16th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (28 February – 25 March 2011)
Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation of Religions”
Friday, 11 March 2011
14h00 – 16h00
Room XXV (25), Palais des Nations
Organised by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS), Forum Asia, Article 19, Human Rights Watch and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Panelists
Mr. Ibrahim Salama
Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); in charge of the 2011 regional expert workshops on the prohibition of incitement to national, racial or religious hatred
Ms. Jo Baker
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) International Human Rights Clinic, University of London; researcher for the study on , partner project with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Ms. Bushra Gohar
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan; parliamentarian with the Awami National Party, who submitted a bill on the repeal of the Blasphemy laws in 2009
Ms. Sejal Parmar
Senior Legal Officer, ARTICLE 19; leads the organization’s legal and policy work on resolutions of the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly on “defamation of religions”
Moderator
Mr. Jeremie Smith
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Refreshments will be served.
For further information, please contact Ms. Giyoun Kim, FORUM-ASIA
(Tel: +41-(0)79-595-7931 / Email: una@forum-asia.org
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