Human Rights

“One of the legal issues raised in both cases was simply the definition of a person. Just what and who is a person? And what rights does this ‘person’ have?” - Imaginative Conservative

“More than 200 evangelical Christian leaders, moderates as well as influential conservatives, have signed an open letter urging the presidential candidates of both parties to reflect ‘biblical principles on immigration.’” - RNS

“Much of Kengor’s book subsequently explains the ‘before,’ ‘after,’ and ‘ever since’ of the Catholic Church’s condemnation of slavery and how this teaching emerged very early in the Church’s life.” - Religion & Liberty

“The Genocide Convention of 1948 was established in order to prevent the atrocities that took place during the Holocaust from happening again. One hundred and fifty-two countries…. It reads: ‘acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.’” - Jerusalem Post

“Underlying many debates about how courts and policies treat religion… Is any human right – religious freedom in particular – more important than another? And what happens when human rights claims come into conflict?” - The Conversation

“God’s righteousness is what makes human rights right. What we call human rights are right only if God says they are right.” - Andy Naselli

“Amnesty International, the global human rights watchdog with a self-described mandate to take injustice personally, published a deeply flawed report on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.” - Providence

“The decree says that women should leave the home only when necessary, and that male relatives would face punishment — starting with a summons and escalating up to court hearings and jail time — for women’s dress code violations.” - Christian Index

“Curry dedicated a significant portion of the press conference to highlighting the religious persecution perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party” - CPost

“In a Wednesday panel discussion hosted by the Religious Freedom Institute titled ‘Institutional Religious Freedom: Exploring Contemporary Policy Challenges,’ scholars Stanley Carlson-Thies and David Trimble debated the merits and pitfalls of the Fairness for All Act.” - CPost