This Event which was happened on July 15, 2019 at National Press Club was co-hosted by International Center for Law and Religion Studies, part of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and the Religious Freedom Institute

It was a side event focusing on several important declarations and joint statements on human dignity and religious freedom, discussing the goals, content, and impact of these statements on international religious freedom and human rights discourse.

Confirmed speakers were Sam Brownback, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Ján Figeľ, EU Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion outside the EU, Canadian Minister of Parliament David Anderson, and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, President of Zaytuna College. The event featured a keynote address as well as panel discussion focusing on several key declarations:

• Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere
• The American Charter of Freedom of Religion and Conscience
• The Potomoc Declaration
• The Beirut Declaration on “Faith for Rights”
• The Marrakesh Declaration
• The Olso Charter for Freedom of Religion or Belief
• A Common Word Between Us and You

More information at: Religious Freedom Institute