Links to human rights documents, United Nations and other human rights bodies and to longer articles providing more in depth information about freedom of religion or belief in relation to cross cutting issues.
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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.
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.
Regional human rights systems and documents
In addition to the human rights systems of the United Nations, several regions of the world have regional human rights systems that help to bring human rights protection closer to rights holders. Learn about them on the links below.
Some of these mechanisms are well developed, others are in their infancy. Please note that regional level human rights conventions do not always live up to the standards of international law as given in UN conventions - always compare the rights given in regional treaties with international norms.
Some of these mechanisms are well developed, others are in their infancy. Please note that regional level human rights conventions do not always live up to the standards of international law as given in UN conventions - always compare the rights given in regional treaties with international norms.
Another document/initiative of interest is the Marrakesh Declaration, an initiative of the Government of Morocco that focuses on promoting the rights of religious minorities in Muslim majority countries.
In addition to the agreements and mechanisms above, the following two international agreements may be of interest. They do not live up to international standards in relation to freedom of religion or belief and there are no mechanisms (commissions or courts) connected to these documents.
Arab Charter on Human Rights
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
In addition to the agreements and mechanisms above, the following two international agreements may be of interest. They do not live up to international standards in relation to freedom of religion or belief and there are no mechanisms (commissions or courts) connected to these documents.
Arab Charter on Human Rights
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam