In partnership with the Forum on Religion
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Thursday 25 April 2013
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Speaker: Professor Heiner Bielefeldt
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Chair: Dr Ronan McCrea
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Suggested Twitter hashtag: #LSEReligion
Within the UK, the recent cases of Nadia Ewedia and others before the European Court of Human Rights have brought questions of freedom of religion or belief to the fore, cases which are part of a much broader set of currents, interests, and debates. In this lecture, Professor Bielefeldt will reflect upon how what we’re seeing in the UK relates to these broader currents, from his unique perspective as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
The speaker
Heiner Bielefeldt is UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Politics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Ronan McCrea is lecturer in law at University College London.