Human Rights

All people deserve basic human rights. URI works to ensure no one is left behind.
Kathak Dharohar CC with disabled children on World Handicap Day

By encouraging members of all religions and faith traditions to work together to achieve fundamental human rights for all, Cooperation Circles lay the groundwork for a world of equality and justice. 

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

• URI members in Jordan attended an intensive training on the international legal and policy framework of children's rights, to better protect children living in conflict zones.

• URI Bulgaria marked International Roma Day with social justice and Holocaust awareness training, helping an interfaith crowd understand more about a history of human rights abuses, while helping Roma youth feel more connected to their traditions.

• Karickam International Public School CC, in Kottarakkara, India, educates all children regardless of their caste, creating a culture of equal opportunity.

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5th International Conference on Youth & Interfaith Dialogue held in Nigeria

Africa
Community Building
Human Rights
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Youth

From 25th -26th October, 2013, 156 delegates from three continents gathered at the Treasures Inn & Suites, Jos, Nigeria for the 5th annual Conference on Youth and Interfaith Dialogue in Jos, Nigeria, hosted by  New Era Educational and Support Foundation in partnership of the United Religions Initiative.

 

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PCSW&HR’s delegation meets with URI United Nations

Asia
Community Building
Education
Environment
Health and Social Services
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Policy Advocacy
Youth

A PCSW&HR’s delegation headed by Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights called on Mr. Masood Khan Permanent Representative of Pakistan at United Nation at Pakistan Mission New York on 1stNovember 2013. 

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SEEDS FOR PEACE SEMINAR HELD IN BAUCHI CITY NORTHERN NIGERIA

Africa
Human Rights
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

Since 1991 Bauchi continues experiencing ethno-religious crises with hundreds of people massacred and many churches, mosques, and family homes burned down. All major ethno-religious crises in Bauchi State emanate from the two local government areas, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa, in the extreme south of Bauchi. Both Local Government Areas (LGAs) share boundaries with Jos, Plateau State, which is yet another flash point of unrest and brutality in Nigeria.

The Seeds for Peace Seminar was meant to (1) bring citizens of different religions, tribes, and cultures in tensed areas, to sit at the same table for learning to listen to one another, share their stories, and discover that “an enemy is one whose story we have not heard.” And the women and men were to (2) serve as the beginning of the new movement in GROW BIO-INTENSIVE Agriculture which will ultimately help people to have organic (healthful) food on

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Prayer & Solidarity Ceremony with the Victims of Peshawar Church Attack and Religious Minorities Living in Pakistan Organized by Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights

Asia
Community Building
Health and Social Services
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation

Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights organized a prayer and solidarity ceremony for the victims of Peshawar Church attack with the collaboration of Religious and Civil Society of Sialkot at its office on 28th September 2013. The purpose of that prayer & solidarity ceremony was to condemn the suicide attack, offer prayer for those innocent people died in that brutal suicide attack, show solidarity with the religious minorities living here in Pakistan

16 October 2013 - Event in Brussels - A cause for concern in Europe - Freedom of opinion, religion and belief Persecution of, and discrimination against, minority-groups

Europe
Community Building
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Policy Advocacy

By the European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF) With the participation of • EMISCO • The Gerard Noodt Foundation for FoRB • United Sikhs International • Pro...