Human Trafficking
Thomas Schirrmacher. Human Trafficking – The Return to Slavery. The WEA Global Issues Series. Vol. 12. Culture and Science Publishing: Bonn, 2013.
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Beirut Statement “Faith for Rights (F4R)” and 18 Commitments to “Faith for Rights” now also available in German
Die Beirut Erklärung „Faith for Rights (F4R)“ sowie das Dokument „18 Commitments on ‚Faith for Rights‘“ sind jetzt auch auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.
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The International President of the IGFM visits the Memorial for the massacre of Jews and Roma people, carried out by German Armed Forces, in Kiev
The president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Thomas Schirrmacher, visited “Babi Yar”, the memorial site for the massacre of Jews and Roma, carried out by German forces.
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Schirrmacher thanks Hermann Gröhe for the “most momentous rebuke in all my life”
Thomas Schirrmacher published his speech at the opening of the religious freedom chair at the Gießen School of Theology. In it he thanks Hermann Gröhe for the “most momentous rebuke in all my life”.
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Religious Freedom is a Human Right
A professorship dedicated to the topic of “religious freedom and research on persecution of Christians” is a novelty in German speaking areas. At the inauguration special emphasis was placed on the universality of the human right to freedom of religion or belief and its positive implications.
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Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians awarded to Cardinal Zen
On April 7th, the “Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians” was awarded in Bonn to Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the former bishop of Hongkong, for his courage and his persistence in decades of strong engagement for the rights of freedom, notably of religious freedom.
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Director of IIRF lectures on religious freedom at Vietnams Academy of Politics
The Institute of Human Rights along with the Institute of Religion and Beliefs co-organized a scientific seminar titled “Limits of Religious Freedom Rights” on March 6th, 2018 with the participation of lecturers and researchers from these two institutes, a large number of master’s students majored in Laws of Human Rights and Religious studies.