International Covenant

The Human Rights Committee has found freedom of religion is not limited in its application to traditional religions and any tendency to discriminate against any religion or belief for any reason -- including the fact that they are newly-established or represent religious minorities that may be the subject of hostility by a predominant religious community -- contravenes Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:

Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

The Human Rights Committee has found freedom of religion is not limited in its application to traditional religions and any tendency to discriminate against any religion or belief for any reason -- including the fact that they are newly-established or represent religious minorities that may be the subject of hostility by a predominant religious community -- contravenes Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:

Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010

To date, the U.S. has ratified only some of the key human rights treaties: the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention Against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Nahal Zamani: From Indiana to Palestine: Bring the Change We Need Home from Geneva Nahal Zamani 2010

Pakistan must review its legal provisions and implement existing legislation to ensure all individuals' rights to freedoms of thought, conscience and religion -- as enshrined in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR, of which it is a signatory.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Pakistan's Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010