{"id":14121,"date":"2025-03-26T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/?p=14121"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:53:52","slug":"keynote-address-by-jan-figel-religious-freedom-and-eu-pakistan-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janfigel.com\/sk\/2025\/03\/26\/keynote-address-by-jan-figel-religious-freedom-and-eu-pakistan-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Address by J\u00e1n Fige\u013e \u2013 Religious Freedom and EU-Pakistan Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@janfigel_eu\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keynote Address by J\u00e1n Fige\u013e \u2013 Religious Freedom and EU-Pakistan Relations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YvSMMVd0LBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This keynote address by J\u00e1n Fige\u013e, former EU Commissioner and the first EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union, was delivered during a side event at the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 26 March 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, titled \u201cHuman Rights in Pakistan: Education Under Siege \u2013 Ideology, Intolerance, and the Erosion of Human Rights in Pakistan,\u201d was organised by CAP Libert\u00e9 de Conscience (France), Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), and Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fige\u013e\u2019s intervention focused on the centrality of freedom of religion or belief as a core human right, essential to dignity, peace, and social cohesion. 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