The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

About this event

The Coalition for Genocide Response invites you to a webinar marking

The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

4 PM (BST) on 23 August 2021

Register for the webinar here.

In May 2019, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution establishing The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief to be marked annually on 22 August. The establishment of such a day, however, is not an end goal in itself. This day is intended to provide a springboard towards action that addresses the growing issue of violence based on religion or belief. In recent years, violence based on religion or belief is an ever-growing problem which must be addressed with a number of different and wide-ranging responses.

While marking the UN day, the speakers will discuss required responses to acts of violence based on religion or belief, focusing on how to help individuals and communities after such violence occurs and how to prevent such acts in the future.

The webinar is Co-Chaired by Fiona Bruce MP, Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Dr Ewelina U. Ochab, Co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response, author of the initiative to establish the UN day.

Speakers:

Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Peer at the UK House of Lords and Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute

Jos Douma, Special Envoy for Religion and Belief, Chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance

Nadine Maenza, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Helen Berhane, Eritrean former prisoner of conscience, advocate.