Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective

Project Description

A systematic analysis of the past, present, and potential contributions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the cultivation and protection of human rights, particularly religious rights and liberties, in international law and in various nation-states in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Russia.

Project Accomplishments

• Roundtable conferences in Atlanta, Mexico City, Oxford, Dakar, Cape Town, Budapest, Dresden (1991-1993)
• October 6-9, 1994, International Conference, Atlanta; 46 speakers, 750 participants

Sponsors

The Pew Charitable Trusts, Inc.

Directors

• Johan D. van der Vyver
• John Witte, Jr.

CSLR Participants

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
• Michael S. Berger
• Harold J. Berman
• Michael J. Broyde
• M Christian Green
• T Jeremy Gunn
• Luke Timothy Johnson
• Deborah E. Lipstadt
• Martin E. Marty
• John T. Noonan, Jr.

Other Participants

• Said Amir Arjomand, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  
• Donna E. Arzt, Syracuse University
  
• Jimmy Carter, Former President, United States
  
• John E. Coons, University of California at Berkeley
  
• Irwin Cotler, McGill University
  
• Peter Cumper, The Nottingham Trent University
  
• W. Cole Durham, Jr., Brigham Young University
  
• Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago
  
• William Johnson Everett, Andover Newton Theological School
  
• James Finn, Freedom Review and Puebla Institute
  
• Tamás Földesi, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
  
• Riffat Hassan, University of Louisville
  
• Stephen E. Healey, Boston College
  
• Martin Heckel, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen
  
• J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University
  
• Wolfgang Huber, Lutheran Bishop of Berlin-Brandenburg
  
• Stanley Muschett Ibarra, Universidad Santa María la Antigua, Panama
  
• Alexandre Kiss, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg
  
• Natan Lerner, Tel Aviv University
  
• David Little, United States Institute of Peace
  
• Asher Maoz, Tel Aviv University
  
• Paul Mojzes, Rosemont College
  
• Makau wa Mutua, Harvard University
  
• David Novak, University of Virginia
  
• Lourens M. du Plessis, University of Stellenbosch
  
• John S. Pobee, World Council of Churches, Geneva
  
• Michael Roan, Project Tandem, Inc.
  
• Dinah Shelton, Santa Clara University
  
• Paul E. Sigmund, Princeton University
  
• Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton University
  
• Brian Tierney, Cornell University
  
• Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
  
• Charles Villa-Vicencio, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  
• James E. Wood, Jr., Baylor University

Project Publications

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"The Future of Religion and Equality," October 25, 2007	Kent R. Greenawalt
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