Seminar

Freedom of religion and foreign policy

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Institut for Menneskerettigheder, mødelokale: Nordskov, Wilders Plads 8K, 1403 København K
Public lecture by Dennis de Jong: Freedom of religion and foreign policy
Public lecture by Dennis de Jong from the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion and Belief.

Programme

  • 13:30 - Welcome by Marie Juul Petersen, Danish Institute for Human Rights
  • 13:35 - Freedom of Religion and Foreign Policy: Perspectives from the Intergroup on Freedom of Religion and Belief by Dennis de Jong, MP, European Parliament
  • 14:00 - Response by Eva-Maria Lassen, Danish Institute for Human Rights
  • 14:10 - Questions and debate
  • 15:00 - End of lecture

Dennis de Jong is co-chairman of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion and Belief. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Socialist Party. Before he was elected as MEP, he worked for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Special Advisor on Human Rights and Good Governance. From 1993 till 1999, he worked in Brussels, first for the European Commission on Justice and Home Affairs issues, later as Justice Counsellor at the Netherlands Permanent Representation at the EU. In 2000 he received his Ph.D. from Maastricht University on the basis of his thesis Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion or Belief in the United Nations – 1946-1993.

In his lecture, Dennis de Jong will give a presentation of the current status of freedom of religion and belief around the world, discuss contemporary challenges and suggest ways forward, based on his many years of experience working in this area.

The lecture will be held in English.

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