Monday, April 30, 2012

Monday, April 30th, Washington, DC: Legal Project Director Sam Nunberg will Participate in a Panel Discussion on U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18


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The Legal Project, an activity of the Middle East Forum, is pleased to announce that Director Sam Nunberg will be participating in the following panel:


U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18: Respect for Religions or Anti-Freedom of Expression?
Co-hosted by Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR), and American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD)
Monday, April 30, 2012
10:00AM – 12:00PM

Director Nunberg will discuss The Istanbul Process and its long term implications on both US foreign and domestic policy.
This past December, the State Department hosted The Istanbul Process for Combating Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.  OIC has described the conference as a "coordination meeting" on implementing "defamation of religions."  The European Union has offered to host the next meeting which the OIC hailed as "the beginning of the shift from their previous reserve over the years over the attempts by the OIC to counter 'defamation of religions.'"  However, this newfound diplomatic initiative by Western governments is antithetical to both Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which guarantees "the right to freedom of opinion and expression" including to "to hold opinions without interference" as well as the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Sam Nunberg has previously served as a Delegate to the United Nations in New York City where he met with UN Missions in 2009 and 2010 to advocate against the defamation of religion resolutions.


LOCATION
The Heritage Foundation
Lehrman Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999 

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