Comprehensive data about incidents of violations of religious freedom in Latin America
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06.02.20 | OLIRE Updates
OLIRE submits a contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues
In response to the call for submissions for the thematic report to be presented by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America developed a report with some considerations regarding the category of religious minorities. The document …
05.28.20 | News Monitoring
Recognition of religious services as essential activities in Pernambuco
Jose Matheus de Andrade Medeiros, member of ARCAP (Reformed Association for Culture and Political Action) in Brazil informed the Observatory about the restrictions on religious services in the state of Pernambuco as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. In Pernambuco, religious services were not recognized as essential activities, despite the federal decree from 23 March …
05.12.20 | OLIRE Updates
PhD Conferral: “The Specific Vulnerability of Religious Minorities”, D.P. Petri
Friday 29 May 2020: 9:45 (Amsterdam time) Online (open to the public) The starting point for this research was the empirical observation that a number of characteristic aspects of religious persecution in Latin America are insufficiently recognized by existing theoretical frameworks and data collection tools. Adopting a human security perspective, Petri develops a methodology that …
05.12.20 | OLIRE Updates
Expert Seminar: The Impact of Religious Freedom Research
Monday 18 May 2020: 14:00-17:00 (Amsterdam time) Online (open to the public) In recent years, there has been a growing interest in academia in the documentation and measurement of religious freedom, leading to the development of an increasingly rich corpus of religious freedom monitoring instruments, ranging from qualitative monographs and narrative reports to surveys and …