LIVE: Freedom of Religion in Armenia and Georgia
Support A1+!On Monday,May 8, at 9:30am a Regional Conference on Contemporary Issues of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Armenia, Georgia and Beyond will kick off in Yerevan. Guests include state officials, religious leaders, representatives of civil society and academia from Armenia and Georgia, representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations, as well as renowned experts from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Russia and Norway.
The goal of the conference is to provide a platform for key stakeholders to discuss the situation and developments of FoRB in Armenia, Georgia and globally, and define recommendations for governments, religious communities and policy makers. The main topics that the Conference will cover are:
- International standards of FoRB and the situation in Armenia and Georgia;
- FoRB and education;
- FoRB and secularity
- FoRB and equality between men and women
The Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
Mr.Vigen Kocharyan and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia and Georgia
Mr.
Jos Douma will deliver the opening remarks. The OSCE/ODIHR Senior Adviser on FoRB
Kishan Manocha and UN OHCHR Senior Human Rights Adviser for the South Caucasus
Vladimir Shkolnikov are among the moderators of the conference sessions.
The venue of the conference is
Armenia Marriott Hotel, Tigran the Great Ballroom. The working languages are Armenian, Georgian and English, with simultaneous translation. The event will be open to media, and will be live-streamed online on A1Plus YouTube channelstarting from10:00am. The broadcast will be available also in Armenian via the following link
The detailed agenda of the conference is available
here.
Theconference is part of
Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s project on
Promoting Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Armenia supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia and Georgia.
