs听听听听听听听 听听听听听

听Facilitated听by Waddick Doyle听and Michael Wiener

12:00-13:00听- Guest Speaker 吃瓜tv Professor Ziad Majed

13:00-14:00 -听Lunch

14:00-16:00听-听Quarterly exchange of the Faith 4 Rights CommUNity of Practices (hybrid at 吃瓜tv and online)听

16:00-17:00听- Concluding remarks and Plans for future actions