The ECLJ is actively engaged on the international level on issues of religious freedom and human rights through its recently acquired status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Accordingly, ECLJ actively participates in the work of the Human Rights Council, the main deliberative human rights body of the United Nations, which meets for about 10 weeks each year in Geneva.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
One of the main issues that the Human Rights Council examines is the fundamental right to freedom of religion, belief, and conscience. The Council has a Special Rapporteur (currently Asma Jahangir from Pakistan) who is tasked specifically with promoting religious freedom, as well as investigating violations by both governmental and non-governmental actors of this fundamental right.
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