2020: Covid-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series - Episode 2

EPISODE 2
In December 2018 a group of prominent experts and government leaders from around the world gathered in Punta del Este to remember, reaffirm and recommit the world to human dignity as the foundational principle of human rights by issuing the Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere. The conference commemorated the seventieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected the reflections that shaped the adoption of the Punta del Este Declaration? How is this global emergency affecting our conception of human dignity? How can we ensure that restrictions to civil liberties that we accept for our collective safety respect human dignity and human rights? Our hosts and guest speakers will address these questions and we invite you to be part of this conversation.

Chair:
Ewelina Ochab, Human rights activist and co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response

Panelists:
Dr. Jan Figel', former European Commission's Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union (2016-2019)

Prof. Brett Scharffs, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School

Prof. Marco Ventura, Center for Religious Studies at Bruno Kessler Foundation / University of Siena


Background of the Webinar Series
The novel coronavirus has impacted countries across the word and is affecting many domains of our lives. While other initiatives are focusing on economic or health related impacts of the pandemic, this webinar series aims at exploring the strategies and initiatives of governments and religious groups to deal with the crisis. Our focus is global and will assess the impacts of the pandemic on civil liberties, and especially freedom of religion or belief. During the series, our guests will also touch on cross-cutting themes like the impact of the pandemic on levels of religiosity, on religious practice, on theological reflection and religious imagination, on faith-based humanitarianism, on religion and inclusion/xenophobia. The series brings together government officials, scholars and practitioners to discuss the threats we face, and how we might respond to them.

The series is organized by the Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies, the Center for Religious Studies at Bruno Kessler Foundation, the Center for Justice and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School-Rio de Janeiro, the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School, the European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the University of Siena.

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