--- title: "Side event/ Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation of Religions”" slug: "side-event-incitement-to-discrimination-hostility-or-violence-evolution-of-the-recent-debate-on-defamation-of-religions" post_type: "post" published_at: "2011-03-11T01:00:00+01:00" modified_at: "2011-03-11T00:00:00+01:00" url: "https://cihrs.org/side-event-incitement-to-discrimination-hostility-or-violence-evolution-of-the-recent-debate-on-defamation-of-religions/?lang=en" category: - "International Advocacy Program" --- # Side event/ Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation of Religions” 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: