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Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session – 12th AWID Forum

Date

12 July 2012

Organisation

AWID

Topics
Human rights systems, bodies and instruments Religious Fundamentalisms
Region
Global
Languages

What complications has the use of religion presented to the normative system of human rights? How can we better ensure that the system and language of human rights is not appropriated and misused? What are some innovative measures that can be used to bring accountability to challenge and expose fundamentalisms?

20 Apr. 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Speakers:

Shareen Gokal

Pam Spees

Dawn Cavanagh

Zainah Anwar

Maria José Rosado Nunes

Sunila Abeysekera (moderator)

Listen to audio recording here

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