Multi-Region. Lawyers, legal researchers, and citizens from around the world are creating a human rights document. This URI CC wants to tell you about this exciting work and invite your participation.

The International Convention on Human Rights CC supports the International Convention on Human Rights Project, a project that builds upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights by drafting a new human rights document that is enforceable for all people internationally.  The Project carries out this goal through use of a website in which people can view the evolving draft document.  People are able to offer their comments on the articles, including reports on how their human rights, such as Freedom of Religion, are being restricted or upheld. 

This process complements the work of the United Religions Initiative (URI), which successfully harnesses the willingness of people to work together for freedom of religion and other human rights.  The International Convention on Human Rights CC offers a next step, which is to translate this goodwill into something that institutionalizes the protection of human rights through a document enforceable in the courts of all countries.    

The movement to draft an International Convention can only be accomplished through widespread understanding and participation.  The International Convention on Human Rights CC will facilitate discussion among many CCs, focusing first on Article 5 that ensures Freedom of Religion.  Although this is the focus, discussion is open for all articles in the International Convention on Human Rights. 

Dialogue will help people recognize where there are commonalities and so that concerns and challenges can be understood and common goals developed.  This project intends not only to recognize the common goals, but also to codify common interests in an enforceable document to ensure the realization of human rights. 

The International Convention for Human Rights CC invites other CCs to log on to the website and offer their comments and offer life experiences relating to freedom of religion.  Ultimately, the aim is to receive feedback from a number of CCs via the International Convention on Human Rights website and to offer processes to engage in deeper dialogue.

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