Introduction

Reference Documents include United Nations human rights instruments on freedom of religion or belief needed for writing a Community Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief. These include: Abbreviated 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; United Nations Human Rights Committee General Comment 22 on Article 18; 1981 U.N. Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. Parts I-III all have Study Topics that require reference to these documents. A Bibliography will link you to all other United Nations human rights documents, regional human rights documents, programs and materials on freedom of religion or belief, and links to other NGO’s, religions or beliefs, academic institutions and governments that are working on this subject.

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