«At the end of September 1914, I had been gravely injured and I was lying on the ground in misery like my companions. At daybreak, I saw the heavy silhouette of the curate moving around the area. When it came to my turn I said to him in all honesty, 'I am a stranger to your way of worship and I do not share your convinctions'. He replied: 'My child, if you have to appear before the Supreme Judge shortly, know that He will be a judge of love'. This scene is one that I will never forget.»

Rene Cassin Nobel Prize winner and the 4th President of the Honoray Committee of the AIDLR

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AIDLR Secretary General has talked at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York with Dr. Agnes CALLAMARD, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, based at the OHCHR, Geneva

United Nations Headquarters, New York, July 2017

The following statement was issued by the AIDLR Secretary General regarding the conversation between Dr. Liviu Olteanu and Dr. Agnes CALLAMARD, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. The representatives of the two organizations discussed the tools they can use together to prevent the incitement to violence and how they can foster worldwide the defense of religious liberty and freedom of conscience by a continued vigilance and dialogue with the State and non-State actors. An active collaboration has been established between the AIDLR and the MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, especially on the issue of education and training of different stakeholders on human rights and freedom of religion or belief.


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Photo: Dr. Agnes CALLAMARD the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.