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AS WE READ ABOUT THE CONFLICTS, WARS, ATTACKS, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THIS WORLD, RELATED TO RELIGION OR BELIEF, LET US REMEMBER ARTICLE 18 OF THE ICCPR (INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS - INTERNATIONAL LAW) AND THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE, AND RELIGION OR BELIEF, AND ASSUREDLY FOR WOMEN & GIRLS.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx

Status of Ratification: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4&lang=en

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Article 18

1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.

2. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.

3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.

4. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions. __________________________________________________________________________________

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

http://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/introduction.aspx

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) (French) (Spanish)  as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. 

Article 18.

· Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

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