VOL. 23, No. 10, March 5, 2020

View this email in your browser [link removed] UN Expert: World Religions Must Bow to UN Experts

Dear Colleague,

I report [[link removed]] this week on an outlandish report from the UN’s expert on freedom of religion or belief. He said global religions should bow to the controversial views of UN human rights experts—some of which are so novel as to have been unheard of just a decade ago.

UN member states decided to cancel the CSW altogether due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. They’ll hold a one-day meeting to adopt a political declaration next week. Stefano Gennarini has the story [[link removed]].

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Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

Associate Research Director

Subscribe to Friday Fax [[link removed]] UN Expert: World Religions Should Defer to the Authority of UN Experts

by Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 6 (C-Fam) According to the UN’s special expert on freedom of religion, the fringe views of UN human rights bodies must take precedence over the mainstream beliefs of many leading world religions, when it comes to law and policy. Read more >> [[link removed]]

UN Cancels Women’s Conference Over Coronavirus Fears

by Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

NEW YORK, March 6 (C-Fam) Countries rejected a recommendation by the UN Secretary to hold a “scaled down” UN Commission on the Status of Women this year due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. With some fearing a modified conference would lead to unequal participation between countries and regions, they decided to postpone it indefinitely instead. Read more >> [[link removed]]

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