Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, third Oct 2024 – The European Workplace of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights co-organized and took part to the Religion and Freedom Summit IV, in Panama, within the Parliament of Latin America.
On September 24 and 25, the Parliament of Latin America hosted the fourth Religion and Freedom Summit, after the European Parliament hosted the primary three summits. The Religion & Freedom Summit is an initiative that gathers high-level thought-leaders to spotlight the significance of freedom of faith or perception (FoRB).
The aim of the initiative is to create an area the place to trade good practices to additional shield FoRB for all, to spotlight the significance of States respecting, defending, defending, and selling FoRB to combat inequality and thus assist the development of secure and robust democracies, to create consciousness of FoRB violations and discrimination primarily based on non secular beliefs around the globe, to evaluate areas that must be improved concerning non secular freedom safety worldwide, to develop a drive of proposal to stipulate insurance policies towards a higher respect of spiritual range and to additional promote and have interaction members with the motto of the Summit “Practicing what we preach.”
In Panama, the opening ceremony was made UN Particular Rapporteur on Freedom of Faith or Perception Dr Nazila Ghanea (who participated on-line), His Excellency Ruben Farje, Consultant to Panama for the Group of American States (OAS), His Excellency Juan Francisco Borrell Cal, Vice-minister of Authorities Republic of Panama, and Rev. Giselle Lima, Co-Chair of the Worldwide Non secular Freedom Roundtable in Panama.
Then for 2 days, some forty audio system from Latin America, the USA and Europe took to the stage to cowl a number of matters round freedom of faith or perception, together with Nazila Ghanea, UN Particular Rapporteur of Freedom of Faith or Perception, Mrs. Maureen Ferguson, Commissioner of USCIRF, Dr Thomas Schirrmacher, co-President of Religions for Peace, and plenty of others. The panelists represented all kinds of diplomats, politicians, non secular students, journalists and representatives of many religions, together with indigenous spirituality, the Catholic Church, Evangelicals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Say Saints, Judaism, Islam, Sikhs, Shiva Hindus, and so forth.
The President of the European Workplace of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Arjona-Pelado, was the moderator of a panel devoted to discover the function of diplomacy to realize a higher FoRB on the planet, offered the booklet www.whatisfreedomofreligion.org and careworn the necessity of an knowledgeable diplomacy and a powerful advocacy for FoRB to extend the respect of this important human proper in a world that sees restrictions to non secular freedom within the rise. He was accompanied by a number of diplomats who themselves have interaction in advocacy for FoRB all through their mission, and gave their experience to the attendees.
Rev. Eric Roux, Vice-President of the identical workplace, was a speaker in a panel tackling the media duty on the promotion and respect of FoRB, together with journalists, media executives, human rights advocates and students. He insisted on the essential function of media to report precisely and with a deep information of the non secular sphere, to keep away from stigmatization and mischaracterization of spiritual teams around the globe.
The European Workplace of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights is a part of the Religion and Freedom Summit NGO coalition and a co-founder of the Summit.
Freedom of faith and perception is a core worth and dedication for Scientologists, and is explicitly articulated in Scientology scriptures. Church ministers should examine different religions and turn out to be conversant in them, however furthermore, the code of a Scientologist incorporates a pledge “to support freedom of religion” for all. The Church of Scientology’s dedication to non secular freedom upholds the assumption that true non secular liberty consists of the acceptance of others’ proper to both keep their religion or select a brand new one.
For Scientologists, true freedom can not exist with out duty. Due to this fact, the Church believes that non secular establishments have each the best and the duty to contribute positively to society. Actually, Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, the Founding father of the Scientology faith, asserted {that a} discount in non secular affect alerts a decline within the cultural requirements of a civilization.
That’s the reason the European Workplace of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights was very proud to co-organize this summit, and to take part to it, with the specific goal of advancing the reason for freedom of faith or perception for all, together with consultants, policymakers, and other people of religion from around the globe.
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