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Important safety notice
The rights you will learn about in the Learning Platform resource materials are the rights guaranteed by international law. Under international law, no state, organisation, religious or belief community or person can take these rights away from people. None the less, in some national contexts the exercise of these rights is illegal or risk filled. When using the resources, it is important to find out what laws apply in your context and consider how these relate to international law. When working to educate others, please remember that it may be dangerous to talk about human rights in general and freedom of religion or belief in particular. Please adapt the resources both to your audience and to risk factors. We provide scripts of all of our films in order to enable you to adapt the contents appropriately. 

Introductory learning package

The Introductory learning package is a set of 9 films to help you grasp what freedom of religion or belief involves and when it can be limited and to give you an introduction to what the situation for freedom of religion or belief looks like in various parts of the world. You can use the films for personal study or in group trainings, or use scripts of the films to develop the contents of your own talks/presentations. 
The films are available both in the English original, as well as a number of other languages. click you preferred lanugage in the top to find find the films in your language. You can also check here.

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1. An Introduction to Freedom of Religion or Belief 
Who or what is protected by freedom of religion or belief? What do international conventions say and what rights do they give us? 
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2. The right to have or change your religion or belief
​Are governments, religious leaders or family members allowed to limit your right to have, change or leave your religion or belief? What do international human rights say, what happens in reality?
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3. The right to manifest (practice) religion or belief
​There are lots of ways to express and practice religion or belief. What is protected by human rights and what’s not? With examples of violations of the right to manifest from around the world.
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4. Protection from coercion
​Coercion means being forced to say or do something. This film explores the government’s duty not to coerce in matters of religion or belief and to protect you from coercion in society. Examples from around the world illustrate the forms coercion can take.
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5. Protection from discrimination
​Discrimination on the basis of religion or belief is banned and states have a duty to protect people from discrimination in society. Examples from around the world illustrate the forms discrimination can take.
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6. Rights for parents and children
​What rights do parents and children have? Examples from around the world illustrate how states violate children’s rights and the balance between parents and children’s rights.
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7. Conscientious objection
The right to refuse to do something that you would normally be expected to do, because doing it conflicts with your deepest beliefs. The most weakly protected element of freedom of religion or belief. 
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8. Limitations to freedom of religion or belief
Many governments limit freedom of religion or belief, but how do we know when limitations are justified and permissible and when they're not? An in depth look at the rules given in human rights conventions that lawmakers and courts should stick to when implementing freedom of religion or belief. 
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